From Motor Reliability to Electrification and Digitalization of Mining Operations
ICN News, Jakarta — The development of Indonesia’s mining industry requires more than high-performance heavy equipment. Behind every productive mining operation are electric motors, drives, and electrification technologies that operate continuously to ensure efficient and reliable production processes.
Amid these growing requirements, Innomotics stands as a global player with extensive experience in electric motor and drive technologies for heavy industries, including mining.
The presence of PT Innomotics Motors and Solutions in Indonesia further strengthens the company’s position in providing solutions for industries that require highly reliable and efficient drive systems. PT Innomotics Motors and Solutions was previously known as PT Siemens Large Drives.
For the mining industry, the need for motors and drives is far from simple. These systems must operate reliably in demanding environments, handle heavy loads, and maintain operational continuity. Failures in drive systems can result in downtime that directly affects productivity and operating costs.
That is why Innomotics’ solutions are not focused solely on products, but also on reliability, efficiency, and total lifecycle performance.
Solutions For Mining Applications
Innomotics’ portfolio covers a broad range of motor and drive technologies, from low-voltage to high-voltage motors, medium-voltage drives, geared motors, converters, as well as engineering and service solutions.
These technologies can support a wide range of critical mining applications, including conveyors, crushers, mills, pumps, fans, excavators, and mine winders.
One example is the SL150 cycloconverter, designed for applications requiring low speed and high torque. The system can be used for applications such as mine winders, crushers, excavators, and various material-handling processes in mining operations. Innomotics states that the solution can achieve efficiency of up to 99% and availability of more than 99.5% under suitable application conditions.
For conveyor and mine-winder applications, Innomotics also offers high-voltage synchronous motors with capacities of up to 17 MW and torque of up to 2,000 kNm, designed for gearless drive applications.
Technologies such as these are becoming increasingly important as mining companies seek to improve productivity while controlling energy consumption.
Toward More Efficient Mining Operations
The mining industry is moving toward increasingly integrated operations based on electrification and digitalization.
Innomotics recognizes that motors and drives are not merely supporting components, but an essential part of the overall production system.
This is demonstrated by various mining projects completed by Innomotics globally. One example is Anglo American’s Quellaveco digital mine project in Peru. Innomotics supplied gearless drives for four grinding mills and an overland conveyor, as well as 22 medium- and low-voltage motors for the flotation plant. These systems form part of an integrated approach to electrification, automation, and digitalization in mining operations.
This experience demonstrates how drive technology can play a role far beyond simply powering a machine.
Through the integration of data, monitoring, and control systems, mining companies can gain better visibility into operating conditions, efficiency, and potential failures, allowing corrective action to be taken more quickly.
Reliable Motion For The Mining Industry
Innomotics’ strength lies in the combination of engineering expertise, motor and drive technologies, and an understanding of the requirements of heavy industries.
Across mining markets worldwide, Innomotics places reliability, efficiency, and sustainability at the heart of its solutions.
The company also continues to develop technologies that support industrial electrification. In 2025, for example, Innomotics secured a major electrification project for a large mining operation in Chile, with an order value of tens of millions of euros. The project included 71 medium-voltage drives, eight modular E-houses, and medium- and low-voltage distribution systems.
This highlights the growing demand from the mining industry for electrification solutions, particularly as mining companies seek to improve energy efficiency while maintaining operational reliability.
At Mining Indonesia 2026
Innomotics’ participation in Mining Indonesia 2026 provides an important opportunity to introduce the company’s technologies and solutions to Indonesia’s mining market.
Mining Indonesia is one of the region’s leading mining industry exhibitions, bringing together mining companies, equipment manufacturers, technology providers, and a wide range of industry-supporting businesses.
For Innomotics, participation in an event of this scale provides an opportunity to engage more closely with industry players and demonstrate how motor, drive, and electrification technologies can help mining companies address today’s operational challenges.
Indonesia has a major mining industry, ranging from coal to minerals such as nickel, copper, and other strategic resources. As demands for efficiency, productivity, and sustainability continue to increase, the need for reliable drive technologies will become even more important.
With more than 150 years of engineering experience and a strong focus on motors and large-drive systems, Innomotics has a solid technological foundation to become part of this transformation.
For the mining industry, the future is not only about how powerful the machines are, but also about how efficiently, reliably, and intelligently the entire system operates. This is where Innomotics’ technology becomes highly relevant — helping the industry move more efficiently toward the future of mining.
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