PARTNERSHIP TO DELIVER NEXT-GENERATION OIL-FREE MOTOR SYSTEMS WITH ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARINGS
WEG and SpinDrive have announced a strategic partnership to integrate SpinDrive’s active magnetic bearings (AMBs) and built-in IoT condition monitoring into WEG’s electric motor offering, creating an oil-free, maintenance-free drive solution designed for the demands of modern industrial processes.
By combining WEG’s global manufacturing footprint and extensive distribution reach with SpinDrive’s advanced AMB solution, the partnership aims to pave the way for a new category of electric motors designed for high-volume industrial applications. Beyond higher efficiency and reliability, this collaboration will also support industrial decarbonisation by reducing energy losses, eliminating oil systems, and lowering lifecycle emissions.
The use of active magnetic bearings enables higher rotational speeds and increased power density, allowing more compact motor designs with a significantly reduced footprint, critical for space-constrained and next-generation installations.
The partnership aims to serve applications with oil-contamination constraints, machines that operate in harsh environments where higher reliability is needed, or stringent efficiency mandates that make conventional bearing solutions increasingly difficult to justify. Together, WEG and SpinDrive will support OEMs and industrial end-users across compressors, blowers, turbines, pumps, turbomachinery, and high-speed spindles, among several other applications.
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