GEFRAN

Founded in the sixties, the Italian company GEFRAN is today one of the most successful companies in the field of production of electrical components. Many years of experience, focus on customer needs and constant implementation of innovative solutions in production have allowed GEFRAN to become a leader in the field of production of components for automation of technological processes. Continuous training of personnel, attention to market trends have allowed the company to become synonymous with high quality in the production of motion control systems and sensor technology. The company has about 900 employees in 12 countries. Production facilities include 6 factories and a wide network of distributors in more than 70 countries, which allows for wide coverage throughout the world. The merger in 2003 of GEFRAN and the Italian company SIEI, a well-known manufacturer of converter equipment, allowed GEFRAN to expand the range of products manufactured in the industrial automation market, as well as to offer its customers comprehensive solutions for the automation of production processes. The company’s production is divided into three main areas – sensors, automation systems and motion control systems for various industries, such as:

GEFRAN production

Metallurgy industry,
Rubber and plastics production,
Textile industry,
Woodworking,
Pharmaceuticals,
Glass production,
Packaging,
Food industry.
Strict quality control at all stages of production, from the purchase of raw materials to the packaging of finished products, allowed the company to receive a certificate of compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008, as well as 12 more quality certificates that meet international standards.

GEFRAN’S MAIN PRODUCTION AREAS
Sensors are the basis of all industrial automation and process control. Sensitive elements of sensors are manufactured in strict production conditions, which provides sensors with high technical and metrological characteristics. GEFRAN sensors are represented by the following types:

Temperature,
Pressure,
Humidity,
Position,
Force.
Automation components can be divided into two main subgroups: controllers and regulators. This product from GEFRAN is widely used in the line of logic devices, such as: input-output devices, CPUs, operator panels and many others. The company’s regulators and indicators have found wide application due to the huge selection and high reliability of the products.

Motion control is servo drives, DC and AC frequency regulators. This type of product also includes specific products, which are converters designed for industrial and home photovoltaic production.

Products from GEFRAN
Automation components include the following types of process automation units:

Solid-state relays,
Controllers,
Timers,
Counters,
Operator panels,
Input-output devices.
Any of these product types has proven itself in practice under harsh operating conditions in various production processes.

Solid-state relays are the basis of modern automation and are designed to switch operational circuits. The company produces the following types of solid-state relays: single-phase relays, compact single-phase relays, three-phase power relays.

Power controller with phase-shift excitation (25, 40, 75, 100, 150 A) W312 is designed for use in industrial furnaces for smelting and hardening steel, woodworking industry (surface treatment for gluing), in welding machines, drying cabinets and kilns.
Power controller from 1 to 400 KW (25, 40, 75, 100, 150, 250, 400, 600 A) W212 is designed for use in industrial furnaces for smelting and hardening steel, in industrial cooling units, in painting units, drying cabinets (textile and paper industry, ceramics production), industrial heaters, ovens and furnaces, sterilizers, in furnaces for glass production.
Power controller W211 is used in industrial furnaces, cooling units for industry, painting units, drying cabinets (ceramics, textiles, paper), in industrial heaters, furnaces and ovens, in sterilizers.
GTZ three-phase logic control solid state relay is applied in drying ovens and industrial furnaces, high temperature molding and extrusion, heat treatment and refrigeration, high-speed switching applications, air conditioning.
GTT analog control power solid state relay is applied in plastic molding and injection molding, filling and packaging equipment, polymerization equipment, synthetic fiber manufacturing, rubber molding, drying ovens for building materials and ceramics, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, food industry.

GTS logic-controlled solid-state power relay for applications in plastic molding and injection molding, filling and packaging equipment, polymerization equipment, synthetic fiber manufacturing, rubber molding, building material and ceramic drying ovens, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, food industry, and electric industrial furnaces.
The GTF plus solid-state relay with Modbus communication and extended performance is designed for use in industrial furnaces for heat treatment and metallurgy, kilns for calcination and smelting, furnaces for ceramics and precious metals, heating systems with infrared lamps (long-, medium- and short-wave lamps), wood-edging machines, plastic blow molding equipment, welding applications on packaging equipment, thermoforming equipment, furnaces with Kanthal (silicon carbide heating elements).
Power solid-state relay with logic control and diagnostics GTD is designed for use in packaging equipment, plastic molding and injection molding, polymerization equipment, synthetic fiber production, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, industrial and electric furnaces, food industry.
Regulators, programmers, indicators and timers are devices designed for both processing primary signals (signals from valves, temperature sensors, etc.) and for transmitting standard types of signals (4 … 20 mA, pulses, digital signal, etc.), with subsequent processing. This section includes the following types of products:

