F8000 is the Rexroth IndraDrive code for fatal hardware errors. Fatal errors are the ones that make your machinery take things into its own hands by shutting down. You won’t often see “F8000” on your drive controller display. The message will be quickly followed by the best possible deceleration and a shutdown, plus a more… Read more »
“Robots Infiltrate the Sewers” was the subject line of an email we received from New Equipment Digest. Admittedly, the article when we clicked through was a bit less exciting than the email subject line. Instead of armies of robots swarming through sewers intent on enslaving humanity, the article actually is about robots that can clean… Read more »
According to the Tax Foundation, employment in manufacturing declined steadily from 25% of the U.S. workforce in 1970 to less than 10% in 2010. However, the percentage of American jobs in manufacturing has remained fairly steady since then. From a peak of approximately 17.3 million jobs in 1970, manufacturing employment steadily decreased to just under… Read more »
The field of warehouse automation has been rapidly expanding in recent years, with advances in technology allowing for greater efficiency, accuracy, and speed in the movement and storage of goods. Rexroth, a leading provider of industrial automation technology, has recently introduced a new solution for harmonizing various warehouse automation technologies into a seamless system. Harmony… Read more »
Researchers from Cornell developed an experiment to find out how people interact with robots. Why does it matter? Researchers figure that they can program robots — but human beings are less predictable. In order to implement robots in normal work settings, they have to know what the human beings are likely to do when they… Read more »
Often, we get calls from managers who are on the verge of panic because they’ve already tried dozens of things before they’ve called us. Easy solution: call us first.The number is (479) 422-0390, and if you have a problem right now, you can call us right now. We’re going to need some information from… Read more »
Rexroth has been making the best industrial motion control solutions on the planet for many years. Legacy Rexroth electric servo motors, drives, and controls are still serving factories across the nation, often running perfectly for decades with little or no maintenance. We work with these legacy systems, keeping them in trim with factory repair and… Read more »
Security in robotics is a big discussion for industry, and one of the biggest obstacles to wholehearted acceptance of Industry 4.0 technologies. Robots in security? That’s a whole other story. A new consumer survey finds that the idea of having robots take over security in airports is very popular with consumers. Part of this is… Read more »
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is usually against regulation, but they have taken a step away from their usual position and called for regulation of artificial intelligence. What is AI? Pew Research recently did a survey to find out whether most Americans knew AI when they saw it. With six questions asking a cross-section of… Read more »
Legacy Indramat motion control, as well as current Bosch Rexroth Indradrive electric motion control, will communicate with you using error codes that let you know what’s causing the problems you experience. Starting with the Diax 04 drives, the power supplies were able to generate many more errors than before and had a two digit display… Read more »
