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- Stuart Schaaf: Founder & President
Orbital Traction is a private company that specializes in energy saving technologies in the Industrial Automation, Industrial Machinery, and Equipment areas.
Orbital Traction LLC has a portfolio of Intellectual Property (“IP”) focused on developing innovative technology to make rotating systems more efficient. Orbital’s proprietary Adjustable
Speed Drive (“ASD”) technology has multiple use cases across a variety of industrial applications from electric vehicle motors to industrial pumping. Orbital is initially targeting the industrial pumping market, where the technology can be widely applied to both existing and newbuild centrifugal pumps and rod lift systems. Orbitals ASD's benefits include 1) significant savings: 30% maintenance cost reduction 2) increased efficiency: 50% power consumption reduction 3) carbon intensity reduction. In addition to industrial pumping, Orbital has active research in advanced power generation and thermal management.
