The question keeps coming up in the news: will automation spell the end of human jobs? One reason is that it’s just flat out scary to a lot of people. They look around a factory that used to have 150 human workers and now has 12, and they think they’d better come up with a… Read more »
When you need service for your Rexroth electric motion control system, you really only have two choices: factory repair and every other option. Other options include third party repair shops. Check out some examples of third party repair shop work: Third party repair Why’d you choose that third party repair shop? Third party repair shop… Read more »
Our typical caller — and that number is (479) 422-0390, in case you need us right now — our typical caller is a manager who is looking at a metal box, maybe with some smoke coming out of it. It says “Indramat” on it, and that’s usually just about all that typical caller can… Read more »
If you found a floppy disc in your office that had vital information on it, or so you thought, would you be able to access it? Probably not. Very few people have computers that can access floppy disc information anymore and even CD-ROMS are being phased out with flash drives and cloud downloads of programs…. Read more »
Your Rexroth electric motion control is hanging out in a corner, possibly in a locked cabinet, and we know from talking with our clients that plenty of you haven’t even looked at that servo or drive in decades. You’d think collaboration would be the last thing on the minds of the people who make them…. Read more »
If an engineering marvel needs motion control, Rexroth is probably involved. A recent example is ROADS, the Renault Optimization Autonomous Driving Simulator, the world’s most advanced driving simulator. Built to accept a 6000 kg payload and to accelerate at 1 g, the motion control system is designed for awesome power and impeccable safety. It will… Read more »
Batteries are so ordinary now, so basic to our experience of the world that we hardly even think about them. Your main thought about batteries and your industrial control system may be astonishment when you find out that you need to change your batteries every now and then. But batteries are, when you think about… Read more »
Rexroth began with a water-powered hammer mill in 1795. Having produced hammers for quite a while, Rexroth moved on to other kinds of tools. In 1965, they bought Indramat, an innovative producer of electric drive and control systems. Indramat became the electric motion control arm of Rexroth, and the company continues to honor them in… Read more »
If you believe the headlines, it would appear that most companies have yet to do anything to prevent cyberattacks on their production equipment. When Fortune 50 companies have primary production equipment rolling over and dying, then it’s time to re-engage on the subject of cybersecurity and Industrial Controls. The very first thing to look at… Read more »
