Embracing Digitalization: Flender's New Drive Solution Initiative

Drives, AI, and Digitalization When Drives Go on a Diet: Custom Gearbox Solutions with Just Five Clicks

2025-06-10 From Dominik Stephan 2 min Reading Time

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A hardware specialist is embracing digitalization: With just five clicks, Flender CEO Andreas Evertz assures that every operator can find the drive solution that matches their application. However, the matchmaking for gearboxes is just part of the "Flender One" digitalization initiative – with AI-powered early warning, significant efficiency gains are expected.

In just a few clicks, customers can now configure the new generation of industrial gearboxes called Flender One.(Bild: Flender) — In just a few clicks, customers can now configure the new generation of industrial gearboxes called Flender One.
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Some can’t seem to get enough of drives: Operators and plant builders, for instance, often go all out with their demands. Rare performance peaks are treated as the standard, and specifications are created accordingly. The drive manufacturer wants to play it safe and adds an appropriate reserve allowance. Thus, the operator receives a gearbox that is significantly oversized. Often, a drive that is two to three sizes smaller would suffice, explains Andreas Evertz, CEO of drive specialists Flender, at the Hannover Messe.

Matchmaking for Drive and Operator

One might think a drive manufacturer would be pleased with this, but the customer ultimately has to order and pay for hardware that exceeds their actual needs. Frequently, a more cost-effective competitor from abroad who calculates more tightly from the start secures the order, Evertz explains.

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