Digital Twins Shorten Project Times

Drive Technology Digital Twins Shorten Project Times

2026-03-02 Source: Nord | Translated by AI 2 min Reading Time

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Digital twins make a decisive contribution to greater efficiency with lower costs and risks in virtual commissioning by simulating machines, systems and components in a virtual environment. Nord now also offers this option.

With digital twins for virtual commissioning, Nord supports customers in ensuring that systems are available more quickly, even with complex drive systems.(Image: Nord Drivesystems) — With digital twins for virtual commissioning, Nord supports customers in ensuring that systems are available more quickly, even with complex drive systems.
(Image: Nord Drivesystems)

Virtual commissioning is an efficient engineering method in which machines, systems or drive systems are tested and optimized virtually before they are physically built. Digital twins are used instead of real components. Nord now also offers its users digital twins for system development. Based on a My-Nord configuration, individually created drive systems can be requested as a simulation model. This allows design engineers to check whether the drive concept is suitable for the system as early as the planning phase. Virtual commissioning noticeably shortens the project time—even for complex systems.

Designers check whether the drive concept is suitable for the system as early as the planning phase. Virtual commissioning significantly reduces project time.

Easy Online Configuration of the Drive System

Users can configure drive systems or components for their requirements as usual via the My-Nord customer portal. To do this, they select components and their properties, such as performance, mounting options, outputs, etc., in detail. They can then request a simulation model for the fully configured drive system.

Just A Few Weeks Until Actual Commissioning

The advantage of these digital twins lies in the significantly faster availability of the entire system. The simulation models are inserted into a simulated system. In this environment, the drive configurations can be comprehensively tested. If adjustments are necessary, they can be easily implemented in the database. Errors can thus be corrected at an early stage of development, preventing potential damage later on.Only when the virtual drive system has been validated by the customer is it manufactured and delivered. Since the drives are already functionally integrated into the plant control system at this point, real commissioning is possible within a very short time. The entire process from configuration to commissioning is thus reduced from several months to just a few weeks.

Highly Efficient IE5+ Motors Already Available Virtually

Virtual commissioning of drive systems is particularly interesting for technically sophisticated solutions. Nord therefore focuses primarily on components that play a decisive role in the automation of production processes. For this reason, the initial focus is on highly efficient IE5+ and IE4 motors and the associated gear units and frequency inverters. Virtual commissioning. Simulation models will then gradually become available for other Nord product areas as well.

About Nord Drivesystems

Nord Drivesystems has been developing, producing, and distributing drive technology since 1965 and, with approximately 4,800 employees, is a leading international full-range supplier. In addition to standard drives, the company offers application-specific concepts such as energy-saving and explosion-proof systems. The product range includes drive solutions for more than 100 industries, gear units for torques from 10 Nm to over 282 kNm, electric motors from 0.12 to 1,000 kW, and frequency inverters up to 160 kW.

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