It’s a scary place — the servo graveyard where their parts are harvested for repairs to other servos. In the movie The Brave Little Toaster, there were scenes of a repair shop where the appliances had lost all hope and were used for scrap repairs to newer appliances. While you might not want to get too… Read more »
You’ve opened up the cabinet to your servo drives and you see the words “Indramat.” But you have no idea what you’re looking at exactly—or how to fix the problem. The truth is you need an Indramat and legacy Rexroth servo specialist. This is a job for someone who has a lot of knowledge about… Read more »
Most Rexroth and Indramat servomotors and servo drives can’t be served on location. Most repair services for drives and controls ask you to ship your ailing parts to them. Your wait time while they repair your units can really mount up — it can be weeks rather than days before you get back up and… Read more »
Gone are the days of plowing by horse—and that’s a good thing. We’re more efficient today so we can meet the growing demand for food. In fact, because we’re so good at farming in the United States, we provide a much needed resource for the rest of the world and it’s the backbone of our… Read more »
A new study by Markets and Markets concluded that the servomotors and drives market is estimated to grow at a rapid rate in the coming years. Estimates put growth at 17.2 million units and $10.43 billion by 2018. Where is all this growth coming from? The predictions put the attention on automotive and transportation, semiconductors and electronics,… Read more »
Whether you’re using servo motors to assemble boxes of Valentine’s Day cards or to punch out hearts in candy, we love them. Servo motors and servo drives from Rexroth and Indramat are what makes our hearts go pitter patter. We’re just crazy about servos. We spend all our time working on Rexroth and Indramat servos… Read more »
Industrial automation does a lot of good things for people, from making products more affordable to reducing waste. But one of the most important jobs of automation is increasing safety for human workers. The first robot hand, according to Brian Behm, a newly elected board member of the Robotic Industries Association, was developed by General… Read more »
Motion control has had a tough couple of years, with the market falling in 2012 and scarcely growing in 2013, according to figures released by the IHS. Looking at the U.S. alone, things were a bit better, with 5% growth in 2012. When the dust settles, 2013 will probably have been a growth year for… Read more »
Recent years have brought innovation with hydraulic servo based technology. The Mantis Robot, for instance, is one example of a hydraulic controlled robot. It’s part of a recent trend toward more innovation in hydraulics rather than electronic servos. We only service electronic servos from Rexroth and Indramat so know which kind of servos you have… Read more »
Depending on what industry you’re in, you might have to comply with regulations that require regular wash downs throughout the day or in between different products. It’s most common in food industries where contamination is a problem but there are many instances where wash downs are part of daily life on a factory floor. We’re… Read more »
