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Drive Technology | Motors & Gears

MONOCAB: System solution for the rail

The MONOCAB is a monorail vehicle and is intended to shape the public transport of the future. On board the vehicle: KEB products such as the T6 APD.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Company

KEB Automation celebrates 50th anniversary

KEB has turned 50 – this was celebrated in Barntrup with around 3,000 guests and a surprise performance by Max Giesinger.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Drive Technology

High-end filter for high-speed applications

With the new COMBILINE Z2 series output filters for high-speed applications, the service life of motors in machines and systems can be increased.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News

Shortened delivery times for frequency inverters

KEB Automation reduces delivery times. Stabilized supply chains and production expansion enable faster production of the Drive Controllers and Servo Drives.
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
News, Video
Support

KEB Automation launches online service portal

From now on, KEB customers will have the possibility to easily register for repairs online. A new service portal has now been launched for this purpose.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Company

Optimising Intralogistics with AI

In an AutoQML project, KEB is pursuing the goal of developing a machine learning solution that can monitor vehicle status.
News
Drive Technology

Brake resistors: No more thermal overloading

During inverter operation braking resistors can be thermally overloaded. The temperature monitoring of the F6 inverters from KEB prevents damage.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Company

Job bike at KEB Automation

KEB now offers employees the option of leasing a company bike via JobRad. This provides another benefit – and supports health.
News
Drive Technology

When the motor makes music

The encoderless, field-oriented control method CVSCL from KEB Automation enables users to control over the entire speed range.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Support

A Hat-trick in Service

They are responsible for commissioning, repairs and more - the service colleagues at KEB. Now the department has been able to strengthen its staff.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Applications

Vecoplan and KEB: Crushing in cooperation

Vecoplan, manufacturer of, among other things, shredding systems, and KEB Automation are linked by a long partnership. What is the basis of this cooperation?
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Company

Opening of KEB Canada

KEB America is expanding its presence with a sales office in Canada. Customers in the Canadian market are to be better served from Oakville.
Michael Bauer | 
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Company

Now online: The new KEB Automation website

KEB's new website is here: News on drive technology and automation, more user-friendly menu navigation and an attractive design.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Technology

How to control motors encoderless and precisely

KEB has developed control methods with which motors can be run without a encoder and always at the appropriate speed for the application with high precision.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Applications

Maximum safety in woodworking

Functional safety is of great importance in the field of woodworking machines. Find out how this is implemented with solutions from KEB.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Drive Technology | Technology

Making the servo pump efficient

Performance, pump protection and high-precision control - this is what the servo pump control function integrated in KEB's drive controllers offers.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Company | Drive Technology

Products of the Year 2023: Award for KEB Drives

The COMBIVERT F6 and S6 Drives with integrated safety functions have been voted Products of the Year by “Computer&Automation”.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Motors & Gears | Company

Servo motors for individual needs

Brusatori Electric Motors is well known for its DL4 high torque servo motors. In cooperation with KEB, there are numerous advantages for users.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Technology

Commissioning time reduced by up to 90 percent

Where does a digital twin come into play? What is the TwinStore from ISG? How to save time and costs with component models from KEB.
Tim Schöllmann | 
Video, Webseminars
Applications | Brakes & Clutches

Material Handling: How to move and lift properly

Cranes, hoists or construction machinery are indispensable wherever loads have to be moved into place efficiently and precisely. Intelligent control systems and safety technology in the drive train create the conditions...
Kevin Zysk, Sebastian Wietzorrek | 
News
Drive Technology | Support

From F5 to F6: How to switch to the new inverters

The new drive controller generation from KEB opens up exciting potential. Learn how the change from the COMBIVERT F6 to the F6 succeeds.
Tim Schöllmann | 
Webseminars
Applications | Drive Technology

Wind turbines

Wind turbines are becoming larger and more powerful. Outputs of 6-8 megawatts onshore and up to 15 megawatts offshore are no longer uncommon...
Sebastian Eicke, Dirk Ehlert | 
Video, Webseminars
Applications

Not science fiction

Industrial robots are taking over more and more tasks in production. They assemble, transport – and ensure greater efficiency...
Webseminars
Technology | Drive Technology

TwinCat & Co.

