In a bid to support companies in their quest for economical and energy-efficient drive systems, NORD, a leading provider of drive solutions, has introduced its innovative ECO service. This groundbreaking service not only aids in reducing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions but also enables significant cost savings by addressing administration, maintenance, and wear-related expenses. With the help of the NORD ECO box, which facilitates detailed energy consumption measurements and comprehensive data analysis, businesses can now find the most efficient drive solution tailored to their specific applications.
Jörg Niermann, Head of Marketing at NORD, highlights the first step of the ECO service as the comprehensive collection of measurement values. The NORD ECO box is equipped with an energy measuring device that accurately assesses the current and voltage of the drive. By determining the effective or reactive power, the box calculates the relative power factor, providing essential insights into the energy utilization. Installed between the drive and power supply, the ECO box captures data over a two-month period, encompassing permanent loads, load peaks, and irregular conditions. This extended measurement period ensures a dense collection of data, facilitating the identification of patterns and random outliers, thereby enabling the creation of a comprehensive load cycle profile for the entire system.
Following the completion of the data collection phase, NORD evaluates the gathered information and presents the customer with a detailed PDF report containing the key data. The abundance of data acquired allows for precise determination of whether the system dimensions align with the application requirements, identifying instances of oversizing that are crucial for optimizing energy efficiency. Moreover, in large-scale systems featuring multiple drives, such as those found in intralogistics, the NORD ECO service goes a step further by not only optimizing power consumption for individual drive systems but also reducing the number of different systems utilized. This streamlining process enhances overall production, logistics, storage, and service processes. NORD’s high-efficiency motors, known for their constant torque across a broad speed range, facilitate a reduction in system variants, further augmenting efficiency gains.
In addition to the data evaluation, customers receive a personalized recommendation for an efficient NORD drive solution. As part of the service, the energy balance of the suggested NORD solution is documented through further measurements, providing customers with tangible evidence of their efficiency improvements.
“The NORD ECO service has already empowered numerous customers to enhance the energy efficiency of their production processes, thereby reducing their carbon footprint,” states Niermann.
With sustainability at the forefront of industrial development, NORD’s ECO service emerges as a vital tool for companies seeking to achieve economic and environmental objectives simultaneously. By harnessing cutting-edge technology and leveraging comprehensive data analysis, NORD continues to drive innovation and provide competent support for economical and energy-efficient drive systems.
