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Event, IndustryMarch 3, 2025

Step forward Climate-Neutral Future with SETCON

Within the upcoming World Sustainable Energy Days 2025, SET Sustainable Energy Technologies would like to highlight a crucial role of the clean energy and modernization of existing infrastructure.

The transition to climate neutrality extends beyond building new renewable energy projects – the maximization the efficiency of existing equipment is also vitally necessary. As WSED 2025 focuses on a #competitive, #collective, and #climate_neutral future, we draw attention to enhancing retrofits for the operating power plants.

🔶 SETCON, state-of-the-art electro-mechanical variable-speed gearbox, is designed to optimize the performance by exchanging existing drives in thermal power plants. Instead of costly and time-consuming overhauls, the electro-mechanical gearbox upgrades power plant’s machinery in frames of a remaining foundation, ensuring smoother maintenance, lower operational costs, and a faster return on investment (ROI).

❔ How does SETCON contribute to a climate-neutral future?

Increases energy efficiency by up to 97%
Lowers CO₂ emissions by regenerating excess energy and bring it back to the grid
Reduces environmental impact by eliminating working oil, therefore cutting losses and cooling requirements
Enables effective retrofits, avoiding major structural changes
Ensures long-term reliability

Europe’s power sector demands solutions that are both sustainable and economically feasible. SETCON has already been proving its performance in the region for years, optimizing Drive Trains with boiler feed pumps and other high-energy demanding applications.

Discover more about SETCON gearbox – www.set-solutions.net or check out how to calculate your potential savings – https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7293283530212597762

ProductJanuary 22, 2025

Upgrade Your Efficiency: Retrofit with SETCON

In the race toward greater cost-effectiveness and sustainability, selecting the right drive system is essential for achieving maximum results. Unfortunately, many facilities still operate inefficient couplings. For example, hydro-dynamic variable-speed drives (HDVSD) face high losses due to the slip in the fluid system.

Need a modern solution? => SETCON
SETCON, the electro-mechanical variable-speed gearbox, is engineered to overcome these challenges, offering a cutting-edge alternative with measurable advantages:

✓  No working oil => Lower Cooling Requirements
SETCON operates with minimal cooling needs, thanks to its reduced oil demand.

✓  No heat losses => Power Reuse
SETCON achieves up to 97% efficiency, including partial load modes.

✓  No modifications of Drive Train => Minimal Downtime
Flexible configuration of SETCON gearbox integrates seamlessly into your current anchor points, ensuring quick commissioning and minimal disruption of operations.

✓  Limited Space => Compact LV Electronics
Small packaging size of Frequency Converters and Control Cabinet is designed to occupy restricted areas: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/set-sustainable-energy-technologies-gmbh

✓  Faster ROI
SETCON’s high efficiency ensures a quicker return on investment, making it an economically perfect choice for industries which prioritize long-term performance.

SETCON, the electro-mechanical variable-speed gearbox, is engineered to overcome these challenges, offering a cutting-edge alternative with measurable advantages

SETCON has already proven its reliability in retrofit projects, offering industries a smarter, future-oriented transformation: www.set-solutions.net/sample-project

Industry, ProductDecember 11, 2024

Reliability through the Eyes of SET Expert Team

When it comes to ensuring operational excellence, no one understands the importance of reliability better than those responsible for achieving it every day. Meet Franz, a valuable part of SET team for over 15 years. His expertise contributes to what makes SETCON variable speed gearbox a benchmark in safety and innovation.

“Reliability isn’t just about preventing failures; it’s about building trust—trust within customers in technology that keeps operations running smoothly year after year,” – Franz, SET Head of Mechanical Design, explains.

He emphasizes that efficient and long term performance of such a high-power machine as SETCON gearbox is achieved through intensive team efforts in development. SET Sustainable Energy Technologies GmbH brings together specialists from multiple disciplines to deliver the products that achieve exceptional rates of efficiency.

Franz and his team are as well involved in SET’s supplier qualification and manufacturing coordination:

“We rely on standardized components sourced from trusted, well-known European partners. The production and optimization are constantly supervised by SET Quality Management. For me, this is important to see that all suppliers and our employees share our commitment to high quality principles,” – he adds.

For years, SET has been transforming energy markets with its dedication to engineering innovation and reliability. With SETCON variable speed gearbox, industries gain a solution backed by the track record of proven success.

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Product, ProjectOctober 17, 2024

Success in Motion: SETCON underwent FAT in Leeds

We are excited to announce the successful Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of SETCON Variable Speed Gearbox at Sulzer‘s facility in Leeds (UK), in collaboration with PDO (Petroleum Development Oman)

Successful Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of SETCON Variable Speed Gearbox at Sulzer's facility in Leeds (UK), in collaboration with PDO (Petroleum Development Oman)

As part of this comprehensive FAT, the SETCON gearbox underwent a full load test and advanced performance tests with the complete pump string, ensuring optimal performance and reliability for PDO’s critical operations in Oman.

This groundbreaking gearbox is designed to provide precise speed control, exceptional energy efficiency, integrated Soft-Start function and high reliability, making it a game-changer for industrial applications. The rigorous testing guarantees that the system is ready to deliver top-tier performance while significantly reducing energy consumption.

A big thank you to the teams at Sulzer, PDO, and all involved in making this milestone a success! Together, we are driving the future of sustainable industrial solutions.

Tested Model: SETCON SC4A (4.100 kW, 4.850 rpm)

Industry, ProductSeptember 24, 2024

Air-cooled SETCON: Game-Changer for Oil & Gas Industry

At hot and dry ambient conditions, SETCON Gearbox maintains highly efficient performance.
The air-cooled option of the SETCON variable speed gearbox provides low cooling requirements, as it operates without any water supply or working oil. Due to its innovative technology of power regeneration, SETCON gearbox stands out in the market.

