MOVITRANS® | Interviews with Dr. Hans Krattenmacher

Interviews: Contactless energy transfer

Contactless energy transfer has long since arrived in industry, where it is one of the cornerstones of modern production. MOVITRANS® from SEW-EURODRIVE is an important component that complements our extensive portfolio of drive and automation technology. Our interviews reveal what is behind the MOVITRANS® success story and what else it has in store for your future.

Dr. Hans Krattenmacher, Managing Director Mechatronics Innovation, has been with SEW-EURODRIVE for over 20 years. Right from the start of his time with the company, he came into contact with the MOVITRANS^® contactless energy transfer system – which was still in its infancy at the time. He experienced up close and personal how this “very, very new technology” at the time began to take off and ultimately scored its initial success in the field.

What lies behind this unprecedented MOVITRANS^® success story and what else it has in store for the future is revealed to us by the Managing Director Mechatronics Innovation in our interviews. Curious now? Then pick up these three interviews here directly as a free PDF download.

Interview 1: Factory Automation // Smart Factory

“We are now experiencing for ourselves what it means for this and the next generation to be able to make energy available in a good, clean way. That is what’s exciting about MOVITRANS^®. The technology behind it is part of the energy revolution in the infrastructure all around us.”

Want to read all the answers? Download the first episode of our three-part interview here and learn more.

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Interview 2: Charging vehicles inside and outside production facilities

“The strict line we currently draw between logistics in a factory hall and urban logistics will gradually start to dissolve, overlaps will appear, and the distinction will become blurred.”

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Interview 3: Energy-autonomous factories and energy-autonomous homes

“We really are systematically focusing on the future and aim to design factories not only along Industry 4.0 lines in terms of automated communication, but also with energy networking.”

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