Niklas Dähling (Service) and Alexander Knorn (Development Electronics) will show you how to optimally configure your KEB Drive Controller and how to avoid error messages
Alexander Knorn, Niklas Dähling | 
News, Video
Applications

900 sachets per minute with KEB system solution

For two decades, Merz has been finding system solutions for the efficient drive of packaging and special machines at KEB Automation.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Applications | Drive Technology

Everything under control in process technology

Neuros specialises in the production of turbomachinery and uses the new Highspeed Drive Controllers from KEB in their high performance applications.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Applications

How safety gets into robots

Robotics is becoming increasingly relevant in production. But which brake is best suited for use in industrial robots, cobots and co?
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Drive Technology | Applications

Drive controller for less heat loss

Böllhoff implements its system solutions with the support of KEB. Especially in servo technology, KEB's drive solutions were the right choice.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Control & Automation

New HMI management system HELIO presented

KEB Automation and HMI Project are developing an innovative solution for Human Machine Interfaces (HMI). "HELIO" enables the simple creation of web-based HMI without programming knowledge.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Control & Automation

Product premiere: Embedded control C6 COMPACT 3

The new C6 COMPACT 3 control from KEB Automation is based on the Linux operating system and offers an open microservice architecture.
Kristin Gabel | 
Video, Webseminars
Drive Technology | Technology

Servo Drives and Drive Controller

Find out about your drive solution with KEB Automation and what software innovations we are offering for your application – current and upcoming.
Tobias Wenneker, Tobias Grabbe | 
News

Three steps to EMC optimisation

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and especially electromagnetic emission (EME) are important aspects in a product development process. KEB shows ways to optimise EMC through simulations.
News, Video
Drive Technology

Lower rejects through optimised press

Energy-saving and a press capacity of up to 1,200 tonnes: KEB has equipped a high-end servo press that sets standards.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Brakes & Clutches | Drive Technology | Motors & Gears | Technology

Increased energy prices: How to reduce your costs

Energy prices have risen sharply. KEB Automation provides solutions and products to remedy the situation. In this way you reduce costs and protect the climate.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Technology | Drive Technology

Drive controllers communicate via PROFIsafe

The drive controller COMBIVERT F6 and S6 device variant APPLICATION with integrated safety functions are certified for PROFIsafe.
News
Company

More than a facade: New KEB warehouse takes shape

The dimensions of the new KEB Automation high-bay warehouse in Barntrup are becoming more visible by the day. The roof and the facade elements have recently been installed.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Brakes & Clutches

A brake that is "immune" to remanence

Remanence leads to restrictions in a machine. KEB Automation has developed a solution whereby an electromagnetic brake does not become magnetically energised.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Support

Ennova: New partner in Brazil

As of now, Ennova will take over the KEB service business from the previous partner in Brazil.
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
News
Motors & Gears | Drive Technology

Drive dimensioning: How to optimise your machine

KEB's service enables virtual drive sizing to identify potential problems in advance and speed up commissioning with Hardware-in-the-Lop (HIL).
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Brakes & Clutches | Drive Technology

Increased energy prices: How to reduce your costs

Energy prices have risen drastically. KEB Automation provides solutions and products to remedy the situation. In this way you reduce costs and protect the climate.
Tim Schöllmann | 
Webseminars
Brakes & Clutches | Applications

Medical meets magnet technology

Powerful devices and diagnostic equipment have been part and parcel of modern medicine for a long time. In the web seminar, you can find out which requirements the use in medical technology places on clutches and brakes.
News
Applications

The right drive for woodworking

Precision is particularly important in woodworking. Therefore KEB Automation provides the necessary (servo) drives.
News
Company | Careers

Award-winning: KEB is a top training place

KEB Automation has been named Top Trainer 2021. The company received the award as part of the 7th German Training Forum.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Brakes & Clutches

The clutch: air gap adjustment made easy

Just get started and bypass tedious adjustments: An innovative process allows a KEB Automation coupling to automatically adjust the working air gap.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Control & Automation

KEB combines CNC and PLC

A system from KEB Automation makes it possible to bring together the worlds of CNC and PLC.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Applications | Drive Technology

Up high with efficient crane drives

The system solutions from KEB Automation create the conditions for the smooth motion sequences of a crane is the safe operation of the various axes.
Tim Schöllmann | 
Webseminars
Technology

Digital Twin: How to detect errors in your systems

How can errors in automation systems be prevented? These and other questions are answered by KEB Automation with the “Digital Twin”.
Manuel Brose, Tobias Wenneker | 
News
Company

On the way to the Smart Factory: KEB digitises production

The digitisation of production processes can lead to increased efficiency. At KEB Automation, too, a digital transformation is taking place that is changing the way work has been done up to now.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Drive Technology | Technology

Encoderless and safe control of drives via Profinet

The drive controllers COMBIVERT F6 and servo drives COMBIVERT S6 from KEB Automation are certified in the device variant PRO for communication via Profinet.
Kristin Gabel | 
News, Video
Support

