A lot of our clients contact us because they’ve found a cabinet, possibly by tracking a cable from a broken piece of machinery to that cabinet, and upon opening it for the first time in human memory, they find a servo motor labeled “Indramat.” Googling the word tells them that Rexroth now owns Indramat, and… Read more »
Where were you on December 23, 2014? Some Rexroth engineers were in Italy, where the earthquake testing equipment they had been working on for six months was being lifted into its building before the roof was put into place. 37 tons of steel had been brought in my truck and a giant crane had come… Read more »
Paul Cooke, Rexroth’s new CEO for the Americas, moved from Germany to head the U.S. division of Bosch Rexroth. His take on manufacturing in the U.S. for his company — slated for significant growth this year — is not about American jobs or American pride. It’s about “local for local.” Products for a local market,… Read more »
Rexroth is unquestionably a leader in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the international move toward Industry 4.0. But thought leader Wolfgang Blome, while he acknowledges that Rexroth’s Industry 4.0 production line in Homburg is a perfect proof of concept that demonstrates that Industry 4.0 technology is already here, still describes Industry 4.0 as a goal rather… Read more »
Rexroth’s Drive & Control Academy prepares workers for Industry 4.0, bringing the realities of working in a networked environment into the classroom — whether that’s a high school or university classroom or an apprenticeship environment. Animated video e-training presents basic mechatronics and drive and control technology skills along with the high-level languages needed for programming,… Read more »
One of the things we all know about cockroaches is that they will be the most likely survivors of the worst apocalyptic scenario you can come up with, from zombie invasions to nuclear winter. So it makes sense that these versatile and virtually indestructible creatures are providing inspiration for the latest generation of robots designed… Read more »
Industrial motion control is in a period of innovation right now. New achievements in robotics show up in headlines and in factories daily. Game-changing advancements in the Industrial Internet of Things, communication across the industry, and human-machine interfaces are on the horizon. But at the center of all of these changes you will still find… Read more »
Manufacturing jobs are not just up — they’re way up. The January figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that manufacturing added 29,000 new jobs in the first month of 2016. Compare that with the third quarter of 2015, when 33,000 manufacturing jobs were added in three months — or the first three quarters… Read more »
In 1887, Robert Bosch’s workshop created the first low voltage magneto for gasoline engines, and a decade later they came up with the first low-voltage magneto starter for internal combustion engines. In 1902, they built the first commercially viable spark plug, and in 1913 they created headlights. They made windshield wipers in 1926 and car… Read more »
Rexroth has been making the best industrial motion control solutions since long before any of us were born, so it’s appropriate that Rexroth is taking the lead in the new industrial revolution — Industrial Revolution 4.0. But it’s not just about amazing machinery. It’s about modular design, standards that aren’t manufacturer-specific, the use of languages… Read more »
