Description
Gefran Soluzioni offers services such as consulting, design and production of automation equipment, and electrical panels to control industrial processes and machines. With over 15,000 machines installed and know-how for scores of applications, Gefran Soluzioni has time-tested expertise and offers its customers (both OEMs and final users) advanced machine and process control solutions.
The Historical of Gefran
Gefran has a long and rich history in industrial automation. In 1969, Gefran’s first workshop was set up in Provaglio d’Iseo (province of Brescia) to produce electric panels for machines used in manufacturing plastics. Right from the start, Gefran’s differentiating strength was its capacity to understand, interpret and produce exactly what its customers needed. This has proved to be a key differentiating and winning strategy over time.
In the 1970s, Gefran introduced itself to the Italian and international markets with the creation of the Adamello controller, later called the 1000 model, which set the benchmark for the industry.
In the 1980s, the company expanded production to include sensors, and immediately became the leading brand of choice, due to an underlying concept of designing higth level performance and quality into the sensor from the beginning. Gefran’s performance and quality is guaranteed by design, raw material selection and high tech manufacturing. In 1998, a major landmark in the company’s history, Gefran was listed on the Milan stock exchange.
With the new millennium, it strategically acquired a motion control brand to expand its own technological product offering, while preserving the prestige and Italian expertise of the acquired company. With almost half a century of passion and expertise behind it, Gefran now has 900 employees in its production facilities and 17 sales offices located around the world.
Line of Business of Gefran
Sensor
Gefran offers precision devices for measuring process variables: temperature, power, pressure and position. The primary elements are produced in clean rooms protected from any interference and equipped with hi-tech instrumentation.
Controllers, indicator and power control
This is a complete range of products for indicating and calibrating process variables. Regulators and indicators, solid state relays and power controllers are developed continuously to provide top performance while optimising the processes and energy consumption of the customer’s systems. Gefran also designs and builds complete electric panels for the automation of machines used in manufacturing plastics. A dedicated unit works with machine manufacturers to develop customised solutions.
Drives & Motion Control
This is a complete range of electric drives to regulate the velocity of AC and DC motors, inverters and converters. Products are designed and manufactured using cutting-edge technologies at the modern Drive & Motion Control plant in Gerenzano. Gefran also offers custom solutions to meet the specific requirements of every customer.
Automation Platform
Gefran Soluzioni designs and manufactures automation devices, electrical panels and control software for industrial processes. With over 15,000 machines installed and know-how for scores of applications, Gefran Soluzioni has time-tested expertise and offers its customers (both OEMs and final users) advanced machine and process control solutions.
Temperature sensors
- Thermocouples
- Resistance thermometers
The Product of Gefran Sensors Automations and Motion Control
Position Sensor
Linear and angular position transducers detect the position of mechanical parts in motion. Gefran manufactures a wide and unique range of models, using consolidated and new technologies, including the potentiometric technology, magnetostriction, Hall effect, MEMS, and magnetic dragging.
- Magnetostrictives
- Potentiometers
- Rotary
- Inclinometers
- Linear by wire
Pressure Sensor
Gefran’s industrial pressure transducers and transmitters measure the pressure of fluids (liquid or gaseous) in the applications required. In particular, Melt pressure transducers are dedicated to applications involving high process temperatures up to 540 °C.
- Industrial
- Melt – High temperature
Strain and Force Sensors
Force transducers measure compression, tensile, bending, and deformation forces. Geran provides both the traditional version and the exclusive Sensormate models, which rely on the innovative Press On technology, and are ideal for carrying out continuous and temporary measurements.
- Strain
- Force
Temperature Sensors
Temperature sensors must have the least effect possible on the values to be read and Gefran, in its wide range of thermocouples and thermoresistances, meets the measurement needs required by the various industrial sectors.
- Thermocouples
- Resistance thermometers
Controllers and Indicators
Gefran’s range of temperature and process controllers ensure easy and accurate solutions for applications requiring single and multiple PID control loops. Moreover, the range of indicators with alarm thresholds provide a precise and clear view of the main process variables.
- Controllers and programmers
- Indicators and alarm units
Power Control
Gefran offers a wide range of static units (SCR) and power controllers for controlling linear and non-linear resistive loads, short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) lamps, and transformers. The connection can be single-phase, two- or-three-phase for a current control up to 600 A. Moreover, the connection with the main field buses available on the market is available to facilitate the integration with the factory supervision systems.
- Power controllers
- Solid state relays with/without heatsink
- Fieldbus
Automation Platforms
Gefran automation platforms are represented by specific hardware and software proposals constantly updated and upgraded to meet the market’s most challenging requests. They are the result of the proprietary know-how, which is based on the collaboration with OEMs and system integrators.