More than a repair: KEB renews warranty

If devices that have broken down were previously repaired, KEB's "As good as new" service restores drive controllers to as good as new condition – and renews the warranty.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Company

Thank you for this Milestone

The KEB Group with its headquarters in Barntrup – founded in 1972 as Karl E. Brinkmann sole proprietorship – celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
News
Drive Technology

We stay cool

With air, liquid or oil cooling, KEB Automation offers three different cooling technologies that make frequency inverters scalable to the highest degree.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Company

Identifying problems before they occur

As part of the "Technical Infrastructure for Digital Twins" project, KEB has dedicated itself to improved commissioning and maintenance options for energy optimisation.
David Kater, Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Company

KEB turns 50 – The Automation of the Future

KEB Automation is starting into the anniversary year 2022. What began with a Brake is now a full-range Supplier for high-end Automation, from IIoT to Drive Technology to Motors.
News
Brakes & Clutches

“A good brake or clutch is application-optimised”

Matthias Kreinjobst talks about the characteristics of good brakes and clutches, developments in the industry and product innovations from KEB Automation in an interview.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News, Video
Drive Technology | Applications

Recycling machines: Use under harsh conditions

Shredding plants are exposed to adverse conditions. Machine manufacturers like Vecoplan AG therefore rely on components that are particularly robust.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Motors & Gears

Servomotors: Powerful when it gets tough

In the interview, Luca Banfi talks about the special features of the powerful DL4 servo motor and shows which challenges it is suitable for.
Tim Schöllmann | 
Video, Webseminars
Technology

Future-proof speed evalutation

What is the goal of functional safety? To keep the risks posed by technical equipment to humans and the environment as low as possible.
Thomas Peters, Tobias Grabbe | 
Video, Webseminars
Technology

Safe speed evaluation

With functional safety – also encoderless – you protect users and machines against a wide range of hazards.
Thomas Peters, Bernd Tünnermann | 
Webseminars
Motors & Gears

The Servo Pump

Servo pumps are the optimum solution for hydraulic systems with highly dynamic control engineering requirements.
Tim Aufderheide | 
News, Video
Motors & Gears

Lowest Speeds – High Torque

The "ASiCL" function supplements the encoderless controlled operation of asynchronous motors. It guarantees the best shaft performance even in the low speed range.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Applications | Drive Technology

Saving energy costs with new servo technology

This newly developed servo press saves energy. MS-Hydraulik developed the press and relied on KEB Automation.
Tim Schöllmann, Daniel Kappmeyer | 
News
Company

Expansion of KEB America completed

The KEB America headquarters was enlarged. The storage area was almost doubled after two years of construction.
Tim Schöllmann | 
News
Company

“We want to make a difference”

Mark Checkley interviewed about his new role as managing director and the future of KEB UK in a market that holds special challenges.
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
Video, Webseminars
Drive Technology | Control & Automation

Via app and Bluetooth adapter in the drive controller

Using the COMBIVIS mobile app in combination with a suitable Bluetooth adapter – this is how easy it is to establish wireless communication with the COMBIVERT S6 and F6 drive controllers.
Tobias Wenneker | 
News
Company

Into the future with a new high-bay warehouse

The KEB Automation headquarters is being further expanded. "The investment in a new high-bay warehouse in Barntrup underlines the importance of the company headquarters as a key hub within the KEB ...
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
News
Company

Start of vaccination at KEB Automation

Within a few days, 280 COVID vaccinations have already been carried out: Many of the German employees take advantage of the voluntary vaccination offer of the automation specialist KEB.
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
Training

The CiA 402 Profile Position Mode - Part 4/4

The topics of the last part of this webinar series are positioning on a separate position encoder and the extension to Profile Position Mode – the index positioning.
Andreas Münchenberger | 
Webseminars
Motors & Gears

The motor and gear as you need it

You have the choice: synchronous or asynchronous motor, with gearbox or just the gearbox.
Daniel Lehmann | 
News, Video
Drive Technology

Frequency inverter with extended power range

Machine concepts with extended requirements for power, communication and integrated safety: Drive Controller COMBIVERT F6 for 2.2 kW - 450 kW.
Stefan Höltke | 
Webseminars

KEB NOA

Get to know KEB NOA. The challenge for machine builders is, among other things, to offer data-based “value added services” with high customer benefits along the entire value chain.
Wilfried Schumacher-Wirges | 
News
Control & Automation

Switching off the 3G network

Anyone who continues to operate 3G routers after the switch-off will only be able to use the 2G network. The C6 router von KEB Automation with integrated 4G modem is available as a replacement.
News, Video
Applications | Drive Technology

