Nord Drivesystems will showcase its newest innovative drive solutions for meat and poultry production, processing, and packaging at IPPE 2022. NORD’s products are reliable, versatile, and washdown-ready – essential qualities for the strict guidelines of food and beverage industries. IPPE shows attendees can speak directly with NORD experts to find the drives and control systems that will meet their specific application needs.

These specialized solutions will be on display in NORD’s booth BC9423:

Smooth Surface Gear Units

Thanks to their wash-down design, NORD’s smooth surface units are ideal for applications with high hygiene standards such as food and beverage, wastewater treatment, pharmaceuticals, and poultry and meat processing. They are easy to clean, corrosion-resistant, and include options such as QUADRALIP seals on both shaft ends, threaded cable entry holes, sealed and gasketed terminal boxes, and moisture resistant epoxy dipped windings for low maintenance.

Key features:

• Available with nsd tupH Sealed Surface Conversion
• Easy to clean and corrosion-resistant
• Continuous Duty / Premium Efficient / Non-ventilated

nsd tupH Sealed Surface Conversion – NORD’s nsd tupH is a lightweight, cost-effective alternative to stainless steel that offers exceptional protection and resistance to cleaning agents typically used in food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

The chromate-free chemical process transforms the physical properties of the aluminum housing to create a surface that is up to 7 times harder than the original aluminum. The additional sealant adds resistance to acids and alkalis, will not spread corrosion, and unlike paint, will not flake or chip.

Key Advantages:

• Lightweight compared to stainless steel
• Easy to clean surfaces
• Resistant to acids and alkalis
• Conforms to FDA Title 21 CFR 175.300

Overhead Conveyor Drives – NORD’s overhead conveyor drives feature high-quality components, heavy-duty construction, and are specially designed for the food and beverage industry. In addition to a mounting flange and output shaft that provide an easy drop fit into industry-standard footprints, overhead drives are equipped with a standard VL3 spread bearing design with a dry cavity that allows the driver to handle high, overhung loads. With high efficiency and minimal maintenance requirements, SK 9055 and SK 9155 have a low total cost of ownership and provide clean and reliable operation.

Key features:

• QUADRALIP sealing system
• Spread bearing design with a dry cavity for optimized oil leakage protection
• Low maintenance, long service life
• High efficiency up to 95%
• UNICASE housing
• Flexible input options

Screw Conveyor Package

NORD’s Screw Conveyor Package (SCP) offers a cost-effective drive solution that minimizes parts and eliminates belted input systems to provide easier system maintenance, increased reliability, and superior drive performance. The combination of closely stepped ratios and a directly coupled gear motor or NEMA C-face input improves system efficiency in a more compact design.

The Screw Conveyor Package design is available for both CLINCHER Parallel Shaft gear units and Helical-Bevel Right Angle gear units. SCP drive options feature a UNICASE gearbox housing, an optimized sealing system, and optional high capacity output bearings with CEMA standard flange mounting and CEMA drive shafts. Drives are protected from debris via dual Viton gap seals and driveshaft material evacuation ports on the CEMA flange assembly.

Key features:

• QUADRALIP sealing system
• Direct drive motor options (Integral or C-face)
• Reduced parts for higher reliability and lower maintenance
• Standard CEMA driveshaft

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These solutions are engineered to provide high load capacities with high output torques, quiet operation, and long service life. NORD’s modular design also makes these products versatile and highly configurable, meeting your exact requirements to achieve optimal system efficiency. Learn about all of NORD’s grain industry solutions first-hand from our experts at GEAPS Exchange 2021 in Columbus, Ohio from August 6th – 9th at Booth 1309. As the annual conference of the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), the Exchange is the premier event for grain handling and processing and allows an opportunity to learn from and network with other industry professionals.

NORD will be showcasing these specialized products at this year’s show:

MAXXDRIVE & MAXXDRIVE XT Industrial Gear Units: MAXXDRIVE Industrial Gear Units are used wherever high torques are required. These units have high power density and torque, rugged UNICASE housings, and offer high axial and radial load capacities.

This makes MAXXDRIVE the ideal solution for the grain industry as it can easily withstand the harsh conditions of conveyor belt use. MAXXDRIVE units are also built for long service life, offer several mounting positions, and cater to the needs of various installation requirements. With their high performance and flexibility, they are perfect for use in heavy-duty applications, such as bucket elevators, agitators, conveyor belt drives, mixers, mills, drums, or crushers.