Don’t miss the video to glance into the details:

More video content about the technology of the SETCON electro-mechanical gearbox at the SET Channel

ProductSeptember 5, 2024

SETCON – Ideal Solution for the Oil & Gas Applications

SETCON - Ideal Solution for the Oil & Gas and Offshore Sector — *Tap picture to download*

SETCON is a variable speed drive for pumps and compressors > 3 MW.
It shows one of the highest efficiency rates on the market (especially in partial load operation) and impresses with its low cooling requirements. The small low voltage electronic drive leads to an optimized installation space, making SETCON an ideal solution for offshore oil&gas applications.

The drive comes with an optional integrated lubrication system and is suitable for ambient temperatures > 55°C.
The minimized installation space including an offset gear stage makes it an ideal solution for Retrofit applications, replacing standard gearboxes, geared fluid couplings, gas/steam turbine drives and many more…

ProductJuly 26, 2024

Interesting Facts about SETCON Motors

Interesting facts about SETCON Electric Motors

Electric Motors have revolutionized the world of power and speed control, providing precise, robust, and outstanding performance across various industries. The Servos – 6-pole electric motors of the SETCON variable-speed gearbox, in particular, operate with strong results in the matter of energy efficiency and sustainability. The reliability of SETCON Servo Motors is based on both – their innovative development and centuries-old engineering heritage.

The state-of-art motors are one of the key reasons of the gearbox’s high energy savings. With the advanced Soft-Start technology, SETCON is able to operate in three modes:

supporting the safe, moderate start of the Main Motor of the Drive Train with minimal inrush current,
generating and redirecting extra energy for its sustainable reuse,
and upgrading the overall output power of the Main Motor.

SETCON variable speed gearbox. Interesting facts about electric motors — SETCON variable speed gearbox

The journey of electric motors began 190 years ago. The concept can be traced back to the early 19th century with the work of Thomas Davenport, who built the first commercially successful electric motor in 1834.

Further development of the electric motors was accompanied by the discovery of their reversibility. The inventions of Zenobe Gramme in 1873 and Frank Sprague in the 1880s fit the arising demand for energy savings and efficiency.

Check out how SETCON performs the energy regeneration to main supply systems nowadays: open SETCON Animation & control the speed of a pump at the partial load 50-74%. Energy efficiency is at your fingertips!

Continuous, meticulous research and experiments brought to life the application of various radical improvements. The inventions of such technologies as AC systems, permanent magnets, brushless commutators, sensors, and finally digitalization – all contributed to the modern success of electric motors and their high relevance for variable-speed applications.

EventJune 24, 2024

Celebrating Thermal Engineer Day

SET celebrates the incredible contributions of thermal engineers worldwide. On the eve of the International Thermal Engineer Day, we are especially grateful to our team for their expertise and commitment to our shared goals.

SET celebrates the incredible contributions of thermal engineers worldwide. On the International Thermal Engineer Day, we are especially grateful to our team for their expertise and commitment to our shared goals.

Substantial development and innovation in the matter of thermal engineering are crucial in designing systems, such as SETCON variable speed gearbox, ensuring their reliability and safety. Creating systems that optimize energy consumption maximizes efficiency to reduce losses and environmental impact.

Join us in celebrating and share your opinion in comments.

Industry, Product, ProjectJune 4, 2024

Remarkable achievement of SET in our latest Oil & Gas project

Recently, SET showcased outstanding results during the internal Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of SETCON variable speed gearbox, in collaboration with our valued customer from Oman.

The innovative SETCON SC4A, engineered to deliver variable speed to a 4.1 MW crude oil booster pump, has been designed to excel in hazardous environments and withstand ambient temperatures of up to 55°C. Its exceptional energy efficiency performance promises significant power savings and reduced CO2 emissions compared to conventional Variable Speed Drives (VSDs), offering substantial benefits to our customer.

SET showcased outstanding results during the internal Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of SETCON variable speed gearbox, in collaboration with our valued customer from Oman. The innovative SETCON SC4A, engineered to deliver variable speed to a 4.1 MW crude oil booster pump, has been designed to excel in hazardous environments and withstand ambient temperatures of up to 55°C. Its exceptional energy efficiency performance promises significant power savings and reduced CO2 emissions compared to conventional Variable Speed Drives (VSDs), offering substantial benefits to our customer.

Congratulations to the entire SET Sustainable Energy Technologies GmbH team on their remarkable achievement in contributing to our latest Oil & Gas project. We eagerly anticipate witnessing the deployment of this state-of-the-art SETCON gearbox at the customer’s site.

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Event, ProductMarch 14, 2024

Exclusive presentation of the newest SE-R model of SETCON variable speed gearbox

SET team was thrilled to welcome our business partners to the SET head office in Klagenfurt. The guests had a unique opportunity to participate in the demonstrative test runs of the SETCON gearbox. The model has shown high performance and energy savings of app. 1 MW on average.

With a rated power of 2-15 MW, SETCON retrofit version is perfectly suited for on-site conditions of a drive train. Due to the matching gearbox footprint, it reduces implementation time and effort substantially. SETCON electro-mechanical design delivers significant energy savings compared to hydraulic couplings, especially in partial loads.

Find out more about SETCON solutions: www.set-solutions.net/downloads

Exclusive presentation of the newest SE-R model of #SETCON variable speed gearbox took place this week. The SET team was thrilled to welcome our business partners to the SET head office in Klagenfurt.
The guests had a unique opportunity to participate in the demonstrative test runs of the #SETCON gearbox. The model has shown high performance and energy savings of app. 1 MW on average.