Do you need emergency Indramat repairs? Don’t even really know what an “Indramat” is? We get a lot of calls from different people across areas were we serve customers that start off the same way: I opened the doors and it said “Indramat” so I searched on the internet and got to your website. Can… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Preventative Maintenance Inspections for Indramat
You can ignore the floor of the factory — not the factory floor, of course, but the actual floor of the rooms — for quite a while. Maybe forever. Then the day finally comes when the gunk and clutter builds up to the point where someone trips and falls or something catches fire or it’s… Read more »
Getting to Know Indramat CLC Control
Indramat’s CLC control servo drive cards are FiberOptic Sercos based with built in 3 Form factors. There are several different types of firmware and programs used in CLC controls so that makes them more difficult to identify then CLM control. The most common, however, are Visual Motion for general motion control, and Synax for printing… Read more »
What Does “Maintenance Free” Mean for Indramat Servos?
You’ll hear the words “maintenance free” thrown around a lot when talking about Indramat and Rexroth servomotors and servo drives. The idea is that you set it up and let it run forever. Or at least until it breaks. You can’t do routine maintenance on an Indramat servomotor or servo drive itself—the inside of the… Read more »
Flexographic Printing and Servos
Flexographic printing is a relatively new name for a pretty old process. Since the 1990s there have been lots of advances in the technology we use in flexographic printing but the history of the process goes back pretty far in the history of printing for consumer goods. Originally named aniline printing, it was invented in… Read more »
Timbering and Rexroth
Rexroth servomotors are often used in things like printing presses and packaging tools. One application you might not know of is in timbering tools. The E-Clips® carrier, featured in a recent issue of Timberline Magazine, uses Rexroth drive technology to help the timber industry cut down trees and stack them for processing. You can watch the… Read more »