Also available with our MAXXDRIVE units is the Grain Endurance Package. This package combines several additional protective measures that further ensure a long life for the units. Features include a drying agent filter, oil inspection glass, oil sample point, quick fit filter trolley connection, and oil drain cock.

Key Advantages:

• High output torque up to 2,495,900 lb-in
• 11 case sizes
• Available as parallel shaft, helical bevel, or right-angle units
• All bearings and sealing surfaces are machined in a single process; no separating joints in the housing
• Reduced spare parts costs and downtime

Screw Conveyor Package – The NORD Screw Conveyor Package (SCP) is designed with the grain industry in mind and offers a compact, cost-effective alternative to traditional screw conveyor drives. Closely stepped speed reduction ratios combined with a directly coupled gear motor or NEMA C-face input design eliminate the need for top motor mounts, pulleys, belts, or guards. This minimizes parts inventory and eliminates belted input systems for easier system maintenance, increased reliability, and superior drive performance.

Key Advantages:

• Long service life and low maintenance
• Parallel and right-angle gear units
• No belts or external rotating components
• High efficiency

Electric Motors

NORD electric motors are highly efficient, extremely robust, and can be combined with gear units to provide maximum application flexibility and performance. These motors operate reliably over many years with very high efficiency of up to 95%, reducing operating costs and environmental impact. NORD produces all motors in-house according to stringent standards and can quickly deliver them worldwide.

In certain applications, standard motors cannot be used because the ambient conditions are too harsh, extremely heavy loads must be moved, or there is an explosion hazard. For these cases, NORD also provides explosion-protected motors with a power range from 0.16 to 40 HP. These explosion-protected versions are available as options for use in dust and gas atmospheres and are certified according to ATEX, IECEx, and HazLoc.

Key Advantages:

• High power with lower energy consumption
• Asynchronous, synchronous, and explosion-proof motors available (dust/gas)
• Identical motor dimensions allow for change from one efficiency class to the next without having to make mechanical modifications

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The MAXXDRIVE portfolio from NORD Drivesystems offers parallel and right-angle industrial gear units with high output torques from 132,800 – 2,301,200 lb-in, ratios from 5.54 – 30,000:1, and 2.5 – 8,075 HP across 11 sizes.

In addition to this proven standard series, NORD also offers the new MAXXDRIVE XT series; right-angle gear units with thermally-optimized housings, output torques from 132,800 – 663,800 lb-in, ratios from 6.14 – 22,91:1, and 30 – 2,825 HP across 7 sizes.

With a comprehensive selection of accessories and options, MAXXDRIVE’s modular system allows NORD to perfectly match drive systems to heavy-duty applications such as conveyors, mixers, agitators, or anywhere low speed with high power is needed.

MAXXDRIVE and MAXXDRIVE XT are designed and rated to international standards. Their UNICASE housings optimize the strength-to-weight ratio, reduce leak paths, have higher stiffness, and allow for multiple mounting surfaces. The one-piece housing also ensures that no sealing surfaces are subject to torque. MAXXDRIVE units are constructed with high-grade components including case-hardened and hard finished gearing, C4, 42 CrMo4, or 18 CrNiMo7-6 sheets of steel, and an exclusive roller bearing system for quiet operation and longer service life. They also have high-precision axis alignment, resulting in smoother operation and reduced maintenance over time. Additionally, all bearing and sealing surfaces are machined in a single process, further promoting low noise and longevity.

Because MAXXDRIVE gear units are engineered based on a modular concept, they allow for a wide range of configuration and mounting options from NORD’s standard offering yet can be easily adapted for custom drive applications. For example, the combination of a NORD motor, gear unit, coupling, and braking system results in a complete, precisely configured unit that can be supplied ready-to-install and pre-mounted on a motor swing base or another base frame.

Alternatively, a motor can be attached via industry-standard NEMA or IEC adapters. Various flange and output shaft options ensure the customer’s application is ideally matched and configurations are always based on the existing operating data of the application and on the ambient conditions at the installation site, giving customers maximum individualization, and creating reliable, versatile drive systems that meet their highest demands.

