acompleteproductrangeofferingdrivepackagesolutions_g_gacompleteproductrangeOurmission:InGearForYourSuccessDrivenbygeartechnology,HansenTransmissions’BusinessUnitIndustryfulfilstheneedsofitsglobalcustomerbasebyofferingthemreliablemechanicalpowertransmissionsolutionsfordemandingindustrialapplications.PRODUCTS_gacompleteproductrangeHansenTransmissionsInternationalmanufacturestopqualityproductsandofferscompletedrivesolutions,tailoredtocustomerneeds.OurmainproductlineistheHansenP4rangeofstandardizedindustrialgearunits.LownoiseandminimumweightaremerelyafewofitsoutstandingcharacteristicswhichhavealsobeenincorporatedintheHansenP4rangeofsinglestagegearunitsandtheHansenM-Seriesrangeoffunctionaldrives.Ourcompleteportfolioofproductsandtotaldrivesolutionsisreflectedinthisdetailedproductbrochure.TorstenSchultzManagingDirectorBusinessUnitIndustryInthelate1940’s,anycompanyproducingindustrialtransmissiondrivesystemswasfacedwithaproblemthatatthetimeseemedinsoluble.Nocompanyhadsucceededinstandardizingtheproductionofgearunits.Expensive,custom-madesolutions–time-con-sumingtoproduce,assembleandmaintain–werethenorm.DavidHansen,however,wasaborninnovator,whotackledtheproblemthroughoriginalthink-ingbasedonscientificallyresearchedconcepts.Theresult,launchedin1950,wastheHansenPatent-I–arevolutionarynewconceptforthedesignandmanufactureofstandardgearunits.AsDavidHansenhimselfwasabletosaywithunderstandablepride:TheHansenPatent-Ispeedreducerconstitutesanoriginalandcompleteanswertotheproblemofstandardization,meetingtherequirementsofapplicationselling,massproduction,qualityandcompetitiveprices.continuousMovingfromcustomizedtoserialmanufactureledtoanumberofimportantbenefits:•Productioncostswerereduced.•Improvedqualitycontrolprocedurescouldbeimplemented.•Thenumberofsparepartswasreduced.•Deliverytimeswereslashed.GearunitswereneverthesameagainasothermanufacturersfollowedHansen’slead.SincethenHansenhasconsistentlybeenattheforefrontoftransmissiontechnology.HansenTransmissions,ahistoryof_ginnovationPRODUCTS■HANSENPATENT-ICommongearsetsallowedHansenPatent-Igearunitstobeinter-related,asonesizeofgearunitdeterminedtheprecedingandfollowingsizes.Thisisexpressedinthelawofcentredistances,aprinciplewhichisstillappliedtodayinthelatestHansenproducts.■HANSENPATENT-IIIn1970theproductlinewasre-evaluatedtorespondtochangingmarketrequirementsandtotakeadvantageofnewtechnologiessuchasimprovedhardeningandgrindingtechniques.BasedontheHansenPatent-Iprinciplesofstandardizationofhousingsandgearings,HansenPatent-IIestablishednewstandardswiththeconceptofmarketadequacyofthetorquescale.ThelaunchofHansenPatent-IIconfirmedHansen’spositionastheworldwideleaderintransmissiondrivesystems.■HANSENPOWERPLUSBy1980Hansentookanotherstepaheadofthecompetition.Theobjectivewastoincorpo-ratenewtechnologiesandachievethehighestperformanceandreliabilityinthisarea.Emphasiswasplacedontheintroductionofnewrigidhousings,inlinewiththehighstiffnessrequirementsforloaddistributionandlownoisebehaviour.HansenPatentI(1950)HansenPatentII(1970)HansenPowerPlus(1980)_gPRODUCTSansenCompliancewithapplicationrequirementsThelaunchoftheHansenP4rangein1995revealednewstandardsinhowgearunitsarematchedtothemarketapplications:simplifiedproductselection;gearunitsfine-tunedtospecificapplications;accessoriesmoreeasilyintegrated;specialfeaturesincludedasstandard.Aninnovativeapproachtouser-friendlinessThroughcreativeindustrialdesigntechniques,lowernoiselevels,100%oil-tightness(Oil-Lock™asanewstandard),easyhandlingandsimplifiedmaintenanceprocedureswereestablished.Abalancedline-upofcomponentsforexcellenceinserviceReducednumberofpinionshafts;fewerspareparts;standardizedcomponents;provenwell-Thenewrangeofsinglestagegearunitshasbeendesignedfromscratch:everyexistingmulti-stagedogmahasbeenquestioned,alter-nativeshavebeendevelopedandevaluated.Atypicalexampleofthisapproachistheuseofvariablecentredistancesinagivenhousingsize.Intraditionaldesigns,withfixedcentredistan-ceandtorquerating,thereductionratioofasinglestagegearunithasamajoreffectonthepowerrating.Thismeansthatforsmallreduc-tionratios,verylargepowerscanbetransmit-ted,whichmayleadtothermallimitations.Attheotherend,forlargeratios,gearcasingsbecomeoversizedforthetransmittedpower.Foragivensizeofunitthisleadstoinefficientcompromisesonbearingselectionandmechanicalandthermalrating.knownbrandsforaccessoriescreatedagreateravailabilityofsparepartsandunparalleledcom-mitmenttocustomerservice.PowerandreliabilitythroughqualityandtechnologyState-of-the-arttechnologyresultedinthemostpowerfulgearunitsavailabletoday.DevelopmentandmanufacturingaccordingtoISO9001standardsleadstoqualityinallaspects.Tocomplementitscurrentrangeofstandardizedmulti-stagegearunits,HansenTransmissionsintroducedaninnovativerangeofsinglestagegearunitsforvariousapplicationsrequiringsmallreductionratios:e.g.papermachines,pumps,compressors,etc.HansenP4(1995)HansenP4singlestage(1999)single&multi-stagegearunits_gTheP4rangeexcelsinlownoiseandvibra-tionlevelsaswellasinminimumweight:foragivenoutput,aHansenP4isjustone-fifthofthewei