{"id":17466,"date":"2026-11-07T14:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/gurtwickler-durch-rollladenmotor-ersetzen\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T14:01:00","slug":"gurtwickler-durch-rollladenmotor-ersetzen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/gurtwickler-durch-rollladenmotor-ersetzen\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing a belt winder with a roller shutter motor: how the conversion works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In brief:<\/strong> Beim Umbau vom Gurtwickler auf einen Rohrmotor wird der Motor in die vorhandene Rollladenwelle geschoben, Gurt und Gurtwickler entfallen. Sie brauchen den Wellendurchmesser, das passende Drehmoment und einen Stromanschluss am Fenster. Ohne Kabel geht es mit einem Akku-Solar-Motor.<\/p>\n<h2>What you need<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tubular motor to suit the shaft: 35 mm for 40 mm octagonal shafts, 45 mm for 60 mm octagonal shafts<\/li>\n<li>Adapters (crown and drive) for your shaft<\/li>\n<li>Motor bracket or holder for the side wall of the box<\/li>\n<li>Interlocked blind switch or radio hand transmitter<\/li>\n<li>230 V connection at the window \u2013 or a battery-solar motor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Procedure in 6 steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Lower the roller shutter fully and open the inspection cover.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the belt; remove the belt pulley and ball bearing on the motor side.<\/li>\n<li>Take out the shaft, insert the motor with adapters.<\/li>\n<li>Fix the motor bracket to the box wall, refit the shaft.<\/li>\n<li>Electrical connection by a qualified electrician (see <a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/rollladenmotor-anschliessen\/\">Connecting a roller shutter motor<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Set end positions, close the belt opening.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Which motor fits?<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Situation<\/th>\n<th>Motor<\/th>\n<th>Net price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>small roller shutter, 40 mm shaft<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/product\/a-ok-am35-tubular-motor\/\">A-OK AM35<\/a> (6\/10 Nm)<\/td>\n<td>from \u20ac69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>standard roller shutter, 60 mm shaft, wall switch<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/product\/a-ok-am45-tubular-motor-mechanical\/\">A-OK AM45 mechanical<\/a> (15\u201350 Nm)<\/td>\n<td>from 65 \u20ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mit Handsender und Hinderniserkennung<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/product\/a-ok-am45-radio-tubular-motor\/\">A-OK AM45 radio<\/a> (6\u201330 Nm)<\/td>\n<td>from \u20ac100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>no power at the window<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/product\/a-ok-am45-battery-solar-tubular-motor\/\">A-OK AM45 battery-solar<\/a> (10\/20 Nm)<\/td>\n<td>from \u20ac235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>How to determine the torque is explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/roller-shutter-motor\/\">Retrofitting &amp; replacing a roller shutter motor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Does a motor fit every roller shutter shaft?<\/h3>\n<p>Most 40 or 60 mm octagonal shafts. What matters is the shaft diameter and the space in the box next to the shaft end.<\/p>\n<h3>Do I have to lay cables to the window?<\/h3>\n<p>For a 230 V motor, yes. If that is too costly, a battery-solar motor powers itself via a small solar panel.<\/p>\n<h3>What happens to the belt opening?<\/h3>\n<p>It is closed with a cover plate. This also improves insulation.<\/p>\n<p>Calculate the torque yourself: <a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/roller-shutter-motor-calculator\/\">Roller shutter motor calculator<\/a>. All guides on roller shutter, awning and external venetian blind motors: <a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/sonnenschutz-ratgeber\/\">Sun protection guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Advice on the right motor<\/h2>\n<p>Send us the shaft diameter, curtain size and material \u2013 we will name the right A-OK motor. Phone <a href=\"tel:+494050694631\">040 50694631<\/a> (Mon\u2013Fri 8 am\u20135 pm) or via the <a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/contact\/\">Contact form<\/a>. All motors at a glance: <a href=\"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/product\/sun-protection-motors\/\">Sun protection motors<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Replacing a belt winder with a tubular motor: what you need, how the conversion works and which motor fits \u2013 A-OK tubular motors from \u20ac65 net.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1960],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planung-montage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17503,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17466\/revisions\/17503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}