Throughout 2025 and 2026, Heinrich Georg UK have been proud to support Nottingham Drives Specialist Services (NDSS) based at the Power Electronics and Machines Centre (PEMC), University of Nottingham by providing increased functionality to their test capabilities.

By providing upgrades and supporting modifications to the multi-dyno suite of equipment that was supplied by Georg UK in 2021, the PEMC has been able to increase the availability of its state-of-the-art test equipment to potential users in industry and academia.

Test rig system upgrades implemented by Georg UK over the past 12-months include Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) modifications, improvements to motor drives, the addition of hardware in the loop control, and separation of common test rigs to create standalone test cells.

Andy Cheadle, Managing Director of Georg UK, commented:

“The University of Nottingham has been an important customer for us over the course of several years and we’re excited to still be supporting them with upgrades and additions to their test capabilities, thus ensuring that they remain a major contributor to the development of future technologies.”

NDSS are an independent business unit wholly owned by the University of Nottingham. They deliver effective and efficient services to industry to support the industrialisation of power electronic converters, electrical machines and drives.

Their world-class facilities have a long history of being at the forefront of Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) research and development. They provide access to expertise and extensive national and international academic and industry networks in order to accelerate the industrialisation of PEMD products.

NDSS’s services include:

• Bespoke development and testing of electrical motors and drives.
• Motor testing and characterisation at a range of powers and speeds, environmental testing, dynamic axial loading as well as HV and high-power battery emulation.
• Bespoke development solutions with access to over 170 world-leading PEMD specialists.

For further details, visit their website.

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