Hansen Industrial Transmissions (HIT) reports that it has been “very successful in selling single stage blower drives,” in recent years. “Having no dedicated single stage solution for the larger sizes, a special solution was designed starting from the standard horizontal, parallel, 2-stage Hansen P4 housing (size G, H, J or K – with 1 gear set).  What started as a one off project has turned into recurrent business since.

HIT sees a significant market potential for similar single stage drives, also outside Europe, mainly in the mining sector (e.g. for centrifugal slurry pumps) and for applications such as blowers, compressors and refiners as well as equipment for e.g. the chemical industry and the energy sector.