NORD DRIVESYSTEMS (Waunakee, WI) offers a range of powerful, energy-saving electric motors including asynchronous, synchronous, explosion protected and smooth body versions. These motors are built in-house for high availability, deliver high-efficiency and meet all common global efficiency regulations and standards. Thanks to the modular design, they are compatible with the full NORD gear unit and variable frequency drive portfolio and can also be used as stand-alone motors.
NORD motors are constructed with superior insulating methods to provide excellent moisture protection, low temperature rise, and voltage spike resistance in accordance with NEMA MG 1. Low rotor inertia and high starting torque allow peak performance in difficult applications involving high start/stop cycling rates or rapid acceleration/deceleration. Standard motors offer protection from the elements and include design benefits such as shaft lip seals on both ends of the motor shafts, stator to endbell connections sealed to exclude moisture, double coated magnetic wire insulation, corrosion resistant alloy materials, threaded cable entry holes, and more. While standard features address the most common requirements, there are many additional selections to configure NORD motors to meet system requirements. Specifically:
- NORD produces four different lines of three-phase asynchronous motors with a power range of 0.16 – 75 hp for operation in a wide variety of applications.
- Smooth surface motors offer a wash-down design suitable for the food and beverage industry, pharmaceuticals, dairy, bottling, and other hygienic applications. Their aluminum alloy housing provides an inherent resistance to corrosion and thanks to the smooth surface, particles have no ridges or cavities to cling to, making them easy to remove during cleaning.
- IE5+ synchronous motors from NORD utilize permanent magnets, eliminating the need for an external energy supply to generate the magnetic field and resulting in extremely high efficiency, high-power density, and enabling considerable energy savings to be achieved, especially for continuous duty applications.
- NORD additionally offers explosion-proof motors to elevate safety and efficiency of operations in hazardous environments such as those in grain mills, pharmaceuticals, mining, and more that encounter explosive dust or potentially flammable gas atmospheres.
NORD motors are not only powerful and robust, but also feature high gear ratios, toothed motor shafts, and a compact design for space-saving installation. Whether in agitators, conveyor systems, intralogistics, or the food and beverage production, NORD electric motors deliver high performance, reliability, and long service life.
