Thrige Electric has manufactured DC motors for more than a century. The motors are used for variable-speed applications in a number of industries worldwide, where reliability and efficiency are required. Typical applications in the steel industry include:Steel millsCoilers ace recoilers'Flying' shearsWire drawing machinesThe product programme comprises three ranges of fully laminated motors representing state-of-the-art design in DC motors:The LAK 2000: two-pole motors up to 90kWThe LAK 4000 UNIQORE: four-pole motors to 500kWThe LAKC 4/6/8000: four-, Six- and eight-pole motors up to 2000kW with compensation winding