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MAKING MODERN LIVING POSSIBLE What VLT® is all about THE REAL DRIVE

VLT® drives increase productivity Market-leading Danfoss will help you stay ahead in your field. For more than 40 years now, reliable and efficient automation systems from Danfoss Drives have increased companies’ productivity, saved energy and improved comfort levels. At the heart of these achievements are our top brands VLT® electronic motor controls. While being number one in Europe and, among dedicated drives providers, the leading supplier globally, Danfoss Drives is still gaining ground.

Danfoss Drives stands by you – 24/7 – around the globe 2000 drives specialists are at your service in 120 countries, ready to support you. The international headquarters in Graasten, Denmark, are home to advanced research and development facilities along with global management. This is also where one of the Danfoss high-tech production plants is situated. Other main factories are located in USA, Germany and in China. Danfoss Drives is part of the Danfoss Group – a global company with net sales of about 3.6 billion EUR employing approx. 30,000 people worldwide. Since 1933 Danfoss has...

Dedicated to Drives Solutions When drives are the issue, ask an expert’s opinion. Danfoss Drives has focused on providing solely drives and accessories for 40 years and accumulated a deep understanding of technologies, applications and customer needs in this narrow area. Danfoss Drives introduced the world’s first mass-produced frequency converter in 1968 – named VLT® – and has since been breaking ground within technology applicable to the industries.

Mass customisation To meet demands for both competitive and customised solutions Danfoss Drives introduced masscustomisation. Out of a limited number of components and options you can order your special combination from millions of variations and solutions – have it assembled, tested and delivered anywhere in the world within 48 hours. Team up with Experts It takes experts to turn original ideas into reliable and cost-effectiv solutions. Danfoss Drives only produces drives solutions. This position enable us to focus on business areas such as manufacturing, heating and ventilation, material...

Unlike several competitors, Danfoss Drives performs all these tasks inhouse in order to exercise full control of quality and service. Local sales companies – worldwide Danfoss Drives' sales and service organisation covers all continents. Drives experts with expert knowledge of both business and applications – and local culture and language – are on call around the world around the clock. Dedicated products By knowing their customers’ business, Danfoss develops business dedicated drive solutions for e.g. heating and ventilation, water and wastewater applications, food and beverage industry....

Dependable people – dependable solutions Danfoss Drives shares the common Danfoss core values: • Our business is trust • A very safe and reliable choice • Passionate about technology • Global culture, local representation • nvironmentally and socially E responsible. The entire business organisation is built on an upright approach to customers and applications, vouching for every step from design, manufacturing, sales and delivery to commissioning and after sales services.

Strong relationships with employees, partners, and customers are vital for the company – as are relationships with the environment. From initial design to final assembly, Danfoss Drives uses advanced ITsystems along with sophisticated production and testing techniques to manufacture reliable drives solutions. Solutions are designed to meet your specifications, perform perfectly at all times and withstand the everyday stresses of the environment. Saves an atomic plant each year Every time a VLT® drive is installed on a motor, it saves energy. This is the case especially in HVAC applications....

Dependable solutions within 48 hours From anywhere in the world, local sales companies specify required features directly into Danfoss Drives production management system. The completely automated supply chain hereafter provides bits and pieces for robots to assemble the drives. Before enclosures are mounted, drives are tested visually, electronically and physically – under full scale conditions. No stock will be short, no version sold out. Safe stop Built-in safety features allow for one wire safety installations using VLT® drives. Products Self Protect VLT® drives monitor the performance...

It takes innovation to stay ahead Customers are actively involved in the development and design of VLT® drives to identify fields for improvements and advantages. Through dialogue, studies and field tests future demands on drives technology and performance are explored. Results are user-friendly and reliable running hand in hand with useful new features and sophisticated technology. Latest technological advances are engaged as they are made. What brings a company ahead in its field is the sum of its advantages compared to competitors.

Hunting better solutions Product development is given highest priority within Danfoss Drives. No company matches the technology and application knowhow of the Danfoss staff. Unique technology and highly adaptable solutions are designed to fulfil everchanging needs of customers. Future means modular Having identified basic drive architecture – components and their interfaces – Danfoss develops and produces for many different drive series when developing and producing one component. The latest series comes in millions of hardware configurations – all built from limited series of different...

Common Platforms Customised Manuals Elements are based on common technology platforms and shared interactions protocols. New components can therefore be developed in parallel. Likewise, production can take place at the same time in our different factories around the world. While a tailored drive is automatically assembled, computers gather relevant text and illustrations for this specific drive – in the relevant language – selected and updated to match the individual specifications of the drive. As only customised manuals are printed and immediately packed and delivered, no stocks of...