- Panel PC – CPU
- Remote I/Os
- Hmi Terminals
- Plcs In Racks
- Integrated Development Environments
- Templates
- Connectivity 4.0
- Accessories
Drives
Gefran Drives for AC and DC motors control and the “energy-saving” solutions are applied in the most advanced industrial and domestic automation systems. “Standard” and “Application-oriented” product ranges combine outstanding performance with great flexibility of use and specific functions for high-end drives applications.
- Inverters for industrial applications
- Inverters for elevators
- DC drives
- Motors
- Regen and AC/DC power suppliers
- Special Configurations
Servodrives and Motors
Gefran’s modular servodrives offer top-level performance for the control of brushless motors used in multi-axis production lines which require great precision and rapid operating sequences. The wide range of permanent magnet servomotors also represents the best combination for high dynamic industrial applications.
- AXV300
- SBM Series
- INTEGRATED MOTORS
Cabinet Solutions
Gefran Soluzioni offers services such as consulting, design and production of automation equipment, and electrical panels to control industrial processes and machines. With over 15,000 machines installed and know-how for scores of applications, Gefran Soluzioni has time-tested expertise and offers its customers (both OEMs and final users) advanced machine and process control solutions. The main markets for Gefran Soluzioni’s services are plastics and metal processing, sheet cutting, air and water treatment, and heat treatment.
- Turn key solutions
- Hot Runner
- ADV200 System
- Revamping and Retrofit
The Applications of Gefrand
Plastic
Plastics and its transformation processes unequivocally identify who Gefran is and what it does: plastics has always been one of our primary sectors. Careful development of new products, plus an innate approach to serving customers, have made Gefran the leader on a global and constantly more competitive market.
Gefran’s proposal for the plastics market consists of an extensive choice of automation devices for machine control, a complete range of sensors and a dedicated motion line, all of which are distinguished by efficiency, good value, practicality, and easy installation.
This section contains:
- general interest articles
- specific products for plastic
Mobile Hydraulics
Gefran is the leading designer and producer of sensors to measure position, pressure, temperature, and force. With 40 years of know-how, it offers a complete range of devices specifically for applications such as agricultural machinery, earth moving machines, and aerial work platforms, as well as solutions for the fluid power (i.e., hydraulic and pneumatic cylinder) market.
Gefran supplies complete packages of sensors for total equipping of machinery, focusing on specific characteristics of the application to satisfy the various needs of markets and customers.
This section contains:
- general interest articles
- specific products for mobile hydraulic
Heat Treatment
Process control is critical in the heat treatment sector. Gefran offers a specific range of products and the best process control solutions for electrical heat treatments, from small laboratory kilns to large metal/glass/silicon furnaces.
These products provide features such as energy efficiency, preventive maintenance, advanced process control, and process data storage and management.
The range includes products such as: indicators and alarm units, single and multi-loop PID controllers, power units to control electrical heating by means of resistive loads, SWIR lamps, and multi-I/O products with integrated control functions, automation, and process data recording and storage.
This section contains:
- general interest articles
- specific products for electrical furnaces
Lift
The lift sector is always demanding higher performance, higher system speed and, above all, greater energy efficiency, without forgetting passenger comfort and safety.
Gefran’s work in the civil lift sector, and the specialization obtained through its collaboration with the world’s largest lift builders, have resulted in lines designed for application on the widest variety of systems. In addition, Gefran’s presence in areas of highest demographic growth has allowed it to foresee major market trends in terms of technology and regulations.
This section contains:
- General interest articles
- Specific products for lift
Metal
For over 50 years, Gefran has specialized in the design and production of drives and control applications, such as sensors, installable on metal working machines. Gefran is one of the few players in the metal sector that can offer a complete package in terms of product lines and control technologies.
This section contains:
- general interest articles
- specific products for metal
Hoist and Crane
The industrial hoist and crane sector has specific requirements regarding the strength and reliability of the products it uses, safety standards, flexible application and, of course, high performance.
Gefran’s know-how in hoisting materials and people, in product engineering, and in automation provide solutions that satisfy the demands of state-of-the-art systems. Gefran’s catalog of applications contains a wide range of dedicated inverters and regenerative power supplies, ideal for advanced, high-power Hoist & Crane systems.
This section contains:
- general interest articles
- specific products for industrial lifts
Water
The industrial water treatment market needs products with advanced controls that also offer benefits in terms of size, easy system start-up, and economic advantages.
Gefran has applied its know-how in industrial drives to the water treatment sector, creating latest-generation inverters for intelligent optimization of energy consumption and considerable savings. Their configurations, specific macro applications, and parameters in engineering units satisfy the widest variety of technological demands.
This section contains:
- general interest articles
- specific products for water treatment
HVAC
HVAC applications demand high efficiency. They require system architectures and specific products that offer advanced controls and also guarantee energy efficiency.
Gefran offers a range of innovative products and custom solutions that satisfy the demands of all types of customers for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Gefran inverters used to control electric motors guarantee the best possible management of system architecture as well as enormous economic benefits.
This section contains:
- general interest articles
- specific products for air treatment
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