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OVER 70 MILLION DRIVE PRODUCT COMBINATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
SEW Eurodrive is well known for gearmotors, for fast delivery, reliability, product quality and excellent service. But the company that was established over 80 years ago has now evolved into a global leader in drive technology with a product range so extensive that it offers over 70 million product combinations with a wide range of availability across the globe
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ear motors and high-tech multi-axis servo systems are just some of the
extensive product ranges provided by SEW Eurodrive. The company also offers intelligent drives, automation control, drive electronics, decentralised drive systems, frequency inverters, service solutions, and industrial gear units of all sizes up to a truly massive 6,000,000Nm. The company today operates out of 45 countries and employs over 14,000 people in 15 manufacturing plants and 75 drive technology centres. The name has become synonymous with drive innovations and solutions in almost every conceivable application. In fact, wherever machinery is moving, SEW Eurodrive is likely to be installed, in areas like transport and logistics, automotive, food and drink, construction, timber, airports, leisure, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and others.
THE LATEST INNOVATIONS The company's innovations go from simple solutions like MOVITRAC LTE, a low-cost IP20 or IP65 inverter with only 14 parameters, to sophisticated high- tech products like MOVIAXIS servo inverters for highly dynamic applications, and MOVIDRIVE, the company's flagship inverter product is available as both an open-loop vector drive or a closed-loop servo inverter. A huge range of decentralised drive systems helps take the intelligence out of a centralised cabinet and put it locally to the application, creating modular systems that are both flexible and economical, with significant cost savings on installation and expensive cabling. In fact, all of SEW Eurodrive's products
and services are designed to provide customer focused solutions, like the company's range of industrial gears that include helical and bevel-helical units, bucket elevator drives, and planetary gear units which all cater for a wide range of applications. Additionally, drive packages that include a motor, gearbox and coupling mounted on a baseplate are
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simplify materials flow and start-up, as well as with operation and spare parts management. In the UK SEW Eurodrive has just
designed and assembled in-house to meet customers' exact requirements. The company's innovations don't end
with its wide range of drive products and technology but extends to customer services, like the unique Complete Drives Management (CDM) service that integrates the maintenance and servicing of industrial drives with an innovative online databank. The CDM databank provides a complete overview of all the drive technology within a factory, or group of factories, including all the installed drives and those held in storage. A user can see at a glance the condition of each drive, access its service history and schedule maintenance by an SEW Eurodrive engineer. CDM streamlines, simplifies and
increases the efficiency of a plant’s drive technology maintenance regime. It can reduce downtime, cut unnecessary stock, identify potential problems in advance and target older drive technology that could be replaced to improve energy efficiency. Equally unique is the company's online
Drive Benefits system that accelerates and simplifies processes like engineering and selection with SEW's easy-to-use configurator and project planning tools. Ordering and logistics is aided with an electronic data interchange (EDI) and procurement logistics that saves time and increases efficiency. Drive Benefits also provides customer support tools to
SEW Eurodrive is all about providing a
seamless integration between a wide range of drive technology products and excellence in customer service and support. It's a philosophy that is designed to raise the bar, exceed customer expectations, reduce cost of ownership and provide innovative solutions in all areas of automation.
SEW Eurodrive
www.seweurodrive.com 0864 439 8792
moved to a modern, purpose built 11,500 square metre plant, in Normanton, West Yorkshire. The impressive new building contains a permanent product demonstration area, customer meeting rooms, training facilities, a canteen, and a modern factory that allows the lean assembly of standard product in a controlled environment. The high-tech service department can repair and then test any manufacturer's gearbox and it contains all the equipment necessary to easily handle even the very largest industrial gear units.
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