The OEM Difference: How Demag Drives Solve Pain Points Across Industries

Why Piecemeal Drive Systems Drain Your Engineering Budget

OEMs often think they can save money by sourcing wheels, motors, and gearboxes from different suppliers, but those savings are lost when you factor in complex project engineering and alignment delays.

Custom-engineered drive systems with parts from multiple suppliers often lead to:

OEMs can avoid these issues by instead opting for Demag’s precisely matched modular drive components, configured for a range of motors and gearboxes combinations. This helps simplify the specification process from the outset, reducing the trial and error that can come with integrating components from different suppliers. 

The Demag Unified Drive Philosophy: Built to Work Together

A truly coordinated drive assembly, with a motor, gear motors, and wheel block, provides key benefits, including:

• Seamless power transmission – When power isn’t efficiently translated through the gearbox to the wheel, energy is lost. Demag’s geared motors perfectly combine proven components, matching cylindrical or conical-rotor motors with space-saving offset, compact angular, or rugged helical gearboxes. The result is a tailored match that is designed to deliver the required performance for the application.

• No-force torque transfer – Poor torque transmission or an improperly designed torque reaction path can induce excessive loads on shafts and bearings, resulting in increased wear, reduced reliability, and premature component failure. Demag travel units, meanwhile, feature torque brackets that transfer drive torque to wheel systems virtually without any radial force, protecting the shaft and gears from premature wear.

• Bolt-on wheel block mounting – The DRS and DRS-M wheel blocks are delivered as fully integrated units, eliminating the need for shaft alignment and precision bearing-seat machining associated with loose-wheel arrangements. Wheel and drive components are supplied as a factory-matched assembly, reducing installation effort while improving reliability and consistency.

Extreme Durability: Why Demag Equipment Outlasts the Competition

Some organizations need industrial machinery that can run reliably outdoors, standing up to the elements like rain, extreme heat, freezing cold, and corrosive coastal air.

For instance, at a bulk terminal in the Port of Hamburg, Viereck used Demag’s DRH wheel blocks, offset geared brake motors, and frequency inverters to move a 33-ton gangway within a harsh, outdoor marine environment. The quayside drives are completely weatherproof, corrosion-resistant, and robust enough to handle the exceptional weight. 

Demag drives are designed to withstand demanding operating conditions, helping provide reliable performance over many years.

FAQs

What are the benefits of using matched drive components?

Matched drive components help simplify design and integration, as the gearbox and wheel block are designed to work together, reducing engineering/assembly time and facilitating reliable performance. When you work with Demag, you get everything from one source.

How do Demag modular drive components simplify OEM system design?

Demag’s modular drive components allow OEMs to configure drive components based on the requirements of the application while using components designed to work together. This modular approach can simplify specification, integration, and maintenance.

What kinds of specialized travel wheel variants are available in the Demag DRS wheel block range?

The modular DRS and DRS-M wheel block system offers diverse wheel options, such as wheels guided on both sides by flanges, flangeless travel wheels with high-acceleration Hydropur tires, wheels with ground-level guide flanges, and flangeless concave polyamide wheels for quiet operation.

Streamline Your Operations with Modular Drive Systems