Increasing energy costs worldwide make the installation of SEW-Eurodrive‘s complete Movigear handling system very attractive. SEW-Eurodrive electronics and product manager, Paul Strzalkowski says this is due to its ease of installation, user-friendliness and energy saving capabilities. “The Movigear as a complete system is between 84% and 88% efficient, depending on which size is used. The motor design has been used as the benchmark for the IE4 super premium efficiency rating,“ explains Strzalkowski.
As with all products launched by SEW-Eurodrive, service and backup are an important focus and are part of the reason why customers choose to use SEW. “When the South African market demanded the release of the Movigear, readily available and fast local service and support for all SEW users was of paramount importance to SEW as well as to the end user. It was a unanimous decision amongst the shareholders to launch a complete Movigear assembly and service facility in Cape Town,“ he continues.
Recently Cape Town also became a complete service and repair facility for servo drives locally. The Movigear motor is a servo motor albeit without the encoder in most cases. The current grounds of the Cape Town branch are in excess of 10 000 m2 with the complete store and assembly plant taking up only 2200 m² of this. Strzalkowski says that there is no shortage of space for future expansion and little chance of overcrowding.
The Movigear assembly plant has the capability to service and assemble Movigear systems for the whole of Africa. The Movigear is perfectly designed for conveyor systems that run continuously but have varying loads. The ability of Movigear to deliver peak torque for 5 seconds, 200% static torque for five minutes, followed by 100% static torque indefinitely lends itself to baggage handling systems. Strzalkowski says that during the first phase of the Gatwick Airport baggage handling system upgrade, more than 1500 Movigear systems were installed. This was followed by several hundred additional Movigear systems for the rest of Gatwick Airport’s handling systems.
Movigear is also ideal for the food and beverage industry. Many beverage plants worldwide are now installing bottling and filling systems driven by Movigear due to its efficiency and hygienic design, which does not allow germs and dirt to get trapped in any crevice or corner of the casing. The design of the casing is such that any liquid will run right off it and there is no motor fan to contaminate other processes accidently. Movigear has also been very successfully installed in the glass bottle manufacturing industry. Consol Glass is a big user of Movigear.
“It is with pride that we invite our customers and potential customers, to visit our static and dust-free Movigear assembly and service centre at our Cape Town branch. There they will be able to see for themselves the high-tech equipment which has been installed for the support of Movigear,“ concludes Strzalkowski.
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