- November 06, 2020
- Bosch Rexroth
- News
Summary
Company experts will give live presentations and technology demos at the virtual event.
Bosch Rexroth is participating in the PACK EXPO Connects 2020 virtual event, Nov. 9-13, 2020, to demonstrate how packaging machinery OEMs and end users can automate the Factory of the Future with scalable, connected solutions. Company experts will give live presentations and technology demos to show how to implement a fully connected plant floor using ctrlX AUTOMATION and other products. The company´s virtual booth is located here.
Bosch Rexroth will showcase a new world of automation with its ctrlX AUTOMATION platform, making automation as easy as using a smartphone. Machine builders and end users can virtually eliminate the boundaries between machine controls, the IT world and the Internet of Things with the flexibility to add new automation functions and updates via apps to create complete Industry 4.0 automation solutions.
The heart of the ctrlX AUTOMATION platform is the ctrlX CORE, the most consistent, open and flexible control platform in the industry. With a Linux real-time operating system, open standards, app programming technology and web-based engineering, ctrlX AUTOMATION reduces components and engineering costs by 30% to 50%.
The new platform is ready for standardized and manufacturer-neutral interfaces. In addition to EtherCAT, the system also supports PROFINET and IO-Link. The ctrlX CORE also supports more than 30 interfaces to IT systems such as OPC UA and MQTT, ensuring seamless communication and connectivity—from field level up to the cloud. With ctrlX WORKS, the Bosch Rexroth software toolbox, users can also easily assign ctrlX AUTOMATION apps or their own apps to the control.
The ctrlX AUTOMATION platform also includes ctrlX DRIVE, a new generation of servo drives that utilizes cutting-edge power technology and integrated functionality that previously required extra space, enabling users to achieve space savings of up to 50%. ctrlX DRIVE can support as many as 20 axes per meter width, making it the most compact modular drive system on the market.
In addition to ctrlX AUTOMATION, Bosch Rexroth will showcase products from its linear motion and assembly technology groups, including:
- ActiveCockpit: An interactive communications system that processes and visualizes production data in real time, ActiveCockpit improves collaboration and enables a paperless shop floor.
- APAS: Designed for human-robot collaboration, the Automatic Production Assistant (APAS) lets people and robots work together for flexible manufacturing without the need for safety enclosures.
- IMScompact: This compact, integrated measuring system offers new economical automation options for accurate measurement and a space-saving design in linear motion systems.
Bosch Rexroth experts will also present live product and technology demonstrations during the show, which will include:
- Future-Proof Your Factory: With the most future-proof automation platform, learn how you can automate your Factory of the Future via app.
Monday, Nov. 9 – noon - 12:15 p.m. Central - Rethinking Solutions for Linear Motion Technology: In this demo, you will learn how the Rexroth Smart Function Kit for Handling and Smart Flex Effector can advance your linear axis applications into the future.
Monday, Nov. 9 – 12:30-12:45 p.m. Central - Paperless Shop Floor Operation: Bosch Rexroth will share part of their real-world journey and an example of how they have improved plant collaboration and continue to move to a paperless shop floor operation with ActiveCockpit.
Monday, Nov. 9 – 2:15-2:30 p.m. Central - Space-Saving Automation With a High Level of Safety: Learn about Bosch Rexroth’s APAS – a new smart system for human-machine collaboration, allowing employees and robots to work together for agile, flexible manufacturing — without safety fences.
Tuesday, Nov. 10 – 2:45-3 p.m. Central - Create a Scalable Connectivity Platform: Learn how to implement a fully connected shop floor using ctrlX AUTOMATION.
Tuesday, Nov. 10 – 2:45-3 p.m. Central - Scale Your Factory of the Future With Innovative Automation Solutions for Both Simple to Complex Applications Using ctrlX AUTOMATION
Wednesday, Nov. 11 – 2:15-2:30 p.m. Central - Fewer Components, More Flexibility: Integrated Measuring System IMScompact
Wednesday, Nov. 11 – 2:30-2:45 p.m. Central - Maximize Production Flexibility With Cabinet-Free Technology: Attendees will learn how to save across the entire value chain — from machine design to production.
Wednesday, Nov. 11 – 2:00-2:15 p.m. Central
In addition to the featured product demos, Dave Cameron, director of sales, Automation & Electrification Solutions, will present on the topic "Automate Your Factory via App With the Most Open Automation Platform." Attendees for this Innovation Stage presentation will learn how to simplify the automation process with ctrlX AUTOMATION’s app-based system architecture while reducing component and engineering costs by up to 50%. The presentation will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1-1:30 p.m. Central Time.
About Bosch Rexroth
As one of the world’s leading suppliers of drive and control technologies, Bosch Rexroth ensures efficient, powerful and safe movement in machines and systems of any size. The company bundles global application experience in the market segments of Mobile Applications, Machinery Applications and Engineering, and Factory Automation. With its intelligent components, customized system solutions and services, Bosch Rexroth is creating the necessary environment for fully connected applications. Bosch Rexroth offers its customers hydraulics, electric drive and control technology, gear technology and linear motion and assembly technology, including software and interfaces to the Internet of Things. With locations in over 80 countries, roughly 31,000 associates generated sales revenue of roughly 6.2 billion euros ($7.3 billion) in 2019.About Bosch
Having established a regional presence in 1906 in North America, the Bosch Group employs 34,600 associates in more than 100 locations, as of December 31, 2019. In 2019 Bosch generated consolidated sales of $14.4 billion in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 400,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2019). The company generated sales of 77.7 billion euros in 2019. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. Bosch employs some 72,600 associates in research and development at 126 locations across the globe, as well as roughly 30,000 software engineers. Read more
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