Rexroth produces top quality electric servo drives, controls, and motors. The current drive offerings include HCS202 and HCS203, Rexroth’s standard converter servo drives. These drives are in the range called IndraDrive C. “IndraDrive” is a reference to the Indramat electric drive and control systems Rexroth acquired in the 20th century. While they kept Rexroth Indramat… Read more »
Rexroth DIAX04 power supply modules come in two flavors: HVE and HVR. What’s the difference? There are several important differences. Here’s one: HVE power supply units provide an unregulated DC bus voltage. HVR power supply units provide a regulated DC bus voltage. Unregulated DC bus voltage depends on the voltage used. Regulated voltage means that… Read more »
Automation is increasing in the United States and across the globe. Industrial automation is naturally being extended by improvements in technology. New sensors and more efficient programming increase the range of tasks that can be automated, and servo motors make ideas into reality, as they’ve been doing for more than a century. Many observers fear… Read more »
Bill Gates suggested that robots should be taxed, just as human workers are. Now there’s a move to put this idea n place in San Francisco. City supervisor Jane Kim wants to see robots taxed, with the money going to help human workers whom the machines have displaced. She’s trying to make it happen in… Read more »
The Indonesian Hydrodynamic Laboratory (IHL) has decided to replace their 25 year old Rexroth motion control system — with a new Rexroth electric motion control system. The system is designed to generate waves for research projects. The IHL has an enormous basin which they use to simulate ocean waves. The basin is still usable after… Read more »
We live in an age of engineering marvels. One thing you can be sure of, each time you hear about a new engineering marvel, chances are good that Rexroth’s electric motion control will be involved. Take the new “Walk to Work” gangway developed by Barge Master. “Walk to Work” may sound low-tech to begin with…. Read more »
Rexroth produces awesome motion control systems — the best on the planet, in our opinion. Many of our clients call us when they have an issue with a component that has been in service since before they were born. Typically, our caller is still brushing sparks out of his mustache and the floor manager is… Read more »
Are jobs coming back to the U.S.? This has been a hot topic for several years now, with the optimists noting the numbers of U.S. companies that say they’re planning to reshore and the pessimists calling out the limited growth in stateside manufacturing jobs. We’re finally moving from the prediction stage to the tallying stage…. Read more »
Good vibrations? Not really. Unwanted movements — vibrations — increase machine wear and decrease machine efficiency and machine life. How does vibration become an issue? Sometimes it’s a side effect of a good idea. You want higher throughput, so you speed up the line. When the machines move faster, though, vibration increases. You’ll see oscillation… Read more »
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 »
