The mix of winners and losers at this year’s Sochi Winter Olympics may have been unpredictable, but one thing was for certain; keeping the relevant competition areas adequately snow-covered for the entire event duration was critical to the Games’ viability and success. Sufficient natural snow could not be guaranteed, so it had to be complemented on demand by snow from an alternative, man-made source.

The Sky Glider (see picture 1) of the company Alfred Rodlsberger, Stahl- und Maschinenbau GmbH from A-5721 Piesendorf, excites families, as well as the young and those young at heart, with a unique flying adventure. Whether the flight goes through forest aisles or is starting from a snowy summit cross, excitement and adrenaline are always present. This flying adventure of special class is powered by a WATT helical geared motor that ensures a secure run in a 100 Hz characteristic.

Watt Drive delivered the entire drive technique for a large-diameter pipe plant. The drives are used for the pipe transport system, the welding stands and the turning devices.

Theatres and operas have high demands on low noise level and the operational safety of the implemented geared motors. Watt Drive has available every technology for the realisation of proven and standardised drive concepts in such applications. The geared motors of the modular WATT MAS® system thereby are optionally equipped with dualcircuit safety brakes and the compulsory encoder systems.

The carillon in the historic district of Salzburg at the ‘Residenzplatz’ has been established in a tower built by Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau in front of the ‘Neue Residenz’. It originally had five stores. In the course of a renovation this has been equipped with a gear motor of the MAS gear system.

At the glass gluing station GVS of the company URBAN, WATT helical geared motors are used, whereas the production of those high-grade drive components is exclusively done in Austria. Watt Drive thus stands for high quality standard.