Automation – synchronized in every step

One Drive Controller – various motors: An advantage that the Austrian-based company "Rubble Master" is now making use of…
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
Training

The CiA 402 Profile Position Mode - Part 3/4

In Part 3 of the webinar series, Andreas Münchenberger (Technical Trainer) goes into more details about homing, rotary table positioning and spindle orientation.
Andreas Münchenberger | 
Training, Webseminars

Recipe management made easy

Do you want to operate two different motors in your machine one after the other with only one drive controller?
Bernd Tünnermann | 
News
Company

Modern production for drive technology

"Jenny" helps the drive controllers get up to speed: Modern production for drive technology What does modern production look like? Driverless transport system (DTS) are already an essential part of ...
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
Training

The CiA 402 Profile Position Mode - Part 2/4

In the second part of the webinar series, Andreas Münchenberger (Technical Trainer) will show you, among other things, the Profile Position Mode in “Single Set-Point” mode, position and/or speed override as well as software and hardware end position monitoring.
Andreas Münchenberger | 
News, Video
Drive Technology | Applications

A servo drive flies with Zeppelin

Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik (ZLT) relies on servo drives from KEB Automation, which show their strengths as a modular system particularly well here.
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
Training

The CiA 402 Profile Position Mode - Part 1/4

You have positioning tasks, but a software licence would drive up the costs? Then you should not miss this web seminar series by Andreas Münchenberger (Technical Trainer).
Andreas Münchenberger | 
News
Control & Automation

Concepts for efficient battery charging management

Charging technology for a high power range, the possibility of regenerating and buffering energy: KEB offers scalable solutions for charging and storage technologies.
Webseminars
Applications

How AC/DC rocks your electric vehicle

How to get started with the T6 APD – simple and fast: Our experts Boris Schneider and Daniel Schroeder (Application Engineers) will show you some technical possibilities and how you can implement various apps and functions.
Boris Schneider, Daniel Schroeder | 
Webseminars
Technology

Supply/Regeneration systems

When energy efficiency becomes simple: Do you have recurring machine cycles with regenerative energy?
Frank Weber, Ethem Demirkol | 
News
Drive Technology | Applications

When wind turns into energy

KEB offers robust drive and control technology for the pitch and yaw mechanisms in wind turbines. This technology must fulfil important criteria for offshore and onshore use.
Tim Schöllmann | 
Webseminars
Motors & Gears | Drive Technology

Driving the Synchronous Reluctance Motor

Synchronous Reluctance Motors are a game changer for extruders, crushers and many more – espacially when combined with the COMBIVERT F6 Drive from KEB Automation
Andrea Bovo, Mario Zellhofer | 
Webseminars
Applications | Drive Technology

Ready for High-Power Wind Turbines

High power fits us: wind turbines must work safely and stably and meet the highest quality standards.
Sebastian Eicke, Dirk Ehlert | 
News
Support

From Brazil to Germany with Automation and Service

With his colleague TanLe Nguyen, the 33-year-old Taques will focus on startup and commissioning of High Speed applications, like turbo blowers or turbines with the SCL and ASCL software in a team.
Kristin Gabel | 
News
Company | Applications

These faces make wind at KEB

At KEB the wind team is expanded to five colleagues. The enlarged team shows the focus on the future topic of wind and renewable energy
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
News, Video
Drive Technology | Applications

High performance: The future of wind turbines

The trend is towards ever more powerful wind turbines. This is underlined by the new 23P6 pitch inverter from KEB especially for large wind turbines.
Dirk Ehlert | 
Training

Commissioning encoderless safety functions

Bernd Tünnermann (Functional Safety Engineer) shows the commissioning of encoderless safety functions by the COMBIVIS Safety Editor tool.
Bernd Tünnermann | 
Training, Video

Briefly explained

Using the COMBIVERT F6 PRO as an example, Bernd Tünnermann (Functional Safety Engineer) explains how you can use the various safety functions on your machines.
Bernd Tünnermann | 
Webseminars
Control & Automation

Remote maintenance with COMBIVIS connect

How do you reduce service and production downtime costs? Be it commissioning, remote programming of control systems or a look at upcoming software features.
Bastian Pyka | 
Video, Webseminars
Drive Technology

Ecodesign and drive controller

In July 2021, the new Ecodesign Directive will become effective. What role does the drive controller play – also in combination with a motor?
Tobias Wenneker, Tim Aufderheide | 
Video, Webseminars
Brakes & Clutches

