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Sustainability in Industrial Automation at Bosch Rexroth
A vision for sustainability
More precise picking/placing and less equipment resources
Smart Flex Effector
The sensor-based compensation unit with an active measuring function makes industrial robots sensitive like a human hand. It increases precision and opens up completely new areas of application in factory automation.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Increases precision of assembly or joining processes of robots and cartesian systems.
- Future-proof solution can be retrofitted and enables upgrading of installed workstations.
- More efficient – reduced downtimes and increased productivity.
- Integrated quality monitoring.
More engineering efficiency and less energy consumption
Smart Function Kit Pressing
Mechatronic solution with scalable hardware and software for pressing and joining applications with forces from 2 to 70 kN. The modular servo press combines mechanical and electrical components as well as software to form a subsystem.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Energy-efficient electromechanical cylinders as the main component.
- Easy product selection and configuration of predefinded kits with modern eTools.
- Plug & produce: Easy and fast installation via commissing wizard and automatic parametrization of the servo drive.
- Intuitive and fast graphical programming of the process.
More precision and less components
Integrated measuring system IMScompact
Fully integrated measuring sensor in the runner block minimizes installation space, while also increasing precision and robustness.
Product information for integrated measuring system IMScompact
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Higher function integration reduces the number of components.
- Lower energy consumption as no compressed air required for cleaning, e.g. as with the glass scale.
- Resource-saving due to longer lifetime, shock and vibration resistance.
Maximum system availability and less lubricant consumption
Ball rail systems and ball screw drives
Linear motion technology with longer lifetime and less consumption in operation.
Product information for ball rail systems and ball screw drives
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Higher machine availability thanks to durable components.
- Interchangeability for all types of linear guides.
- Long relubrication intervals up to lifetime lubrication.
More energy efficiency and less installation space
Electromechanical cylinder EMC / EMC-HP
Mechatronic plug & run actuators for powerful linear motions from 0.4 kN to 100 kN in a wide variety of applications.
Product information for electromechanical cylinder EMC / EMC-HP
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Less energy consumption than pneumatic driven actuators.
- Lifetime lubrication in low load applications saves resources.
- Compact: minimal installation space, easy to integrate.
- Pre-assembled system from a single source – including mechanics, drive and controller.
More scalability and less waste of resources
More sustainable battery production
Raw materials account for a large part of the costs when manufacturing lithium-ion cells. With Bosch Rexroth solutions which are designed for more production efficiency, you can reduce both raw materials consumption and costs in the long term. At the end of the product life cycle, battery packs are dismantled down to their individual parts. The individual fractions can then be sorted and reintroduced into the cycle.
As technology partners of the Circular Economy, we support reintroduction of valuable raw materials into the manufacturing process – with scalable and economical system solutions.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Covering the complete life cycle from production to recycling with a broad factory automation portfolio.
- As a strong partner with a global presence, we support the huge demand for transformation to electrified mobility with globally standardized products and local support to enable fast ramp-up and efficient production.
- Standardized plug & produce solutions enable improved production processes due to less engineering and commissioning effort with faster time to market based on the open automation system ctrlX AUTOMATION.
- Accelerated development and optimization of electric axes on eAxle test stands using ctrlX AUTOMATION and IndraDrive ML.
- Automation solutions for scalable production of batteries based on ctrlX AUTOMATION portfolio, linear and assembly technology.
- End-of-line testing and charging of batteries with up to 1,000 kW power.
- Battery recycling station with diagnosis, automated conveying, and tools enables safe, traceable, and flexible disassembly with operator guidance.
- Discharging of batteries and reuse of the energy as a first step in the recycling of batteries and entry point into a circular economy.
More green AIoT and less engineering effort
ctrlX AUTOMATION
ctrlX AUTOMATION surmounts the classic boundaries between machine controls, the IT world and the Internet of Things. With a Linux real-time operating system, consistently open standards, app programming technology, web-based engineering and a comprehensive IoT connection, ctrlX AUTOMATION reduces components and engineering costs by 30 to 50%.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Transparency of energy and material consumption with ctrlX CORE, e.g. as a machine or building controller or as an edge gateway running ctrlX World partner apps for collecting and visualizing data from installed and new machines.
- Better energy-efficient control of production and processing machines with ctrlX CORE, e.g. by means of energy-efficient sleep modes or energy-flexible operations necessary for mapping fluctuating energy prices/supplies of renewables.
- Better optimized process control or quality control in the manufacturing process based on intelligent algorithms increases productivity and reduces waste. The open architecture of ctrlX AUTOMATION allows direct access to all data in the controller, massively simplifies the integration of AI functions, and ensures secure data exchange between the applications based on numerous interfaces.
- Decarbonization enabled by open ecosystems. The green factory of the future will orchestrate all elements of energy production, storage, and consumption.
More functionality and less installation space
ctrlX DRIVE
ctrlX DRIVE is a compact modular drive system with space-saving dimensions and maximum scalability, virtually unlimited combination options for users, and sophisticated web-based engineering tools.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Lower energy consumption due to DC bus coupling in multi-axis operation.
- 50 percent more compact than previous version, and torque density increased by 30 percent resulting less installation space and weight.
- No need for energy-intensive control cabinet cooling due to the use of decentralized drive technology.
- Reduced power peaks due to electric and kinetic buffering.
- Reuse of braking energy thanks to mains recovery.
- Control of reactive power and reduced harmonics with active infeed modules.
- More efficient, high-performance servo motors with new efficient holding brake.
More versatility and less energy consumption
Transfer systems
Economical transport solutions for any workpiece and any batch size in all applications.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Less energy consumption due to motors with highest efficiency class IE3.
- Wear-free linear motor without gearbox.
- Reusability in modular manufacturing and assembly lines saves resources.
- TS2 pv for photovoltaics and TS5/7 for battery production increase production efficiency during the manufacturing of green technologies.
More transparency and less inventory
ActiveShuttle
Autonomous mobile robot for the automation and standardization of intralogistics.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- On-demand delivery reduces inventory in factories and material in circulation.
- Lower inventories reduce the space required in production and in the warehouse.
- With a synchronized flow of material and information, all of which are completely traceable, the vehicle and material can be located at any time.
More light and less energy
LED lamps
Ergonomic lighting of workplaces with high light output, lower energy consumption and compact dimensions.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- Up to 60% energy savings compared to conventional workstation lighting, high light output with lower energy consumption.
- Less waste due to better visibility.
- Less material needed due to longer service life.
More traceability and less energy consumption
Tightening systems
Tightening solutions for higher process reliability with documentation of all tightening sequences and traceability of safety-critical joints.
Examples for Sustainability aspects:
- With the flexibility of the NEXO, multiple energy consuming pneumatic tools can be replaced, therefore it supports the saving of energy and further resources.
- The ergonomically optimized design relieves workers and avoids accidents.