To support airports in designing energy-efficient baggage handling systems, the northern German company Nord Drivesystems offers the Nord Eco Service.
This service provider, which specializes in innovative drive solutions for over 100 industries, is making a significant contribution to increasing efficiency in this crucial area of airport logistics. Nord Eco Service has already helped numerous companies improve the performance and energy efficiency of their systems through modernization and reduce the variety of components used.
Potential for energy savings in drive systems
"Bag handling systems often offer savings potential, especially when considering the drive technology," explains Jörg Niermann, Marketing Director at Nord Drivesystems. "We offer our Nord Eco Service to optimize existing systems and find the best drive solution."
The Nord Eco Box conducts comprehensive measurements over a period of at least two weeks. Continuous loads, peak loads, and irregular conditions are used to determine whether a system's dimensioning meets the requirements of the respective application. "We often encounter drive systems that are significantly oversized for the respective application and subsequently develop a new solution," adds Niermann. After installing an alternative system, a comparative measurement is performed and then analyzed.
Measurable results through Nord Eco
At an airport that was already using an energy-efficient drive concept with an IE3 motor, measurements with Nord Eco Service showed that almost 5 percent of energy could be saved by using a DuoDrive solution with an IE20+ motor and a NordAC Link decentralized frequency converter.
After comparative measurements of both systems over a period of just over a year, a savings potential of 590 kilowatt hours was determined. Airports that used a DuoDrive solution with a Nord IE1+ motor in their baggage handling systems instead of drive systems with IE5 motors were able to achieve savings potential of up to 48 percent. The low operating temperatures of the DuoDrive and the possibility of reducing the number of variants also proved advantageous.