The Powerbox Eco

Electromagnetic brakes in holding applications are normally energised most of the time during operation.
Helmut Willer | 
News
Technology

Consistent concept for machine safety

Functionally safe system solutions for machines and plants are based on a consistent architecture up to the mechanical interface.
Kristin Gabel | 
News, Video
Control & Automation

Via remote maintenance into the machine

There are many reasons for remote maintenance: It saves travel to machines or plants and thus time and travel costs. On the other hand, technical experts can provide support more quickly.
Training

Starting up the drive system

Get going with a KEB solution or a third party motor: With a KEB demo setup Andreas Münchenberger (Technical Trainer) shows you, how to start up the drive system consisting of COMBIVERT F6/S6 Drive Controller and motor with the COMBIVIS 6 software.
Andreas Münchenberger | 
News, Video
Drive Technology | Applications

Retrofit – A high-bay warehouse skips a generation

How a supposedly outdated storage and retrieval machine is turned into a future-proof retrofit solution with modern frequency inverters: Here in the video.
News, Video
Drive Technology | Applications

Bus retrofit as a sustainable solution

Sustainable and faster – How retrofit turns a diesel bus into an energy-efficient solution. I See Busses shows the efficiency of this idea.
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
Video, Webseminars
Applications

Electromobility in commercial vehicles

The electrification of transport: Everyone is talking about the main drive, but the auxiliary drives in particular also offer high savings potential.
Jobst Tölle, Boris Schneider | 
Video, Webseminars
Drive Technology | Applications

Application and Servo Drives

The COMBIVERT S6 and F6 drive controllers support the implementation of new machine concepts with extended requirements for performance, communication and integrated safety.
Stefan Höltke, Tobias Wenneker | 
Video, Webseminars
Drive Technology

How to plan your Drive System energy-efficiently

New requirements for engines: In this webcast we focus on the question of how the new energy efficiency requirements for three-phase motors will develop in 2021.
Daniel Lehmann | 
News
Company | Technology

Digital twin for virtual commissioning

Digital twins of products serve to support the design, production, engineering – e.g., when integrating components into a machine – and use of assets.
Manuel Brose, Dominik Follmann | 
News, Video
Company | Technology

With digital twin into condition monitoring

"Technical Infrastructure for Digital Twins" (TeDZ) What can the digital twin look like for the automation of the future and what role will drive technology play in this?
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
Video, Webseminars
Applications

The high-end CNC soulution in practice

For complex requirements, the high-end solution with the integrated ISG CNC kernel offers extensive functions for CNC, robotics and motion control.
Frank Biermann, Matthias Jahn | 
News
Drive Technology

Filter for high frequency: Minimized power dissipation

What power amplifier topologies alone cannot achieve: Highly efficient machine concepts for Turbo Blower or in machining with CNC spindles – made possible by new drive controllers and filter concepts ...
News
Applications

Sustainable cooperation for successful e-mobility

The electrification of transport: Everyone is talking about the main drive, but the auxiliary drives in particular also offer high savings potential.
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
News
Company | Technology

Shaping the future of industrial drive technology

What does it look like, the factory of the future? For KEB Automation David Kater works on exactly this question in the research project "DC-INDUSTRIE2".
Daniel Kappmeyer | 
News
Control & Automation | Drive Technology | Technology

Automation solution for modern concrete

By installing servo drives with integrated functional safety, HMIs and controllers from KEB Automation on its new production line, Concrete Canvas Ltd has reduced wiring installation costs.
Kristin Gabel | 
News
Motors & Gears | Drive Technology

Geared motors in mobile manipulators

Manipulators for engine parts from RSH Automation for a well-known German manufacturer with geared motors and drive technology from KEB – that could be a short summary of this application.
News
Brakes & Clutches | Applications

A brake shows teeth

It's often the little things that matter in life: teeth, for example. If these teeth, in addition, are then a part of brakes, they prevent unauthorized access in person sensor locks and still give way ...
News
Brakes & Clutches | Motors & Gears | Applications

Ready to install for fire protection applications

Conveyor system closures are active fire protection. For the experts of the Company “abs Sicherheitstechnik Vertriebs und Service GmbH” KEB Automation supplies gear motors and brakes - optimized .
News
Applications | Drive Technology | Control & Automation

Automated brushing machines

The KEB system solution starts at the top of the machine and ends in more than 40 axes with a cycle time of one millisecond. State-of-the-art technology for household and industrial brush machines – ...
News
Drive Technology | Applications | Control & Automation

Construction site use: That's new!

How is machine safety achieved? In the past, this question was answered by additional architecture specifically for the safety concerns of an application.

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