Nord Drivesystems offers drive systems for bakery applications aimed at improving uptime, meeting hygiene requirements and lowering operating costs. The company’s products are used in mixing, portioning, baking, cooling, conveying and packaging, where equipment must provide controlled operation and withstand washdown conditions.
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Washdown protection
Bakery environments can include temperature extremes, high-pressure cleaning and exposure to alcohol-based liquids or cleaning chemicals. Nord offers options including low- and high-temperature lubricants, thermal protection, IP66 and IP69K protection, stainless steel shafts and explosion-protected motors for hazardous areas.
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For washdown areas, Nord offers smooth-surface gear units and motors designed to reduce residue buildup and support cleaning. Available gear unit designs include NORDBLOC.1 helical inline and bevel units, UNICASE parallel shaft units and UNIVERSAL SMI worm gear units, along with IE3 asynchronous and IE5+ synchronous motors.
Motor and control options
For continuous-duty equipment such as mixers, proofing conveyors and tunnel ovens, Nord offers IE5+ permanent magnet synchronous motors in ventilated and nonventilated versions.
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The company also offers UNICASE helical bevel gear units for mixers and conveyors, MAXXDRIVE XC parallel industrial gear units for high-torque dough mixers and worm gear units for packaging systems.
Nord’s electronic control products include variable frequency drives with programmable features such as reverse operation, drive synchronization, Safe Torque Off and torque monitoring. Product options include NORDAC FLEX, NORDAC ON/ON+, and the cabinet-mounted NORDAC PRO SK 500P series.
