On 24^th November 2016 SET GmbH has been nominated for this prize in the category “small and medium-sized businesses” with our outstanding project “Variable Speed Electro-Mechanical Gearbox”. It has to be mentioned that we were the only company of our sector which was nominated at the award ceremony in the Lakeside Park Klagenfurt. This nomination proves that SET GmbH can be seen as a reliable business partner in implementing highly innovative ideas.

Since 1991, the Kärntner Wirtschaftswährungsfonds (KWF) has been awarding the Carinthian Innovation and Research Prize. Each year a jury is distinguishing highly innovative Carinthian companies in three categories:

• micro enterprises
• small and medium-sized businesses
• major enterprises

More details on the SET project can be found [here]

At 13th European Fluid Machinery congress Mr. Maximilian Hehenberger, the head of Business Development & Sales of SET GmbH, has presented his article with the title “Increased Efficiency and Reliability through an Electro-Mechanical Differential System Providing Variable Speed to Pumps and Compressors”.

Content: The objective of this article is to assess an electro-mechanical differential system (EMDS) system providing variable speed to a driven machine (e.g. compressor, blower, pump, etc.) in terms of applicability and energy Efficiency.

At the beginning of 2015 the European Union released a new standard, the EN 50598 series, leading to increased demand for variable speed drives. Beyond other drive train technologies, the EMDS is one possible solution for meeting the standard’s requirements. In this connection, efficiency and the resulting life cycle costs are essential to ensure compliance. The assessment of the EMDS reveals that this drive train technology is a compatible solution to meet future challenges… to read the whole article click [here].

For the first time SET GmbH is presenting its new innovative product the TRD-unit (Torque Ramp Down Unit) at the China Wind Power 2016 (20^th of October, Beijing).

Content: The TRD-unit is a wear-free Eddy Current brake (ECB) which reduces the loads of a WEC in case of a LVRT or any other unpredictable failure.  High stress cannot be prevented, so the WEC has to be designed for these cases. This can be seen by the large amount of material used for WECs (e.g. DFIG) already in operation, which led to an increase in overall costs. To minimize these dimensioning loads, the company SET GmbH from Klagenfurt in Austria has developed a robust, very controllable and cost effective system: a wear-free Eddy Current brake (ECB) mounted on the generator’s HSS under the brand name TRD-unit.  The TRD-unit is an effective option for slowing down a WEC within a short time period, before the WEC´s pitching system is able to react.

This leads to the fact, that the structural loads due to LVRT are no longer dimensional loads. Foundation, tower, rotor blades, gears and bearings can be designed under load reduced conditions. It is expected that the saving of materials lies in the lower two-digit percentage range.CWP2016, Presentation of SET´s TRD-unit, Maximilian Hehenberger (November 20th, Beijing)

Visit SET GmbH at the 13th European Fluid Machinery Congress and the China Windpower event 2016.

The professional journal “Compressor, Blower & Fan Technology”  (the only technical journal for compressor and fan technology  in China) has published the CONTRON(Taday SETCON®) technology by SET GmbH in its latest issue. Mr. Maximilian Hehenberger, the head of business development and sales of SET GmbH,  presents this innovative solution in his article with the title ”Assessment  of an electro mechanical differential gear providing variable speed to industrial application”. To read the article, please klick [here].

In the VDMA-Journal „Pumps and Compressors for the World Market 2016“ with the title „Highly efficient speed regulation for centrifugal pumps“ Sulzer Pumpen (Deutschland) GmbH presents the application of an electro-mechanical Differential System in power plants in cooperation with SET Sustainable Energy Technologies.

„Highly efficient speed regulation for centrifugal pumps“

Electromechanical differential gear units can be used for the variable operation of boiler feed pumps.This makes them particularly interesting for use in power plants which have to organize their operation flexibly. […the whole article]

The Online-Journal “Pumps and Compressors for the World Market 2016” from VDMA you can find [here].

In the Online-Journal of the renowned Pump-Magazine ,,Δ p” the flagship project DSgear-set® in cooperation with Sulzer (Deutschland) Pumpen GmbH at the PCK Raffinerie in Schwedt, Germany is presented. More information will come shortly in the next Print-Journal of ,,Δ p”.

“Sulzer: Völlig neuartige Drehzahlregulierung für Kesselspeise-Pumpen” [only in German language availiable]

Rüdiger Nagel 25.11.2015…Sulzer erhielt Ende 2014 einen Retrofit-Auftrag zu einer bestehenden Sulzer Kesselspeisewasserpumpe. Die bisherigen Betriebsdaten dieser Pumpe, die im Kraftwerk der PCK Raffinerie Schwedt/Oder betrieben wird. […der ganze Artikel]

November 18-20, 2015 – further performance tests were conducted on the 4.1 MW SETCON^® at Sulzer (Deutschland) Pumpen GmbH in Bruchsal/Germany. Similar to the tests at Elin Motoren GmbH in Weiz/Austria, the complete powertrain including boiler feed water pump was put through its paces here.

And once again the electro-mechanical differential system proved its excellent capabilities, efficiency, and reliability. All the customer’s requirements were met to PCK Raffinerie GmbH’s complete satisfaction and the professional cooperation between the companies involved was also demonstrated.

Local and international customers from the energy, industry, and oil and gas sectors also had the opportunity to gain an impression of the SETCON^® benefits over these few days. All those who attended the event were impressed with its performance and agreed that the SETCON^® is an ideal solution for efficient and reliable control.

In the latest issue of Sulzer Technical Review with the title ” Wind Generators as Role Models” Sulzer Pumpen (Deutschland) GmbH presents SET GmbH and its electro-mechanical Differential System.

“Wind Generators as Role Models”

Dirk Küllmey, Klaus Löffler 04.11.2015 – SET has been active in the field of wind power for more than 20 years, and it has developed wind generator gearboxes, which maintain the generated power at 50 Hz despite changing wind loads. Together with Sulzer, SET has now made use of this innovative gearbox concept on pumps… read the whole article: [Sulzer Technical Review]

In the end of August the performance tests of the 4.1MW SETCON^® for a boiler feed pump at the PCK refinery in Schwedt (Germany) were executed at ELIN Motoren GmbH in Weiz (Austria).

Due to the excellent cooperation with Sulzer Pumpen (Deutschland) GmbH and the intensive preparations of SET GmbH the SETCON^® has shown an excellent performance and we could endorse in an impressive way our maxim “first time right”. All tests were performed without any failure and complete satisfaction of customers and suppliers. The evaluated test results have shown our customer, that the SETCON^® is more than just a promise regarding reliability and efficiency. Because of the excellent performance further projects are planned together with Sulzer Pumpen (Deutschland) GmbH.