DC Drives


For more than three decades, SAF's DC Drive line has been recognized in the drives industry as a leader in reliability and value. SAF's expert drive knowledge and keen understanding of demanding DC motors applications is unrivaled in the marketplace.

SAF currently manufactures the following DC Drives:

  • DG2 Single Phase, Modifiable
  • DG8 Single Phase, Regenerative
  • DC6 Three Phase, Non-Regen
  • DC12 Three Phase, Regen
  • FS2/4 - Field Regulator
  • DD312 Digital Three Phase, Regen

SAF also produces a variety of legacy products and circuit cards, available upon special request.


APPLICATIONS 
DC Drives are ideal for use in many harsh industrial applications. SAF DC Drives have been installed in applications that include:

PRIMARY & SECONDARY METALS
· Continuous Casters
· Cold Mills
· Hot Strip Mills
· Bar Mills
· Temper Mills
· Plate Mills
· Roughing & Finishing Mills
· Batch Anneal Process
· Downcoilers
· Arc Furnaces
· AOD Controls
· Vessel Tilt
· Ladle Cars, Slag Pot Cars
· Pickle Lines
· Polishing Lines
· Continuous Paint Lines
· Slitters
· Multi Strand Oscillate Slitters
· Blanking Lines
· Cut-to-Length Lines
· Ore Bridges
· Tube Mills
· Carriage Cut-Offs
· Flying Crop Shears
· Heat Treat Furnaces
· Galvanizing Lines
· Levelers
 
 PULP & PAPER
· Paper Machines
· Dual Drum Winders
· Supercalenders
· Paper Slitter Lines
· Coating Machines
· Press Folder Sections
· Non - Woven Lines
· Wallpaper Lines
· Planers & Saws
· Veneer Lathes
· Log Carriage Drives
· Tissue Lines
 
CONVERTING & PACKAGING
· Laminating Extrusion Line
· Label Inspection Machines
· Newspaper Printing Press
· Commercial Printing Presses
· Press Folders
· Press Die Cutter
· Laminating Lines
· Tape Lines
· Sandpaper Lines
 
BULK HANDLING
· Overhead Cranes & Bridges
· Ore Bridges
· Ladle Cars
· Clam Shell Unloader Cranes
· Offshore Dragline Cranes
· Mining Systems
· Hoists & Conveyors
· Mine Hoists
· Indexers and Dumpers
· Warehouse Stacker Cranes
· Laser Position Systems
· Stacker Reclaimers
· Automated Handling Systems
· Transfer Lines
· Ship Arresters
· Ship Unloaders
· Railcar Positioners
· Ski Lifts
· Barge Haul & Trolley Controllers
 
· Drawbridge Controls
 
RUBBER & PLASTICS
· Mold Lines
· Calenders
· Mixers
· Rubber Mills
· Tire Extrusion Lines
· Stock Loaders
· PVC Production Line
· Tire Sortation System
· PVC Automated Mixing
· Extruders
· Conveyor Lines
 
 
UTILITIES
· Stack Monitoring
· Steam and Water Sampling
· Coal Yard Automation
· Reactor Monitoring
· Stacker / Reclaimers
 
 
WIRE & CABLE
· Wire Drawing Machines
· Wire - Spoolers
· Annealers
· Traverse Winders
· Accumulators
· Draw Sections
· Payoffs
· Draw Sections
· Capstans
· Extruder Lines
· Two Cage Stranders
· Sorter Lines
· Double Twist Stranders
· Corrugating Machines
· 6 Strand Block Spoolers
· Wire Cablers
· Taping Machines
· Multi Strand Twinners
 
FOOD & BEVERAGE
· Ice Cream Manufacturing
· Bread Production Lines
· Bakery Production
· Bag Conveyor and Palletizer
· Fluidized Bed Dryers
· Meat Cutting Lines
· Beer Tank Approval Systems
· Cookie Dough Conveyors