Bauer Gear Motor makes geared motors go online

  • Industry News
  • Nov 30,17
Bauer Gear Motor has extended its product portfolio with the development of TorqueControl4.0, which enables a geared motor to be integrated into the process control infrastructure as well as providing additional functionality.
Bauer Gear Motor makes geared motors go online

As Industry 4.0 continues to be implemented, more and more components are being integrated into industrial processes and now attention has turned to the electric motor. Bauer Gear Motor has extended its product portfolio with the development of TorqueControl4.0, which enables a geared motor to be integrated into the process control infrastructure as well as providing additional functionality.
 
Until now, most data from electric motors has come from the frequency controllers, but the amount of information was limited and they provided very little in additional functionality. Bauer aims to significantly improve this situation with the launch of TorqueControl4.0, which will provide rapid torque measurement that can be used to protect the powertrain from overloading and provide adaptive load control that will optimise energy consumption, and this in a standard mains driven motor.
 
This latest innovation from Bauer, which is part of Altra Industrial Motion Corporation, offers the functionality of a soft start and an overload clutch as well as the ability to collect operational data and share it with the supervisory control network. The integrated electronics are housed in the terminal box of the electric motor to provide a compact solution in a protected environment.
 
TorqueControl4.0 takes rapid and accurate measurements of both current and voltage to assess, display and report the torque progression of a process. Parameters can be set to allow the drive to be shut down in the event of an overload, preventing any damage to the drivetrain. At the same time, the electronics can limit the starting current in the same way as a conventional soft start.
 
Furthermore, the continuous load-point monitoring enables TorqueControl4.0 to alter the motor’s magnetisation by adjusting the voltage. This increases the motor’s efficiency in the partial load range by up to 25%. Together, all of these features create a significant contribution to improving the control of standard mains driven electric motors and the data that is available from them.
 
Designed for a wide range of applications with power requirements up to 3 kW and available with IP65 protection, this innovative solution will operate reliably, even in unfavourable conditions. For those with applications involving material handling, intralogistics or processes that start under load and who also require excellent energy efficiency, gentle power delivery together with continuous data gathering, the TorqueControl4.0 is the solution.

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