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Rexroth Helps to Build the World’s Largest Piling Barge
Rexroth’s amazing feats of engineering read like a list of the entire world’s top feats of engineering. Rexroth provided motion control for the Panama Canal, the Eiffel Tower, the canals of Venice, and much more. The latest jaw-dropping accomplishment? Helping the government of China to build the world’s largest piling barge. China has a large… Read more »
The Last Mile
The Last Mile… it’s on the minds of plenty of retailers and manufacturers at this time of year. It’s the last mile — or the last few steps, in some cases — of the supply chain stretching from raw materials to the consumer’s home. Consumers increasingly expect to have goods delivered to their homes, not… Read more »
Medical Device Packaging
A thing of beauty is a joy forever, and this automated system for medical devices is definitely a thing of beauty. Automation allows consistent results, perfect cleanliness, and regulatory compliance. These are the priorities for medical device packaging. Sophisticated motion control systems are essential. If you use Rexroth Bosch (or the legacy Indramat) systems, we… Read more »
Will Robots End Work?
There’s plenty of discussion about the possibility of robots taking away human jobs. Even though we currently have very low levels of unemployment, some people fear that jobs like truck driving, insurance underwriting, tax accounting, warehousing and manufacturing, not to mention modeling and pizza delivery, will be completely automated in the near future. What will… Read more »
Rexroth’s New CTRLX Automation Platform
Rexroth’s ctrlX platform took three years to develop, and uses EtherCat rather than SERCOS to communicate. It uses a Linux operating system and open standards, and can be programmed in a range of languages like C++ and Python. With a range of apps that can be combined in limitless ways, ctrlX is for IoT as… Read more »
The Everyday Robot Project
Google suspended its robotics work for a while, but is back with a new idea: the Everyday Robot Project. Google points out that industrial robotics focuses on robots programmed to perform specific tasks in structured environments. This gives us machines that can build paper cups much faster and more accurately than any human being. Robots… Read more »
E-Commerce Demands on Packaging
Rexroth electric drive and control systems show up in plenty of industrial applications, from machine tools to food handling, but one place we see them especially frequently is in the machines that create packaging for consumer goods. Packaging of this kind has changed a lot. Insistence on small runs, environmental concerns, and increasing importance of… Read more »
What’s the Opposite of Planned Obsolescence?
“Planned obsolescence” refers to the practice of building things with an intentionally limited lifespan. Computer software is a great example: the new updates of software can read old files, but they’re built to make sure that someone with an old version of the software can’t read files from the new version. Nylons were the classic… Read more »
Where Have All the Manufacturing Workers Gone?
It’s no secret that manufacturing has trouble keeping jobs filled. Possible reasons: The skills gap The average machinist is in his 50s and on the verge of retirement. The average millennial has a degree in psychology or history and isn’t that strong with math. So where will factories find skilled workers? Suggested answers range from… Read more »