Modular power regulator GFX4-SSR for use in packaging equipment, extrusion, thermal molding, textile industry, multi-zone ovens.
The GFX4-IR four-channel modular power controller is used in thermoforming, blow molding, mold-blowing lanes, garment manufacturing, hardening furnaces, woodworking, and glass furnaces.
The GFW adv modular power controller is designed for use in metallurgy, industrial heat treatment furnaces, nitriding furnaces (fusion, sintering), ceramic and precious metal furnaces, drying, heating systems with single- and three-phase transformers, heating systems with super Kanthal resistors, heating systems with silicon carbide resistors.
GFX-OP programming terminal for GEFLEX RANGE / GFX4 / GFXTERMO4. Applications: packaging, extrusion, air ducts, rubber and plastic processing, furnaces.
GFX-M2 / S2 / E2 modular controller for power and temperature of controlled zones. Application: packaging, extrusion, air ducts, rubber and plastic processing, ovens.
Modular controller for power and temperature of controlled zones GFX-M1 / S1 / E1 is designed for use in packaging equipment, extrusion, air ducts, for processing plastic and rubber, in ovens.
Modular controller with regulating valve GEFLEX is used in equipment for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, in drying cabinets, autoclaves and sterilizers, in ovens.
Controllers, control panels are designed to implement the interconnection of objects in production. Operator control panels are used to visualize and control processes. Through SCADA systems, the entire process is displayed on the screen, which simplifies the review and control of the process. This section includes the following types of equipment:

Operator terminal GF VEDO HL 150CT for equipment control is used in control devices, woodworking equipment, in the production of plastics, metal processing.
The GF VEDO HL 121CT operator terminal for equipment control is used in control devices, woodworking equipment, plastics production, and metal processing.
Input-output devices are widely used to process signals of any type. GEFRAN produces devices for processing and transmitting signals of the following types: analog, digital, Modbus protocols, Fieldbus protocols, CanOpen protocols. A wide range of products allows you to choose a ready-made solution for any task. The Gilogik II subcategory includes all modules of the model range: controllers, digital and analog signal expansion boards, Modbus boards, etc.

Analog I/O modules:

GEFRAN R-TC8 analog I/O module for GILOGIK-II, with 8 temperature sensor inputs, one frequency input and 16 digital outputs (plastics production, synthetic fiber polymerization, rubber vulcanization, test benches, cold rooms, ceramic drying ovens, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, furnaces, water treatment plants, food industry, metallurgy and steel smelting, foundry).
GEFRAN R-MA6 module for GILOGIK II, with 6 analog inputs and 6 analog outputs (plastics machines, packaging equipment, automation systems and auxiliary machines).

GEFRAN R-D/A16 module for GILOGIK II, with 16 analog outputs +/- 10 V (sending reference signals to actuators, proportional valves, electronic controls, solid-state relays, analog-controlled units).
GEFRAN R-D/A8 module for GILOGIK II, with 16 analog outputs +/- 10 V (sending reference signals to actuators, proportional valves, electronic controls, solid-state relays, analog-controlled units).
GEFRAN R-D/A4 module for GILOGIK II, with 16 analog outputs +/- 10 V (sending reference signals to actuators, proportional valves, electronic controls, solid-state relays, analog-controlled units).
GEFRAN R-A/D8 module for GILOGIK II, with 8 analog inputs (plastic injection molding, extrusion, weighing systems, polymer and synthetic fiber production, filling machines).
Digital input/output modules:

GEFRAN R-U16 module for GILOGIK II, with 16 optically isolated digital outputs (monitoring the state of solid-state and power semiconductor relays, monitoring electronic devices and disks, monitoring hydraulic and pneumatic drives, monitoring electromechanical contactors, backlighting of signaling devices).
GEFRAN R-U8 module for GILOGIK II, with 16 optically isolated digital outputs (monitoring the state of solid-state and power semiconductor relays, monitoring electronic devices and disks, monitoring hydraulic and pneumatic drives, monitoring electromechanical contactors, backlighting of signaling devices).
GEFRAN R-TEMP4 module for GILOGIK II, with 8 digital outputs, plus 4 analog inputs, plus 2 CT (connection of device control, connection of resistance thermometers and thermocouples, strain gauges and potentiometers, connection of CT transformers, monitoring of the state of solid-state drives, monitoring of electronic devices and disks, monitoring of pneumatic and hydraulic drives, electromechanical contactors, proportional valves, light signaling). GEFRAN R-MIX module for GILOGIK II, with 8 digital inputs / outputs, plus 4 analog outputs, plus 2 analog outputs 16 bit, plus 2 TA (connection of position sensors, device control, ON / OFF signals from electronic devices or auxiliary contacts, Push-Pull and asymmetrical sensors, connection of resistance thermometers and thermocouples, connection of potentiometers and strain gauges, monitoring of pneumatic and hydraulic actuators, electromechanical contactors, proportional valves, light signaling).
GEFRAN R-EU32 module, with 16 digital inputs, plus 16 digital outputs (for connecting position sensors, device control, ON / OFF signals from electronic devices or auxiliary contacts, monitoring the state of solid-state relays and power supplies, monitoring the state of hydraulic actuators and electronic sensors, monitoring electromechanical sensors, light signaling).
GEFRAN R-E16 module, with 16 discrete inputs for GILOGIK II for connecting sensors, device control, ON / OFF signals from electronic devices or auxiliary contacts.
GEFRAN R-C3 module for GILOGIK II, with three independent 32-bit counters, each with three optically isolated digital inputs. Designed for detecting axis position and speed, fast counting, measuring, frequency and period.
Gateway modules:

