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Introduction The SEW-EURODRIVE Group of Companies

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1.1The SEW-EURODRIVE Group of Companies

Global presence Driving the world - with innovative drive solutions for all branches and for every applica-tion. Products and systems from SEW-EURODRIVE are used in a multitude of applica-tions - worldwide. These include the automotive, building materials, food and beverageas well as metal-processing industries. The decision to use drive technology „made bySEW-EURODRIVE“ stands for reliability for both functionality and investment.Not only are we represented in all important branches of industry today - we are foundall over the world: with eleven manufacturing plants, 58 assembly plants in 44 countriesand our comprehensive range of services, which we consider an integrative service thatcontinues our commitment to outstanding quality. The SEW-EURODRIVE modular concept offers millions of combinations. This wide se-lection enables you to choose the correct drive for all applications, each based on therequired speed and torque range, space available and the ambient conditions. Gear units and gearmotors offering a unique and finely tuned performance range and the best economic prerequisites to face your drive challenges.The gearmotors are electronically empowered by MOVITRAC Always the right drive for the task at hand
® frequency inverters,MOVIDRIVE
® drive and MOVIAXIS
® multi-axis servocontrollers, a combination that blendsperfectly with the existing SEW-EURODRIVE systems program. As is the case with themechanical systems, development, production and assembly is carried out completelyby SEW-EURODRIVE. In combination with our drive electronics, these drives will pro- vide the utmost in flexibility.Products of the servo drive system, such as low backlash servo gear units, compact ser-vomotors or MOVIAXIS
® multi-axis servo drives provide precision and dynamics. Fromsingle-axis or multi-axis applications all the way to synchronized process sequences,servo drive systems by SEW-EURODRIVE offer flexible and customized implementa-tion of your applications.For economical, decentralized installations, SEW-EURODRIVE offers components fromits decentralized drive system, such as MOVIMOT
® , the gearmotor with integrated fre-quency industrial inverter or MOVI-SWITCH
® , the gearmotor with integrated switching and pro-tection function. SEW-EURODRIVE has developed hybrid cables to provide cost-effec-tive functional solutions, independent of the philosophy behind or the size of the system. The latest developments from SEWEURODRIVE: MOVITRANS
® - system componentsfor contactless energy transfer, MOVIPRO
® - the decentralized drive control andMOVIFIT
® - the new decentralized intelligence.Power, quality and sturdy design combined in one standard product: with SEW-EURODRIVE, high-torque industrial gear units achieve large movements. The modularconcept once again provides optimum adaptation of industrial gear units to meet a widerange of the most varying applications. Your ideal partner Its global presence, extensive product range and broad spectrum of services makeSEW-EURODRIVE the ideal partner for the machinery and plant construction industrywhen it comes to providing drive systems for demanding applications in all applicationsand branches of industry.

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Catalog – DR Gearmotors 01/2008