Energy saving, faster and quieter: servo motors optimize sand-lime brick presses

摘要

Sand-lime brick is a building material with many advantages and is widely used across the Benelux countries, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and as far as Russia. There are various established stone formats - from small and medium standard sizes, to large-format slabs up to 650 mm high and almost one meter wide. These have always been manufactured on hydraulic presses. In both, technological and commercial terms, Masa GmbH from Porta Westfalica in Germany is one of the leading suppliers of single- and double-sided sand-lime brick presses. Based in Andernach, the company is steeped in tradition. At its Westphalian facility in Porta Westfalica the company develops and manufactures everything required for the manufacture of "white products" made of sand-lime brick and autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC). The range of products for the sand-lime brick industry includes machines and plants for the entire production process, ranging from material storage and treatment through pressing, sawing, autoclaving and packing to turnkey plants, including all handling and transport equipment. For many years, Masa has relied on control technology, and increasingly on (servo) drive technology, from Siemens. The latter was recently a decisive reason why a Dutch producer of sand-lime brick opted for a Masa solution.