Monthly Archives: August 2017

Operator Guidance System

What if you could provide your machine operators and production line workers with step by step instructions showing the components, tools, and processes they need to use along the production line? With Rexroth’s Operator Guidance System (OGS), you can. OGS is a low-cost but highly flexible tool. It’s a Windows app suited to a basic… Read more »

Rexroth Wins 2017 Innovation Award

22,000 industry leaders surveyed and 250 members of the Berlin Institute for Innovation and Technology concluded that Rexroth’s parent company, Bosch Rexroth, rose to the top of thousands of companies to shine as the Most Innovative company in 2017. Georg Ludwig Rexroth started a water-powered mill for making iron hammers in 1795, beginning a tradition… Read more »

Rexroth USA

Some of us like Made in the USA, and some of us are willing to go anywhere for the best quality or the best value. Rexroth offers something for both approaches. First, Rexroth is a German-based company. For centuries, they’ve built the best. They’ve acquired other awesome companies, and they’ve never rested on their laurels…. Read more »

Machine Control Trends

MachineDesign has a list of four machine control trends “you can’t ignore” — and all of them will sound very familiar to Rexroth motion control users. First off, there’s modularity. A single purpose-made machine system has the benefit of custom design, but any changes can require reprogramming the entire system. Modular components, and especially standardized… Read more »

What Does Indramat Mean?

Indramat means excellent drive and control technologies, right? However, it also means “Gesellschaft zur INDustrialisierung-RAtionalisierung und AutoMATisierung” or, in English, “Association for Industrialization, Rationalization, and Automation.” Indramat was born in 1958, when nobody had a computer at home, going to space was the biggest technology goal, and robots were found in science fiction, not in… Read more »

Troubleshooting Rexroth Power Supplies

We specialize in Rexroth electric drives, controls, and servo motors, so you can always call us when you need troubleshooting for Rexroth power supplies. If you’re determined to give it a try yourself before calling, here are some tips for you. First, have an electrician do the electrical work. Second, be sure to turn off… Read more »

Rexroth Appropriate Use

Rexroth industrial motion control systems have impressive warranties. Even more impressive, you can often get a new warranty for your Rexroth servos and other components when you have factory repair or reman done. But there are things that will invalidate your warranty. Rexroth accepts responsibility for their components only when you’ve complied with the appropriate… Read more »

Rexroth ADF Motor Maintenance

Rexroth ADF motors combine with ECODRIVE and DIAX04 drive controllers to provide intelligent drive systems with high power. ADF motors are asynchronous housing motors with squirrel-cage and liquid cooling. They’re typically used in printing, metal forming, paper processing, and packaging. Rexroth ADF motors are officially maintenance-free. However, there are some actions you should take to keep… Read more »

Motion Control Systems: Repair or Replace?

When your servo motor or servo drive quits working, you have some options. You can try to troubleshoot it and fix it on the machine, you can remove it and send it back to the factory for fixing, you can send it to a third party repair shop, or you can replace it. Which is… Read more »