
Crawler drive for heavy duty
The new 709CE crawler drive from Italian drive specialist Bonfiglioli is suitable for crushers and screening plants in harsh environments.

The new 709CE crawler drive from Italian drive specialist Bonfiglioli is suitable for crushers and screening plants in harsh environments.

Nord's Maxxdrive industrial gearboxes are suitable for use in heavy-duty applications. The company is now introducing the new Maxxdrive XT series, which complements the modular system for applications with high thermal limit powers.

For applications that require a high torque, Nanotec has high-torque planetary gearboxes in two sizes and many reduction ratios in its range.

Jenaer Antriebstechnik expands its headquarters in order to be able to meet the demand for customized drive solutions more quickly with higher production capacities and development resources.

Drive technology manufacturer WEG has introduced helical, parallel shaft and helical bevel gearboxes for rated torques of up to 18,000 Newton meters. The gearboxes complete the existing WG20 geared motor range in three sizes each.

Schaeffler is now also standardizing its brand and external image on the Friedberg in Suhl. The location is being renamed: INA - Drives & Mechatronics (IDAM) is now called Schaeffler Industrial Drives.

Koco Motion now offers the Lexium-MDrive stepper motors (LMD) from Schneider Electric with a multiturn absolute encoder. This expands the performance of the integrated stepper motors - while retaining the same dimensions.

Machine tools have to meet high expectations: Precision, productivity, availability. Cycle rates and working speeds are increasing, tolerances are decreasing.

Bosch Rexroth achieved sales of around 6.2 billion euros in 2018, an increase of 12.4 percent compared to the previous year. Growth was driven by mobile hydraulics and factory automation.

Philippe Briard (54) has been Managing Director of Schneider Electric Automation since April 1, 2019 and has assumed responsibility for the Lahr site. He succeeds Ottmar Himmelsbach (61), who is retiring.