Open for Flexibility.
That’s complete factory automation.
Complete solutions to boost consumer packaged goods productivity
Few industries face the kind of complex, constantly shifting trends and customer preferences that consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers deal with daily. CPG companies prioritize solutions to manufacturing challenges such as supply chain transparency, digital transformation and production line flexibility. Their success and growth demands manufacturing systems that are reliable, highly adaptable and ready to respond to rapid shifts in consumer choices, year in and year out.
Bosch Rexroth has the industry’s most complete factory automation solutions engineered to meet those needs – proven solutions used in thousands of CPG operations across the globe. We offer more of the critical automation technology packaging OEMs and manufacturers depend on – controls and drive, mechatronics and material transport, assembly and linear motion technology – fully integrated into complete automation platforms that advance CPG productivity and flexibility.
Broadest range of CPG automation technologies
Conveyors and material transport: Boost your production
High throughput rates combined with constantly changing package designs can become a productivity nightmare if the wrong material transport systems trap packaging lines into limited configurations. Bosch Rexroth conveyors and transport systems like ActiveMover and VarioFlow plus are modular systems engineered with maximum flexibility and feature:
- Efficient motors plus modular designs that prevent over-dimensioning and energy loss
- Robust components and innovative technology to ensure high reliability at low maintenance costs
- Linear motor-driven transport systems for ultra-precise endpoints and accelerations up to 4g
- Consistent modular design combined with our MTpro tool that speeds up planning and allows easy upgrades
Smart MechatroniX: Plug-and-produce platforms
CPG manufacturers want the ability to change, expand or add new production tools with a minimum of time and effort. Our plug-and-produce Smart MechatroniX systems combine proven linear motion components with smart, easy-to-program controls and user-friendly engineering tools to provide:
- Accelerated engineering, commissioning and time to market
- More transparent, efficient and reliable production
- High operating performance and sustainability through permanent updating
ctrlX AUTOMATION: Automation without limits
CPG manufacturers need highly connected solutions – and they also need them to be engineered and implemented more rapidly than ever. ctrlX AUTOMATION revolutionizes how the industry approaches automation platforms, making them as easy as a smartphone to configure and use, through:
- A Linux real-time operating system
- App-based programming technology
- Consistent open standards
- Web-based engineering
- A comprehensive IoT connection
Autonomous mobile robots: Improve manufacturing intralogistics
As CPG manufacturers engineer and ramp up their production lines, intralogistics – moving materials from warehouse to storage to production – will benefit from the latest manufacturing automation technology. Bosch Rexroth’s expanding portfolio of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are designed to help improve material movement efficiency and worker safety in intralogistics applications, without additional infrastructure. Our MP1000R AMR includes:
- A compact design ideal for tight turning spaces
- A max payload of 1,000 kilograms
- 360-degree obstacle detection and front-and-rear anti-collision bumpers
Electromechanical cylinders: high-power, flexible actuation
CPG operations that deal with heavy loads or harsh conditions need high-power actuation that can adapt to new processes and machine concepts to meet constantly changing demands. Extremely robust and compact, the EMC-HP delivers long service life, reliable performance and flexibility for heavy-duty applications.
- Compact: less space required and easy to integrate
- Robust: durable and easily replaceable seals
- Flexible: versatile, numerous mounting options, freely configurable length
- Powerful: reliable continuous operation thanks to improved spindle cooling
- Economical: energy-efficient, low operating costs, less downtime
