SEW-EURODRIVE stated its new oil cooling and provide methods are assembled in South Carolina, shortening supply occasions. Supply: SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW‑EURODRIVE now provides exterior oil cooling and provide methods for heavy business gearing with lead occasions as quick as six weeks. These methods are engineered to help torque-dense gearboxes, the place thermal limitations typically decide gearbox measurement.
The firm famous that the exterior lubrication methods are constructed and configured at SEW-EURODRIVE Heavy Trade Gearing (HIG) in Wellford, S.C., Beforehand out there solely by means of longer-lead international channels, these methods at the moment are stocked and assembled within the U.S., eliminating supply bottlenecks.
Based in 1931, SEW-EURODRIVE is an industrial automation chief, with operations in additional than 50 nations, 17 manufacturing vegetation, 92 meeting services, and over 21,000 staff. The Bruchsal, German-based firm gives engineered methods for industries together with automotive, meals and beverage, prescription drugs, mining, metal, logistics, power, and extra.
New merchandise hold methods keep cool for crucial functions
As HIG drive methods develop extra compact and power-dense, thermal administration turns into important, stated SEW‑EURODRIVE. It claimed that its exterior lubrication methods tackle that problem, with configurations that guarantee oil is delivered, circulated, and cooled as wanted for industrial functions.
The corporate stated out there methods embody oil-to-air cooling (OAP1), oil-to-water cooling (OWP1), and stress lubrication methods with out cooling (ONP1). Every sort is sized utilizing SEW‑EURODRIVE’s thermal validation instruments and could be gearbox-mounted or skid-mounted for flexibility in format and upkeep entry.
As well as, the brand new exterior lubrication methods are designed to help thicker startup oil viscosities as much as 5,000 cSt, stated SEW-EURODRIVE.
SEW-EURODRIVE provides modular and commonplace choices
SEW‑EURODRIVE stated its Oil Cooling and Provide Programs could be tailor-made to robotic builders and machine integrators’ particular necessities. They embody modular, sensor-ready options to help system reliability and monitoring.
Commonplace stocked choices embody:
• Duplex oil filters (25µm) — permits filter change throughout operation
• Electro-optical contamination pop-up indicator
• Oil manometer gauge
• Oil thermometer gauge
• Oil stress swap
• Oil temperature swap — all to watch the gearbox oil sump in actual time
These commonplace choices are in inventory and able to configure, in line with SEW-EURODRIVE. As a result of these methods are assembled within the U.S., supply occasions have been decreased from 14 to twenty weeks to as little as six weeks, the firm stated.
“With native meeting and commonplace stocked elements, we will now ship full exterior thermal administration options in six weeks—serving to our clients get their HIG methods up and operating sooner and extra reliably,” acknowledged Austin Burdette, product supervisor at SEW‑EURODRIVE HIG USA.
