NORD DRIVESYSTEMS powers equipment that is used to process food and refine simple ingredients. NORD DRIVESYSTEMS provides highly configurable, flexible, and reliable solutions for food processing applications, including expansive product ranges that are ideal for mixing, agitating, kneading, pumping, packaging, and other food and beverage applications. For mixing, agitating, and kneading processes, NORD offers heavy-duty […]

NORD’s new IE5+ permanent magnet synchronous motors are extremely energy efficient and compact for demanding conveying applications, with smooth surfaces that also make them an ideal choice in washdown and other harsh or highly regulated environments. The existing generation of NORD IE3 and IE4 motors already offer impressive efficiency, but the new IE5+ technology takes […]

NORD emphasizes improving motor efficiency to be able to manage resources, save costs, and protect the environment as industrial electric motor driven systems account for about 23% of all electricity sold in the USA. Studies have shown that for many motor applications the combined costs of purchasing, installing, and maintaining these motors only represents about […]

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has developed modular, cost-effective smooth body gear units for washdown applications. This complete solution can tackle extreme, highly regulated environments, such as those within the food & beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, chemical, car wash, wastewater, and marine industries. NORD smooth body gear units are available with IE3 efficiency motors in powers from 0.16 to […]

MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units are a good choice for use in large mixers and NORD has continued innovating in this field with its new SAFOMI (Seal-less Adapter for Mixers) adapter. This adapter features a flange with an integrated oil expansion tank, increasing operational reliability and requiring less routine maintenance over the lifecycle of the gear […]

Custom-engineered shaft options are now widely available to provide coupling-free installations on select gear units. NORD DRIVESYSTEMS adds another product to its standard offering with a new hollow socket shaft design for NORDBLOC.1 single-reduction gear units. This shaft design mounts directly to a pump without the need for couplings, significantly reducing installation time and maintenance, […]

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has launched its new online Spare Parts Shop. The online tool lets designers locate, select, order, and track spare parts quickly and conveniently, with added features such as account-specific pricing, a favorites list for commonly ordered parts, and an inquiry/support option that connects customers directly to NORD’s e-business team. With the Spare Parts […]

Company planning and development stays the course in 2020. NORD´s new condition monitoring solution records drive and status data periodically or continuously to optimize the operational safety and efficiency of machines and plants. In the 2019 financial year, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS achieved solid, targeted growth reflecting in a sales increase of $837 million. Investments in locations…

Extrusion has established itself as one of the most important manufacturing techniques in the production and processing of rubber and thermoplastics. To provide these industries with the high output torque their heavy-duty applications demand, NORD Gear Corporation manufactures several extruder flanges for its MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units. The extruder flange option is available with MAXXDRIVE […]

The intralogistics industry is a fastest-growing market — and one motion-component supplier aims to address the industry’s unique needs. “Three of the world’s top five material-handling suppliers use NORD drive technology, and we have long-term supply agreements with two of the suppliers,” says NORD Gear Corp. president and CEO Torsten Schultz One solution for intralogistics […]

NORD Gear Corporation has added three single-stage gear units to its NORDBLOC.1 line. The new SK 871.1, SK 971.1 and SK 1071.1 represent the three largest single-stage NORDBLOC gear units manufactured by NORD and provide exceptional thrust load capacity per case size. The new products have a power range of 30 to 60 hp, a […]

PSG partners with NORD to deliver alignment-free, positive displacement pumping solutions Sometimes it takes but one good idea to change everything. This was the case when Tom Koren, the director of engineering at NORD Gear Corporation in Waunakee, Wis., approached a potential customer with a way to greatly improve one of its product lines. He…

With its headquarters in Waunakee, Wis., NORD Gear Corporation is celebrating its 40th anniversary in the United States this year with its sixth expansion – adding 86,000 square feet of office and manufacturing space. The company is expanding for the sixth time since it built its North American headquarters in Waunakee, Wis. in 1983. The […]

Corrosion is a growing concern across industries and the requirements are increasing in environments where accelerating factors such as humidity, heat, and air pollution are combined. The Neutral Salt Spray Test (NSST according to ISO 9227) is one of the most established methods to verify corrosion resistance. Nord-Lock Group has officially raised the corrosion resistance…

NORD’s new SK 920072.1 two-stage helical bevel gear motor (mounted with a NORD motor) is a drive solution for a wide range of light duty conveying, processing and manufacturing applications. Identified by its high-strength and light-weight design, NORD’s newest aluminum gear motor is a cost-effective replacement for cast iron units. Two housing styles offer options […]

Edited by Mike Santora Passenger numbers and luggage volume at Victoria Airport in British Columbia, Canada, are nowhere near the numbers at large international hubs. Yet there are still plenty of challenges for the OEM that provides the airport’s baggage handling system (BHS). The airport did not have the room to accommodate all the usual…

Though passenger numbers and luggage volume at Victoria Airport in British Columbia, Canada, are nowhere near the numbers at large international hubs, it was exactly for this reason that the baggage handling system (BHS) posed major challenges to the handling system OEM. This airport did not have a lot of room to accommodate all the […]

NORD Drivesystems recently added two new sizes to the MAXXDRIVE line. The new 133,000 & 177,000 in-lb nominal torque units are a well-received addition to the now 11-member family, complementing the larger units and promising even greater flexibility to system designers. The entire MAXXDRIVE line is modular, and can be configured with a wide array […]

All NORD products offer heavy-duty construction and high quality precision machined components, and NORD’s overhead conveyors are no exception. With 95% efficiency and minimal maintenance requirements, the SK9055…

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Energy efficiency is an ever growing concern and a focus point in the manufacturing and material handling portions of the supply chain industry, not only to reduce cost and time, but also to help protect the environment. Gearmotors, electric motors, speed reducers and ac vector drives play key roles in improving the energy efficiency of…

NORD offers several variations of the VL heavy duty spread bearing designs, all which have specific features and advantages based on the specific mixing and agitating application requirements….

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NORD offers several variations of the VL heavy duty spread bearing designs, all which have specific features and advantages based on the specific mixing and agitating application requirements. The first variation, VL2, offers reinforced output shaft bearings with increased bearing distance. This spread bearing design accommodates for high overhung thrust loads and allows for longer…

NORD gearboxes are oil-tight, hygienic, and non-contaminating, which makes them ideal for mixing applications. NORD drives designed specifically for mixers and agitators are extremely rugged. The drives use heavy-duty bearings supported in NORD’s one-piece UNICASE™ housing to handle the substantial shaft loads typical of mixing viscous liquids, pastes, creams, suspensions, and powders. NORD gearboxes have…

NORD Drivesystems’ new SK92.1 and SK93.1 series helical-bevels boast gear efficiencies of up to 97%. Typical right angle worm reducers range in efficiency from 40 to 90% depending…

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NORD Drivesystems’ new SK92.1 and SK93.1 series helical-bevels are exceptionally efficient with gear efficiencies up to 97%. Typical right angle worm reducers range in efficiency from 40%-90% depending on size, ratio and output speed. The increased efficiency of NORD’s 2-stage bevels can result in as much as a 30% energy savings. It is easy to…