FusionDrive®, the industry’s smartest gear and generator combination revealed during Husum WindEnergy 2012

Moventas, one of the industry’s leading wind gear manufacturers, and The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages, will today reveal a showpiece of the industry’s smartest wind gear and generator combination, FusionDrive®.

The real-life size, 3 MW FusionDrive® will be on show at the joint stand of Moventas and The Switch during the Husum WindEnergy 2012 event.

The Switch and Moventas - FusionDrive®

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