ATEX-certified precision planetary gearboxes

In addition, Motec praises Apex Dynamics for the extensive range of reliable, accurate, performance products it offers, its excellent customer service, the company’s delivery guarantee, the ease of installation of its gearboxes, and a five-year warranty on all purchases.

Founded in 1985, Motor Technology (Motec) is a family-owned servo, motion control, flow control and automation specialist. Its expert team offers a personalised service to customers designing and supplying drive and control solutions. Since 2010, Motec has been the European Agent for Fuji-Techno Industries in Japan; a manufacturer of high precision, low pulsation super metering pumps. Motec supplies pump drive assemblies, control units and complete skids to customers around the world, including Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region. 

The precision control pump solutions supplied by Motec are often used in environments that require ATEX certification to a high level. Motec supplies dosing systems to organisations and applications of many different sizes and types, from nanodosing in university research labs to heavy industrial production of over 100n litres per minute, using Super Metering Pumps from Fuji Techno. The pump drive assemblies (PDAs) are used in industries as diverse as chemical and pharmaceutical processing, chromatography, spraying & coating, medical treatment, explosives & fuels, food processing, cosmetics, and water treatment.

Motec turned to Apex Dynamics for gearboxes in its pump drive assemblies because the company offers the widest range of ATEX certified products Motec could find. With increasing performance, accuracy and reliability required from precision dosing systems, Motec needed high-spec gearboxes that could meet all its needs. 

Motec describes the range of ATEX certified products provided by Apex Dynamics as “second to none”. Also critical to Motec is the array of gearboxes in Apex Dynamics’ portfolio and the variants available in each series, including different flanges and connections, as well as right-angle, inline and hollow shaft variants. Motec buys widely across the Apex Dynamics range of precision planetary gearboxes, including the AF, AFR, ADR and PEII series for motion, and the AF series for flow (specifically pump drive assemblies).

Designed for continuous or cyclic duty operation, the gearboxes used by Motec have wide ratio and output torque options, and low backlash. They are high efficiency, low noise, compact and easy to install. Although the company has never needed to use the five-year warranty that comes with all Apex Dynamics products, it provides peace of mind and the guaranteed delivery means gearboxes are provided when they are needed.

Motec praises how easy to install and operate the Apex Dynamics precision gearboxes are and how good they look. A key advantage they note is the packet of custom fittings for installation that comes with each Apex Dynamics product, describing it as “brilliant” and “saving time, effort and hassle at a crucial moment in the build”. Gearboxes are provided with fittings based on the motor specification so they are exactly suited to the motor flange.

The performance and reliability of Apex Dynamics precision helical planetary gearboxes is central to Motec’s continuing relationship with the company. Motec describes Apex Dynamics products as “right up there with anything else on the market”. The company also appreciates that the Apex Dynamics gearboxes are specifically designed for servo applications.

Andrew Fallows, Motec sales and managing director, says: “The wide and versatile range of precision, performance ATEX-certified gearboxes, fast delivery, and excellent customer service are why we keep coming back to Apex Dynamics. We have worked with them for many years now and Apex Dynamics is a trusted partner. We hope this partnership will grow even further in the future, as there’s not much we can’t cover with one of the Apex products.”

Andrew Parsons, Apex Dynamics UK general manager, adds: “Our ongoing partnership with Motec demonstrates the versatility, dynamic precision and accuracy of our precision planetary gearboxes. We are delighted to continue our successful relationship with Motec and appreciate the positive comments about the range of benefits Apex Dynamics offers our customers.”

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