Highly-Configurable for a Variety of Demanding Applications

One of the most common applications for MAXXDRIVE is for heavy-duty belt conveyor drives consisting of an electric motor, a coupling solution, and an industrial gear unit with an axial fan. The primary focus is to dissipate heat quickly and efficiently, allowing worry-free operation even in extreme environments. The standard portfolio excels in this area; however, the new MAXXDRIVE XT industrial gear units take this the concept even further with their thermally optimized housings.

Other typical applications for these powerful drive units include mixing and agitation processes. By equipping the torque-dense MAXXDRIVE industrial gear unit with reinforced bearing and flange versions (VL2/KL2 – VL6/KL6), the drive can be adjusted to maximize efficiency with varying load size. Seal-less NEMA/IEC adapters (SAFOMI) and TRUE DRYWELL sealing at the output shaft allow for the highest possible operational reliability. The entire drive system – from NORD electric motors to flange connections – is delivered as a ready-to-install unit, which can easily be mounted vertically on the application.

Condition Monitoring for Predictive Maintenance

NORD offers innovative, networked predictive maintenance concepts specifically designed for MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units, and can be realized with the incorporation of a NORD variable frequency drive into the system. The status data available in the VFD can be communicated to a higher-level control or directly to a safe cloud. The VFD can also directly record external sensor data for vibration monitoring or for measuring the gear unit’s oil sump temperature. Changes to the system condition can be detected at an early stage (condition monitoring) and maintenance can be scheduled proactively to reduce unplanned downtime.

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Nord offers flexible drive solutions for the grain industry, including bucket elevators, screw, drag, and belt conveyors. These solutions are engineered to provide high load capacities with high output torques, quiet operation, and long service life. NORD’s modular design also makes these products versatile and highly configurable, meeting your exact requirements to achieve optimal system efficiency. Nord will be showcasing a variety of its solutions for the grain industry at GEAPS Exchange Online, February 23rd – 25th. As the annual conference of the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), the Exchange is the premier event for the grain handling and processing industry.

Register to learn from experts at Nord and how Nord’s high-efficiency gearmotors are powering bucket elevators, drag conveyors, screw conveyors, feeders, slide gates, and other grain applications.

Featured products include:

• MAXXDRIVE – MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units provide high output torque from 132,000 lb-in to 2,200,000 lb-in and are perfect for use in heavy duty applications, such as bucket elevators, agitators, conveyor belt drives, mixers, mills, drums, or crushers. MAXXDRIVE is available as a parallel shaft or helical bevel and comes in 11 sizes.
• MAXXDRIVE XT – The newest addition to MAXXDRIVE series, MAXXDRIVE XT delivers maximum thermal and mechanical load capacities for high-speed applications, such as continuous industrial conveying and bulk material handling. It offers the grain industry asymmetrical designed gearbox for mirror image installations, which drastically reduces spare parts costs and downtime. MAXXDRIVE XT comes in seven sizes and provides a torque range of 130,000 lb-in to 660,000 lb-in.
• Screw Conveyor Package – Available for both CLINCHER parallel shaft and helical bevel gear units, the Nord screw conveyor package offers a cost-effective drive solution in a powerful, compact footprint. Closely stepped speed reduction ratios combined with a directly coupled gear motor or NEMA C-face input design eliminate the need for top motor mounts, pulleys, belts, or guards. This minimizes parts inventory and eliminates belted input systems to provide easier system maintenance, increased reliability, and superior drive performance, and up to 97% gear efficiency.
• 90.1 Helical Bevel Gear Units – Featuring cast iron UNICASE housing, infinite life gearing, and high permissible radial forces. Nord’s 90.1 helical bevel gear units are efficient, versatile units that are adaptable to countless applications. Footed, flanged, foot/flange and CEMA standard screw conveyor mounting 1/2 designs are all available as well as both solid and hollow shaft designs. The 90.1 helical bevel gear units are available in 11 sizes and have a torque range of 1,593 lb-in to 442,500 lb-in.

Nord manufactures a wide selection of gearboxes, electric motors, and drive electronics in various sizes and configurations for companies in intralogistics, food and beverage, airport baggage handling, grain and bulk materials, and other demanding markets. The modular design offers unlimited versatility with more than 20,000,000 combinations of totally unique gear motors and speed reducers available – inline or right-angle, mounted by foot or flange, featuring solid or hollow shafts – to give customers complete freedom to specify a drive solution that’s perfect for the job.

