According to SEW-Eurodrive, Australian drive solutions suppliers are deepening the fight against fake gear-unit and motor duplicacy.

SEW-Eurodrive says that it has observed recent increases in the off-shore manufacture and importation of counterfeit gear-units and motors. Overseas makers are joining up with dishonest local importers to bring on these substandard units to the Australian market.

It points out this rise to advance in reverse-engineering methods that have made the illegal imitation of well-known products more possible.

The company says that the industry is still recognizing quite a number of suspect units in Australian factories. It cautions that installing such equipment-units and motors can harm the gear, and counterfeit products will inexorably require to be substituted at cost.

Gear units and motors are believed to be mainly subject to duplication, as both use comparatively easily copied housing. The inner parts, including bearings, gears, rotors and stators, are important for high performance level.

SEW-Eurodrive asserts that a similar-looking fake unit will not perform to the same level, and have the possibility to considerably impact the bottom-line of end-users. In addition, the fake units might not be acquiescent with Australia's Minimum Energy Performance Standards.

SEW-Eurodrive added that the end-users can avoid all this by purchasing directly from the company, authorized re-seller, or OEM. However, if the drive technology is being offered as part of a bigger machine package, buyers should ask for serial numbers of the gear-units and motors.