Our newest design highlight in 2023 - an integral gear unit with maximized compactness and minimized weight. Transmitted power 2 x 1200 kW @ 65000 rpm compressor speed. Impeller thrust forces are transferred to the low-speed shaft bearings via solid…
A team of 8 students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) has successfully demonstrated a quadruped robot in 2023. It can assist industrial workers with inspection and repair on tall ferromagnetic structures. The robot uses electro-permanent…
NOVAGEAR celebrates its 15th anniversary. A big thank to all our customers partners and friends for your trust and loyalty. Andre Thuswaldner
A consortium, consisting of several European companies, was commissioned to modernize a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant in Central Europe. The new machine group, consisting of a 12 MW Kaplan turbine and generator, required a speed increasing gearbox with an integrated…
A consortium, consisting of several European companies, was commissioned to modernize a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant in Central Europe. The new machine group, consisting of a 12 MW Kaplan turbine and generator, required a speed increasing gearbox with an integrated…
NOVAGEAR celebrates the 10th anniversary. A big thank to all our customers and partners for your trust and loyalty. Andre Thuswaldner
Our newest gearbox development for a 48V WHR prototype comprises a minimum quantity lubrication for the gears. The lube oil is precisely dispensed, dependent on speed and temperature, and directed to the gear flanks in atomized condition. With this adaptive…
A European turbine manufacturer entrusted NOVAGEAR with the development and design of a test bench gearbox. The nominal speed of 56'000 rpm posed great challenges to the design as well as to the manufacturing. With a triple path power split…
Mr. Tim Limacher, a student at the High School of Mathematics and Science in Zurich, has successfully completed his internship at NOVAGEAR AG. He says: “I got the opportunity to apply and extend my theoretical knowledge in a specific project…
NOVAGEAR has completed the developed of a novel gearbox for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) in collaboration with a US customer. The concept, a two-stage planetary gear in combination with a torque vectoring module for the wheel-selective torque control,…