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Nord Drivesystems will be attending the virtual 2021 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) from January 25th – January 29th, showcasing several solutions that are specifically designed to benefit the poultry industry. IPPE is the world’s largest annual poultry, meat, and feed industry event of its kind and NORD has been selected to be a part of their Innovation Station new product showcase, as well as their on-demand TECHTalks to introduce new, innovative products.

Featured products will include – IE5+ Synchronous Motors

NORD’s newest generation of smooth body motors is characterized by their extremely high IE5 efficiency rating. These motors focus on optimum efficiency and hygiene with a compact footprint that can be installed easily, even in small spaces. With these features, owners can experience energy savings, reduce system variants, and minimize operating costs for their applications, especially when operating at partial loads and low speeds.

With high-efficiency performance and low maintenance requirements, an IE5 motor paired with an SK 93.1 two-stage bevel gear unit is the perfect solution for the poultry industry. It provides a non-ventilated motor design that is easy to clean, corrosion-resistant, and is ideally suited for washdown applications.

Key Advantages:

-Latest generation permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM)
-Compact size at 9” and 15.4 lbs. providing 0.5 to 1.5 HP in a single motor frame
-Standard motor-integrated encoder
-Compatible with all gear units and cabinet or wall-mounted frequency inverters from the NORD modular system
-Worldwide approvals and certifications
-Flexible motor mounting: direct mounting, NEMA, IEC
-Reduced Total Cost of Ownership and fast Return on Investment
-nsd tupH or IP69K optional (as Gearmotor solution)

NORD IE5+ motors will be featured as part of the IPPE Innovation Station and will also be showcased as a part of the show’s on-demand TECHTalks.

Condition Monitoring for Predictive Maintenance

NORD’s new Condition Monitoring solution helps maintain machines and plants proactively as a preventative measure to reduce downtimes and increase overall efficiency. It provides real- or near-real-time drive and status data which is recorded periodically or continuously to optimize operational safety. It provides real- or near-real-time drive and status data which is recorded periodically or continuously to optimize operational safety. This data is stored on a local industrial PC where you can have the drive information transferred and summarized on a remote dashboard.

Key Advantages:
-Detection and avoidance of impermissible operating states at an early stage
-Status-oriented maintenance instead of time-based maintenance
-Scheduled machinery and plant downtimes based on real drive and process data
-Reduction of service and material costs
-Longer service life of components and machinery
-Predictable and cost-optimized repairs

Surface Protection Solutions

NORD uses the latest generation of high-solid paints for their expanded paint offering. These paints are formulated with a high concentration of resin – up to 80% – and a small concentration of solvents. As a result, these paints contribute considerably less environmental pollution than other industrial paints, while providing optimum protection for every application.

For the poultry industry, the NORD Severe Food Duty 3 (NSDF3) surface coating is ideal for food production and packaging areas especially when cast-iron units are required. NSDF3 is a 3-layer paint system consisting of a dip primer (cast iron units only), a two-component epoxy primer, and a two-component polyurethane topcoat. An NSDF3+ version is also available, which includes a clear topcoat and adds around 25 µm to the coating thickness. NORD’s extensive paint portfolio includes many primers, topcoat, and clear coat configurations to serve a wide variety of applications, including indoor/outdoor installations, low-to-high contamination areas, and chemical contamination. This selection allows NORD to meet the needs of their customers and ensure long-lasting, trouble-free operation.

NORD nsd tupH is also available as an alternative to stainless steel at a fraction of the price. This sealed surface conversion treatment bonds to the aluminum substrate and provides a powerful foundation for adhesion of the surface sealant. This makes it the optimal choice for harsh manufacturing, processing, and washdown environments. NORD’s nsd tupH provides an easy-to-clean surface that is resistant to acids and alkalis, will not blister or flake, and is corrosion and scratch-resistant.

In addition to their new offerings, NORD will also feature 5 additional products at IPPE that can be configured for the special needs of the meat processing industry, including NORDBLOC.1 single-stage inline units, overhead conveyor drives, screw conveyor packages, MINICASE worm gear units, and the NORDCON APP with NORDAC ACCESS BT, a mobile commissioning and service solution for all NORD drives.

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