UNICASE worm gear units from NORD
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS is a system supplier of innovative, tailor-made drive solutions from a comprehensive modular product range for more than 100 industries. Currently, the drive experts have optimised the performance of their UNICASE worm gear units, thus omitting the switch to the next size depending on the application. Lower wear increases the gear units’ (operational) reliability and service life.
NORD has increased the maximum torques of its UNICASE worm gear units. The NORD development team thus achieved increased performance of 10 to 15 percent – without changing the gear units’ outer (connection) dimensions, or their general outer appearance. The reliable and economic drive solution offers higher performance without the need of adjusting existing customer configurations. As the housing sizes remain unchanged, the worm gear units will still be available as a drop-in solution for maintenance works or repairs. To save costs and installation space, smaller sizes can be selected according to the application, resulting in more constructive freedom in machine and system design.
“With the increased performance of our UNICASE worm gear units, we could create enormous added value without additional costs for our customers”, Jörg Niermann, Head of Marketing at NORD DRIVESYSTEMS, emphasises. “We owe this to the high expertise, the comprehensive technical know-how and the long-term experience of our competent development team.”
A masterpiece of engineering skill
The (connection) dimensions have not changed, but in order to implement higher power ranges, NORD incorporated new worm shafts with larger bearing seats, as well as an additional reinforcement of the worm wheel itself. The current UNICASE worm gear unit series offers a power range from 0.12 kW to 15 kW, and torques between 90 Nm and 3,000 Nm. Other product advantages include smooth and quiet running, high overload capacity and robust design. High axial and radial loads ensure high (operational) reliability and long service life.
The UNICASE worm gear units in cast iron housings from NORD are available in application-specific versions: as hollow and solid shaft gear units, and for shaft, flange or foot mounting. The company’s electric motors can be added as an integrated solution. Motor mounting via an IEC/NEMA adapter is also possible.
With approx. 4,700 employees today, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has developed, produced and sold drive technology since 1965, and is one of the leading global full-service providers in the industry. In addition to standard drives, NORD delivers application-specific concepts and solutions for special requirements such as energy-saving drives or explosion-protected systems. In the 2021 financial year, annual sales amounted to 870 million Euros. NORD has 48 subsidiaries in 36 countries and further sales partners in more than 50 countries. They provide technical support, local stocks, assembly centres and customer service. NORD develops and produces a wide range of drive solutions for more than 100 industries, gear units for torques from 10 Nm up to over 282 kNm, supplies electric motors in the power range of 0.12 kW to 1,000 kW, and supplies the required power electronics with frequency inverters of up to 160 kW. Inverter solutions are available for conventional control cabinet installations as well as for decentralised, fully integrated drive units.
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