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With a wide range of configurable drive solutions, Nord supports many of the professional needs of the baking industry.
August 4, 2025 – Nord Drivesystems will be participating in this year’s International Baking Industry Expo (IBIE) held in Las Vegas, NV from September 13th to 17th. Nord is a global manufacturer of robust and reliable drive technologies, including drives in professional environments in the bakery industry. Their solutions can be used in a wide range of systems, including kneading, transporting, filling, heating/cooling, fermenting, packaging, and palletizing. Many configuration options are available and meet the needs of the bakery industry, including special lubricants for low and high temperatures, overheating, protection class IP66 or IP69K, stainless steel shafts and accessories, metal fan blades, special lubricants to protect fanless designs.
Nord presents specialized solutions for the bakery industry with Booth N-6733.
Smooth surface gear motor: designed with washdown in mind
Made from high strength, natural corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, the Nord Summer Surface Gear motor is ideal for applications where hygiene and cleanliness are essential. Thanks to the smooth housing, the particles do not have any ridges or cavities that cling to them, making them easy to remove during cleaning. This product includes four consecutive work premium efficient asynchronous motor sizes ranging from 0.16 to 1.5 hp, as well as Nordbloc.1 helical inline gear unit, Nordbloc.1 helical bevel 93.1 gear unit, and universal SMI gear unit. Additional motor protection is available with options such as potted terminal boxes, condensed drain holes, space heaters, and moisture immersion winding.
Universal SMI worm gear unit: compact and quiet operation
Universal SMI worm gear units are characterized by their compact design with high power density, allowing for significant advantages in close installation space compared to other drives. It has both a closed surface and a smooth surface housing design, making it ideal for hygienic environments.
Unicase Worm Gear Unit: Flexible and Energy Efficient Solution
The Unicase Worm Gear Unit offers maximum strength and stiffness in a compact one-piece housing. With recent updates to the series, the power range is expanded to 20 hp, and the output torque increases to a maximum of 27,066 lb-in without changing the external or connection dimensions of the gear unit. Like Nord’s other Unicase Gear units, these units also offer quiet operation, a robust design for long service life and easy maintenance, and high overload capacity.
Unicase Helical Bevel Gear Unit: Robust and Reliable Performance
The Unicase Helical Bevel Gear unit is designed from a robust, cast iron housing that offers high axis and radial load capacity, minimum backlash and efficient performance, making it ideal for rugged applications requiring maximum system availability. They can be very adapted to a variety of systems thanks to the 11 case sizes, various shafts and mounting options, and the concept of multiple bearings that support heavy loads such as mixing, practicing and transmitting applications.
IE5+ Synchronous Motor: High Efficiency and Reduced TCO
The IE5+ synchronous motor has a compact sanitary design with inherent corrosion resistance and smooth surfaces for easy cleaning (TENV fanless design). They feature permanent magnetic technology that allows for constant torque efficiency even at low speeds and partial loads, which significantly improves performance, reduces energy costs and reduces system variants. The motor is perfectly matched to Nord’s modular system and when supplied as part of the complete gear unit, IP69K surface treatment can be used to add environmental protection.
Electronically controlled products
Equipped with electronic control, gear motors provide accurate positioning without the need for servos or custom components. Nord offers both centralized and decentralized options through a complete portfolio of inverters, field delivery systems, and motor starters. Nordac Flex features Nordac Flex that can be tailored to all customer applications thanks to its scalable features and modular construction, and features Nordac on/on+, the latest addition to Nordac control services developed to meet the special requirements of Horizontal Conveyor Technology. Nord’s control products are designed for a variety of specialized automated applications and include integrated positioning, synchronous motor operation and STO functions. Nord VFD is physically and functionally downward compatible.
Logidrive Complete Drive Solution
Logidrive is a complete drive solution that uses a standardized, service-friendly system that significantly reduces planning and commissioning times. There are basic and advanced versions that can be used to adapt to a variety of applications. The basic version includes gear units, efficient IE3 electric motors, and variable frequency drives focused on cost-effectiveness. The advanced version features a compact gear unit, a high efficiency IE5+ synchronous motor, and variable frequency drive that addresses issues such as energy efficiency, variant reduction, and reduced cost of ownership (TCO).
Condition monitoring for predictive maintenance
Predictive Maintenance Status Monitoring utilizes a status-based maintenance approach to extend the service life of components and machines, increase system availability, and reduces service and material costs. This method records drive and status data periodically or continuously to optimize operational safety and efficiency of the system. Data analysis allows you to actively maintain your machine and plan downtime. Additionally, condition monitoring determines the optimal time to change the unit’s oil, ensuring that the system always operates at its best capacity.
About Nord Drivesystems Group
With over 4,900 employees, Nord Drivesystems has developed, produced and sold drive technology for over 50 years and is a global leader in full-service providers in the industry. In addition to standard drives, Nord offers application-specific designs and solutions for special requirements, such as energy-saving drives and explosion prevention systems. Nord has subsidiaries and sales partners in 80 countries around the world. A compact sales and service network ensures optimal availability, short delivery times and enable customer-oriented services. Nord produces a very diverse drive for torque from 88 lb-in to 2.5 million lb-In, offers motors in the power range of 0.16 to 1,341 hp, and manufactures frequency inverters with electronic devices that require up to 200 hp. Inverter solutions can be used for traditional control cabinet installations and distributed fully integrated drive units.
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