Monthly Archives: October 2023

Rexroth Low Battery Voltage

Indramat MKD servomotor

Many Rexroth electric motion control systems error messages focus on overheating and other excesses, but there are errors that are caused by too little of a good thing, too. Error F2048 or F248 (depending on the component) warns you of low battery voltage. This can be confusing. Some Rexroth components use batteries, but chances are… Read more »

American Robots on the Rise

The International Federation of Robots reports that 39,576 robots went into service in 2022. The record of 40,373 robots was set in 2018, but the 2022 total is less than 800 units below that peak. The U.S. accounts for just 7% of the robots in question, but that is 71% of the installations in North… Read more »

A New CEO for Rexroth

Erwin Wieckowski, P.Eng. has been named as the new President and CEO of Bosch Rexroth North and Central America. He succeeds Gregory Gumbs, who led the company from 2020 to 2023. Erwin Wieckowski was previously Vice President of Operations for Parker Hannifin, and before that was briefly self-employed as a partner in JELCO Industrial Consultants…. Read more »