Applications
______________________
SECTORS
Chemicals
STM Riduttori has developed its expertise in the chemical applications sector, prioritising product quality above all else. Rising to the challenge, the company now serves as a key supplier to leading industry players.
The STM Riduttori Team specialises in crafting Planetary and High Torque Bevel Helical gearboxes and motors tailored for diverse applications such as cooling towers, extruders, mixers, air preheaters, and pulpers. Our products excel in demanding environments, accommodating various operations and stresses.
Constructed from cast iron, our gearboxes are meticulously coated with two-part epoxy paints. This coating ensures substantial resistance against wear, vibration, and corrosion, guaranteeing exceptional long-term performance and minimal maintenance needs.
Conveyors
The STM Team has developed specialised expertise in the conveyor applications market, a critical global sector that impacts numerous industries, including food processing, agriculture, mining, goods handling, pharmaceuticals, recycling, and packaging.
Our range of gearboxes and motors—including Bevel Helical, Skew Bevel Helical, Inline, High Torque Parallel, Shaft Mounted with Long Center Distance, and Worm Gearboxes—are designed to ensure high reliability, minimal maintenance, and exceptional performance. These solutions are ideal for a variety of sophisticated goods handling and transport systems. Key applications include belt, chain, and roller conveyors, overhead conveyors, palletizers, and bottle handling systems.
Lifting
The STM team prioritizes technological and application-driven innovations, adhering to a policy of delivering the highest quality products and services tailored to each specific market we serve.
Our team has developed expertise in the lifting market, our top-performing sector by revenue. Embracing this challenge, we now supply industry-leading players with our advanced solutions.
Our comprehensive range of gearboxes and motors (including Bevel Helical, High Torque Bevel Helical, Slewing Planetary, High Torque Parallel, and Shaft-Mounted Gearboxes) ensures we can provide our customers with complete solutions for the entire lifting sector. This includes addressing all loading and handling capacities for bridge and deck cranes, as well as capstans.
Recycling
The STM Team has cultivated specialised expertise in the recycling facilities market. We view recycling and renewable energy as pivotal sectors for the future and have embraced the challenge to lead in these areas. Today, we support the industry’s top players, contributing significantly to the green economy.
Our range of gearboxes and motors—including High Torque Bevel Helical, Parallel and Shaft Mounted, and Planetary gearboxes—provides comprehensive solutions for the entire recycling sector. Our products deliver optimal performance in crucial applications such as twin paddle mixers, vertical mills, separators, and thickeners, positioning us as a strategic supplier for recycling plants, from biodigester facilities to optical sorting operations.
Energy
STM Riduttori has developed specialised expertise in the renewable energy market, a sector where the company is particularly proactive. We have embraced the challenge to lead and now support the industry’s foremost players.
Renewable energies—wind, solar, hydroelectric, marine, geothermal, biomass, and biofuels—are highlighted by the EU Commission as critical. In its “Energy Roadmap 2050,” the commission calls for a more ambitious 2030 climate and energy package, aiming to increase the EU target for renewable energy sources (RES) to at least 30%, implemented through individual national targets.
We cater to this growing market with our gearboxes and motors, including universal and double Worm gearboxes (also with Torque Limiters), Planetary, Slewing Planetary, Inline, and Parallel and Shaft mounted gearboxes with long center distances. These products ensure top performance in key applications such as wind and hydroelectric turbines, pellet heating systems, and solar trackers.
Mining
The STM Team, boasting over 40 years of expertise in the design, manufacture, and commissioning of gear reducers and gear motors, has established itself as a significant force in the mining industry. Leveraging extensive know-how and experience across various industries, The STM Team delivers turn-key solutions tailored to almost any mining application. Our products are crafted with a focus on modularity, durability, efficiency, and reliability, providing “Smart Solutions” that help users lower operational costs by minimizing maintenance expenses, reducing the risk of process downtime, and enhancing energy efficiency. Technological innovation, proudly “100% Made in Italy,” along with prompt assistance and local training, has always been the foundation of our offerings. STM Riduttori South Africa prides itself in offering mines efficient and reliable gearbox and motor solutions.
Steel
The STM Team has developed specific expertise in the steel market, a vital market sector of great importance to the industrial world, and has therefore taken up the challenge and today provides the leading players in the industry.
The STM Team gearboxes and motors (Parallel and Shaft mounted gearboxes with long center distance, Planetary and Worm gearboxes with torque limiters, and also high torque Parallel gearboxes with long center distance) ensure the best performances for this sector’s main applications, such examples include, tube benders, band sawings, roller tables, press feeding, and pinch roll.
Fluid
The STM Team has cultivated specialized expertise in the fluids treatment market, contributing to the development of efficient production processes. As a result, the company has embraced the challenge of supplying top-tier industry leaders with high-performance products. Our gearboxes and motors offer optimal solutions for their industrial applications.
The range, including Bevel Helical, Planetary, and Inline gearboxes, as well as Motovariators ESV, are meticulously designed for use in screw conveyors, stainless steel tanks, decanters, and pumps.
PROCESSES
Sugar
The increasing significance of sugar cane processing as a renewable source of both nutrition (sugar) and fuel (ethanol) underscores the vital role of power transmission in constructing new mills and refurbishing existing ones. The STM Team. offers tailored solutions for critical sugar mill applications, including mills, conveyors, diffuser plants, and crystallizers.
Our Hi-Torque gearboxes, featuring a comprehensive range of reduction ratios, ensure superior speed control and synchronization. Additionally, our combined planetary/bevel helical gearboxes provide enhanced compactness and thermal power capacity. These powerful and compact gearboxes are specifically designed to meet the unique requirements of each application.