Drive technology is a fundamental requirement in both  manufacturing and process automation. Use cases range  from drives with fixed and variable speed such as for pumps, fans or compressors etc., to single-axis positioning controllers for applications such as moving, setting and positioning, to multi-axis interpolation for packaging, printing, or milling.

Drives are extremely significant in terms of industrial energy saving tasks, because electrical drives account for almost 2/3 of industrial power demand.
PROFIdrive is the leading vendor-neutral, IEC-standardized Motion Control technology, developed and supported by PROFIBUS & PROFINET International. PROFIdrive interfaces different drives from different vendors with the plants or machines communication system .

PROFIdrive, by its own outstanding features and by using other PI technologies such as PROFIBUS, PROFINET, PROFIsafe and PROFIenergy, provides best possible solutions to the demanding requirements of to days automation. It moves the world of automation!

Learn more about PROFIdrive and its prospects by watching the short film, recorded on the Hannover Fair 2011.