Industrial Markets

Industrial applications for oil-less, direct-drive systems are increasing rapidly across a broad spectrum of sectors, including petrochemical, oil and gas, power generation, HVAC, and precision manufacturing.

Synchrony is responding to this market need by applying “more-electric” technologies, similar to those now embraced by aerospace and defense industries. In these systems, oil and hydraulic systems are replaced by electrical, electronic, and magnetic components.

Critical industrial machinery benefits from more-electric technologies in these ways:

• Reducing costly downtime
• Eliminating the handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials
• Reducing the occurrence of fires
• Eliminating the introduction of lubricants in "clean" processes that are intolerant to contaminants
• Reducing costly maintenance operations
• Reducing the need for attended operations at remote facilities
• Decreasing life cycle costs while increasing system reliability

Examples of industrial processes and plants that can benefit from more-electric technology include:

• Refineries
• Petrochemical plants
• Offshore and undersea oil and gas extraction
• Oil and gas pipeline transmission
• LNG conversion
• Cryogenic pumps, compressors, expanders
• Distributed energy power generation
• Industrial refrigeration and air conditioning