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HFD® System, which realizes the next generation of energy-saving transmission, receives the "Energy Conservation Grand Prize, Chairman's Award of the Energy Conservation Center, Japan

2019.01.15 Other

(Headquarters: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) has been awarded the Energy Conservation Center Chairman's Prize in the Product and Business Model Category of the 2008 Energy Conservation Grand Prize, sponsored by the Energy Conservation Center, Japan, for its independently developed flat belt drive system (our product name: HFD® System/Hyper Flat Drive System). The Energy Conservation Center Chairman's Award was given to our originally developed flat belt drive system (our product name: HFD® System/Hyper Flat Drive System) for its high energy-saving performance.
This is the second time this product has been awarded, having previously received the Director-General's Award from the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy in the 2013 "Energy Conservation Grand Prize" as an example of its use. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place at ENEX2019 "The 43rd Harmonization of Global Environment and Energy Exhibition" to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. This product can be viewed at the Awards Corner in the ENEX2019 exhibition hall.

1.Awarded Theme
Highly efficient flat belt drive system "HFD System

Ltd., a blower manufacturer, and Kuken Kogyo Corporation, a cooling tower manufacturer, as an example of energy saving by installing the HFD® system.

2.Key Points of the Award
In the previous award, the applicable capacity range of the motors was 2.5 to 3.5 kW. 2 to 22 kW, but the new motor capacity is 2.5 kW. The development of a small HFD® for motors less than 2 kW and a large HFD® for motor capacities from 30 to 75 kW, as well as the development of an HFD® system for cooling towers in adverse operating environments, and the expansion of the product lineup have been highly evaluated for their contributions to energy conservation in a wide range of industrial machinery.

The Minebea Group has long promoted environmentally friendly business activities, such as reducing energy used in business activities and developing energy-saving products, and will continue to contribute to energy conservation in industrial machinery by further promoting the HFD® system.

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