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 »
22,000 industry leaders surveyed and 250 members of the Berlin Institute for Innovation and Technology concluded that Rexroth’s parent company, Bosch Rexroth, rose to the top of thousands of companies to shine as the Most Innovative company in 2017. Georg Ludwig Rexroth started a water-powered mill for making iron hammers in 1795, beginning a tradition… Read more »
Some of us like Made in the USA, and some of us are willing to go anywhere for the best quality or the best value. Rexroth offers something for both approaches. First, Rexroth is a German-based company. For centuries, they’ve built the best. They’ve acquired other awesome companies, and they’ve never rested on their laurels…. Read more »
MachineDesign has a list of four machine control trends “you can’t ignore” — and all of them will sound very familiar to Rexroth motion control users. First off, there’s modularity. A single purpose-made machine system has the benefit of custom design, but any changes can require reprogramming the entire system. Modular components, and especially standardized… Read more »
Indramat means excellent drive and control technologies, right? However, it also means “Gesellschaft zur INDustrialisierung-RAtionalisierung und AutoMATisierung” or, in English, “Association for Industrialization, Rationalization, and Automation.” Indramat was born in 1958, when nobody had a computer at home, going to space was the biggest technology goal, and robots were found in science fiction, not in… Read more »
We specialize in Rexroth electric drives, controls, and servo motors, so you can always call us when you need troubleshooting for Rexroth power supplies. If you’re determined to give it a try yourself before calling, here are some tips for you. First, have an electrician do the electrical work. Second, be sure to turn off… Read more »
Rexroth industrial motion control systems have impressive warranties. Even more impressive, you can often get a new warranty for your Rexroth servos and other components when you have factory repair or reman done. But there are things that will invalidate your warranty. Rexroth accepts responsibility for their components only when you’ve complied with the appropriate… Read more »
