Complete solutions from a single source.
As a development service provider, we realise your turnkey solutions in the fields of power electronics, drive and energy storage systems and energy conversion. We develop complete devices, including all electronic components, the firmware and the customised housing. Thanks to this holistic process, your product can go straight into series production and be adapted to your requirements and wishes in an agile manner.
Development services.
Conception
- Design, development and verification of efficient and highly robust system solutions in energy technology and functionally safe drive technology
- Safeguarding functional safety through cybersecurity
- Specification, design, development and qualification of electrical energy storage modules and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
- Design of electrical drive systems and optimisation of control structures based on simulations with MATLAB® and Simulink®
- Process-compliant implementation of threat analyses and creation of risk assessments for cybersecurity
- Creating security concepts in accordance with IEC 62443 and to fulfil the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
Development of
- Development and design of power electronics up to 500 kW
- Development of circuits and filters for active power factor correction (PFC)
- Development of feed-in regenerative units (active front-end AFE) and grid feeds
- Development, verification and qualification of performance and safety functions in our in-house laboratory (endurance tests (24h/7d) possible under defined environmental conditions)
- Support with product certification
- Control of your production - or that of an EMS - after completion of development and support of your system throughout the entire life cycle
- Rapid prototyping through the use of MATLAB Embedded Coder
- Creation of secure source code and execution of security-relevant tests in accordance with EN 50128 and IEC 62443
Series transfer & follow-up support
- Support for the maintenance of your successful systems and branded products and relief for your team
- Support for your existing products as part of reverse engineering
- Research and qualification of replacement components to support your obsolescence management
- Revision of your systems and products in the event of component discontinuation in direct cooperation with you
- Supporting the PSIRT team with product maintenance
Directives & standards.
We are certified to IEC 61508 and work in accordance with the following directives and standards, among others:
- Maschinenrichtlinie 2006/42/EG
- Niederspannungsrichtlinie 2014/35/EU
- EMV Richtlinie 2014/30/EU
- IEC 61508 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems
- EN ISO 13849 Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems
- IEC 62061 Safety of machinery — Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic and programmable electronic control systems
- EN ISO 12100 Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction
- IEC 61131 Programmable controllers
- IEC 61800 Adjustable speed electrical power drive systems
- IEC 60034 Rotating electrical machines
- VDE-AR-N 4100 Technische Anschlussregeln Niederspannung
- VDE-AR-N 4105 Erzeugungsanlagen am Niederspannungsnetz
- EN 10218 „Industrieroboter – Sicherheitsanforderungen”, Teil 1
- VDE-AR-N 4110 Technische Anschlussregel Mittelspannung
- IEC 60529 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
- EN 60204 Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines
- EN 60439 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies
- EN 50272-2 Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations – Part 2: Stationary batteries
- EN 62391 Fixed electric double-layer capacitors for use in electric and electronic equipment
- EN 62109 Safety of power converters for use in photovoltaic power systems
- EN 62477 Safety requirements for power electronic converter systems and equipment
Energy transition.
We want to support your energy transformation with our innovative concepts and developments. Our expertise includes various systems for sustainable infrastructure and supplies. We work in the following areas, among others:
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Systems for the safe use of hydrogen -
Systems for safe and reliable energy storage
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Systems and drives for wind turbines
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Systems for high-performance electromobility
Developed products.
You will find our drive systems and power electronics in use wherever the highest standards of functionality, safety and reliability are required in the "Energy & Drives" sector:
Drive systems.
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Robust turnkey drive systems up to 100 kW
Decentralised servo controllers in IP 65 up to 30 kW
Feed-in inverters up to 350 kW
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Intelligent power electronics to maximise system efficiency and minimise grid feedback
Ultracapacitor modules to reduce grid load
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Customised real-time field bus systems
Customised drive test benches
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Safety functions for drive systems such as
- STO, SBC, SS1, SLP, SLS
- Safe movement to a safe end position (emergency stop)
- Customised safety functions
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AC motors: permanent magnet, IPM servo machines, reluctance motors, asynchronous motors
DC motors: series connection, shunt connection, double connection
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Functionally safe power electronic systems up to 500 kW
Integration of active single-phase and three-phase power factor correction filters (PFC) up to 12 kW
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Converters for the control of electric drives or for generation systems taking into account grid codes up to 1500 V
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High-power chargers for electromobility
(also in accordance with German calibration law and UL 1998 for the North American market)
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Condition monitoring and predictive maintenance implemented in control electronics
Control electronics taking embedded security into account
Realisation of optimal condition monitoring
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Heat sinks made of extruded and die-cast aluminium profiles, as well as water-cooled in brazing technology or with inserted tubes
EMC and thermally optimised sheet metal and die-cast housings
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Certified customised, compact energy storage modules - also for use under extreme environmental conditions - based on
- ultracapacitors
- Li-ion technology
- Lead-fleece accumulators
- Hybrid systems
