Sumitomo Drive Technologies supplies a wide range of plant engineering companies and users of mechanical drive technology.  In the drive technology industry, our products are a standard part of conveying systems, cooling towers, sewage plants, agitators, ventilators, extruders, pulp presses, printing presses, crane systems, loading ramps, rotary driers, air locks, foundries and machine tools.  A brief summary of the applications for Sumitomo drives worldwide is given on this page.  For specific application advice, please contact us.  We will be pleased to assist you.

Production automation

• Material transport
• Conveyors and conveyor systems
• Robots
• Automated storage
• Positioning/phase conveying
• Sorting systems
• Fork-lifts

Plastic and rubber processing

• Extruders
• Banbury mixers 
  

Civil engineering

• Elevators and escalators
• Earth movers
• Construction machinery
• Moles
• Multistorey car parks

Environmental technology

• Sewage treatment
• Recycling/refuse disposal industry
• Screw pumps
• Devilling machines

Food industry

• Bottle filling machines
• Machines for food processing
• Pumps

Port and airport facilities

• Luggage conveying
• Landing stages
• Container handling gantry cranes

Agriculture

• Grain/feed conveying
• Agricultural machinery
• Sugar refinery
• Beet stackers

Forestry industry

• Sawmills
• OSB systems
• Fibre and paper machines
• Wind turbines
• Cooling towers

Leisure and sport

• Amusement parks
• Ski lifts

Metal-working

• Machine tools
• Punching machines
• Slitting machines

Chemical processing

• Agitators
• Centrifuges
• Mixers
• Pumps

Printing presses

Health sector

• Wheelchairs
• Lifts for domestic use
• Stair lifts
• Hospital beds

Textile industry

• Looms
• Yarn guides