Motors & Drives Information

Danfoss Drives and Pilz have announced that they will be working together on the development of combined drives and safety controls in the new Danfoss Drives' series, AutomationDrive. The partnership meets market demands for intelligent networking of safety technology and standard automation systems. Special safety implementations for drives ensure that people operating production equipment in, for example, the food, beverage and automotive industries, are not exposed to danger if faults develop in the drive control unit.

Danfoss Drives' new AutomationDrive series already has additional, integrated safety functions; however, when combined with Pilz safety technology, more functions can be added - such as safe speed and standstill monitoring.

Pilz and Danfoss Drives are both leading suppliers within their respective fields, and both are experts in jointly developing optimal safety systems for their customers.

Pilz is viewed by many as the world-leading manufacturer of safety equipment and a company of high standing within machine safety.

Its headquarters are located in Germany and the company has more than 1000 employees all over the world.

Danfoss Drives produces and markets frequency converters for the speed control of motors, and is a global business with sales and service activities throughout the world.