GEFRAN R-GCANs switching module, with CANopen protocol for GEFRAN GILOGIKII is used in auxiliary machines, plastics processing machines, woodworking machines, extrusion lines, packaging machines.
GEFRAN R-GCANm switching module, with CANopen protocol for GEFRAN GILOGIKII is used in auxiliary machines, plastics processing machines, woodworking machines, extrusion lines, packaging machines.
GEFRAN R-ETM100 Modbus TCP-based switch module for GEFRAN GILOGIKII (rubber and plastics processing presses, thermoforming equipment, extrusion lines, packaging equipment, polymerization and production of synthetic fibers, food industry).
GEFRAN R-ETH100 bridge, with Fast-Ethernet interface for GDNET (rubber and plastics processing presses, thermoforming equipment, extrusion lines, packaging equipment, polymerization and production of synthetic fibers, food industry).
R-BUS switchboard:

R-BUS(x) backplane for GILOGIK II, with 4, 8, 12 or 16 positions of I/O modules of the system, designed for mounting on a DIN rail (35 mm) or plate.
Ethernet Switch:

GEFRAN R-SW5 is an Ethernet switch, with 5 RJ45 ports for connecting several GILOGIK II systems.
The sensors include a wide range of sensors for use in any production, as well as sensors (thermocouples, pressure sensors) in Gefran sensors and sensors for specific purposes (melt pressure sensors or magnetostrictive sensors).

Temperature Sensors:

TCPM Industrial MgO Insulated Thermocouples,
TC10 Series Foundry Thermocouples,
AC9 Series Foundry Thermocouples,
TC9 Series Foundry Thermocouples,
AC8 Series Foundry Thermocouples,
TC8 Series Foundry Thermocouples,
TCI Industrial Furnace and Industrial Thermocouples with Replaceable Insert,
AC2 Industrial Furnace and Industrial Thermocouples with Replaceable Insert,
TC2 Industrial Furnace and Industrial Thermocouples with Replaceable Insert,
TC7M General Purpose Thermocouples for a Wide Range of Applications,
AC6M Mineral Oxide (MgO) Thermocouples for Various Industrial Applications,
For thermocouples T4A series are designed for measuring the temperature of fixed surfaces,
General-purpose thermocouples AC6 are designed for use in various industrial fields,
General-purpose thermocouples TC6 are designed for use in various industrial fields,
TCM thermocouples using mineral oxide (MgO), for use in the plastics industry,
TC5M thermocouples using mineral oxide (MgO), are used in various industrial fields,
TC5N thermocouples for plastics production,
TC5 thermocouples for use in the plastics industry,
T4P series thermocouples are designed for measuring the temperature of fixed surfaces,
T4F series thermocouples are designed for measuring the temperature of fixed surfaces,
TC3 thermocouples for various applications,
TC1M thermocouples, using mineral oxide (MgO), are used in various industrial fields,
TC1 thermocouples for use in the plastics industry.

Motion control includes frequency converters designed to control servo motors and AC motors. These devices also help save energy by reducing reactive energy in the network, and the motor control device also provides additional protection for the motor against short circuits and overvoltage.

Frequency converters are designed for motors with a power of 0.37 kW to 630 kW. Depending on the converter model, they have different types of interfaces, the number of input / output signals, and various functional capabilities.

Servo drives – the main difference between servo drives and frequency converters is that in conjunction with a frequency converter, servo drives have higher positioning accuracy and are therefore intended for use in the movement of carriages, conveyor belts and other moving objects with high positioning accuracy.

All products manufactured by GEFRAN meet international quality standards and safety requirements.