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Robotic Agriculture

As Rexroth electric industrial motion control specialists, we work most often with manufacturers and printers. The motion control systems we work with are typically found in applications like textile printing, packaging, machine tools, and metal format. Most of the people we talk with are in factories. Not coincidentally, that’s also the natural habitat, if you… Read more »

Rexroth Error Code Tricks

If you Google your Rexroth error codes, you may find yourself clicking through to a page that looks a lot like Wikipedia. On this page, you’ll see instructions with screen shots showing how to install Reimage. Reimage is a Windows optimization tool. It appears to be legitimate software, but it also might be associated with… Read more »

Rexroth Makes a … Screwdriver?

  Rexroth makes the best motion control systems on the planet. They’ve been instrumental in building drive and control systems for the Eiffel Tower, the Panama Canal, and the hottest soccer fields in the world. And now they’ve made… a screwdriver? Yes. Following its intelligent nut runner, Rexroth now has an intelligent screwdriver. It’s not… Read more »

Funny Noises from Servos

Are your servos making funny noises? It’s probably not your imagination. We can often hear the problem in a motion control system. You’re welcome to call and let us take a listen. Funny noises can usually be defined as a sound that’s different from the sound your servo used to make. They can clue us… Read more »

Industry 4.0 Training Crisis?

A new Rexroth survey concludes that training budgets are the big delaying factor for Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0, the breakthrough approach to manufacturing that combines the Industrial Internet of Things, smart machinery, machine learning, Big Data, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and other cutting edge technology to create more efficient and customizable manufacturing processes, has been… Read more »

Does the Weather Affect Your Servos?

We’ve been working with Rexroth electric motion control systems for decades, so we can vouch for the amazing level of quality and toughness Rexroth builds into their servo motors, drives, controls, and power supplies. With extreme weather hitting the headlines lately, you might be wondering whether your motion control system could be affected by low… Read more »

Automation is Green

Automation for lights, according to Rexroth-Bosch’s research, can save up to 60% in energy consumption. Sounds green? It is. We’re all aware that automation increases throughput and decreases staffing costs, thereby creating greater productivity with lower costs. But did you realize that automation is also good for the environment? The main reason that automation is… Read more »

RoboStrippers: What Do They Mean?

 The annual Consumer Electronics Show included an artistic installation of robot pole dancers. What was the point? Plenty of observers have come up with meanings for the automated strippers. Robots will take over all kinds of jobs — even the jobs of pole dancers in strip clubs. Humans have moved so far from human… Read more »

Let’s Put on a Show in the Barn!

We get lots of calls for field service for Rexroth electric industrial drives. Some of our callers are large companies with the budget to get their troubleshooting and repairs done properly, and those are happy calls all the way around. We’re happy to help, they’re happy to get their problem solved. Everybody’s happy. I got… Read more »

Automation Addresses Poverty?

A New York Times article from the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality offers an alternative view of the effect of automation on human workers. Americans worry a lot about robots taking over jobs, and they have good reason to worry about this. The reshoring phenomenon appears to be bringing production back to the States,… Read more »