Official Introduction by Bremen’s Environmental Senator Loske

Bremen, February, 2010 – Lloyd Dynamowerke (LDW) together with the University of Bremen have developed a state-of-the-art Maximum Moment Generator that will facilitate a distinctly higher performance in the wind force industry. The first prototype was officially put into operation for the first time on the 26th of February, 2010 by Bremen’s Senator for Environment, Construction, Traffic and Europe, Dr. Reinhard Loske. LDW has donated the generator to the University of Bremen so that the on-site Institute for Electrical Drives, Power Electronics and Devices (IALB) and the so-called transverse flux technology can also conduct further research in the future.

The machine was developed and manufactured in recent years with the support of the environmental senator. Now the prototype serves as a basis for the next stage of development which is being advanced within the framework of the EU project, "WINGY-PRO" by LDW and the Bremen Center of Mechatronics (BCM) together with other international partners. Brussels contributes about 2.5 million Euros to the project.

Transverse flux machines with a significantly lower weight and volume can produce a greater performance than customary electrical machines. Up to now, they have not been used in practice due to some unsolved technical problems, for example, the strong vibration. The BCM and LDW have corroborated to work out solutions for these obstacles. Now within the framework of the EU project, the technology is being further developed so that it is able to also be applied to more powerful machines. The partners are counting on the fact that nothing is standing in the way of a market launch at the end of the three-year-old project run time.

About LDW:
Lloyd Dynamowerke develops, constructs and produces electrical machines and drive systems for industrial applications. The products are specifically tailored designs for areas of application with unique requirements. In addition, older machines can be repaired or duplicated. There are approximately 250 co-workers hard at work in Bremen-Hastedt. LDW arose in 1915 from Norddeutscher Lloyd and for a long time, was a part of the GEC Group. Since 2008, the company has belonged to the Kirloskar Electric Group.


About BCM:
The Bremen Center of Mechatronics (BCM) was founded in 2005 and during this time, the Bremen location has established itself as an interdisciplinary technology service provider in field of mechatronics. The cooperation with the University of Bremen and the College of Bremen offers companies bundled mechatronics expertise in various fields with lasting effect through the participating BCM member institutes. In particular, the Bremen branch of the BCM has specialised in an orientation toward the needs of the regional economy and has transacted a series of application-orientated projects with their industrial partners.