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Energy efficiency: NORD uncovers savings potential at airports

NORD is a system supplier of innovative drive solutions for more than 100 industries. For the energy-efficient design of baggage handling systems at airports, the company offers the NORD ECO service – thus making a significant contribution to achieving the climate targets in this sector.

Bargteheide, 2025-05-05

“Baggage handling systems often offer potential for savings – especially when considering the drive technology”, reports Jörg Niermann, Head of Marketing at NORD DRIVESYSTEMS. “We offer our NORD ECO service to optimise existing installations and to find the best drive solution.”

For this purpose, the NORD ECO box conducts comprehensive measurements over a period of at least two weeks. Based on permanent loads, load peaks or irregular conditions, it becomes clear whether a system’s dimensions match the requirements of the respective application. “We often encounter drive systems that are clearly overdimensioned for the corresponding application, and so we develop a new solution”, Niermann adds. The installation of an alternative system is followed by a comparative measurement with a final analysis. “In conclusion, the NORD ECO process achieves lower energy consumption and costs as well as reduced CO2 emissions.”

This allowed NORD to reveal significant savings potential for the drive systems in baggage handling systems of different airports and to implement alternative solutions – for example with the integrated gear unit/motor concept NORD DuoDrive with the high-efficiency IE5+ motor and a decentralised frequency inverter. The DuoDrive’s low operating temperatures and the option for variant reduction also proved to be beneficial. The additional costs for more efficient drive systems are quickly amortised thanks to government funding.

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