NORD Drivesystems drive solutions

NORD Drivesystems manufactures drive solutions (hardware and software) and supports customers with its communication and application know-how in the Industry 4.0 realm.

NORD’s intelligent, networked drives enable continuous condition monitoring and form the basis of predictive maintenance. In addition, they offer intelligent digitised production, advanced maintenance concepts and new services.

All NORD drives are Industry 4.0 ready and can be directly integrated as active components in Industry 4.0 environments.

According to company, the drive units are compatible with all common field buses and Ethernet-based protocols and provide analog and digital interfaces for sensors and actuators. They can also be connected to various external cloud systems.

Due to continuous monitoring of the field level and linking of communication, sensors, process data and vital parameters of the drive, deviations from the normal state can be quickly detected.

Condition-oriented maintenance replaces time-based maintenance. This results in user benefits such as an increase in plant availability, prevention of unscheduled downtime and improved planning of service and maintenance.

NORD is currently investigating sensorless monitoring of oil ageing and the condition of geared motors with virtual sensors. The aim is a predictive maintenance concept which determines the optimum oil change and maintenance intervals for each individual geared motor, oriented to the actual condition of the geared motor and the gear oil.