Manufacturers of packaging machines need open, scalable automation solutions in order to equip machines and systems from the low to the mid to the high-end segment and to be able to react quickly to new market requirements.
Bosch Rexroth is presenting its portfolio for the packaging industry, which addresses precisely this issue: Automation solutions with high integration capability, scalability, safety and openness offer maximum freedom in the design of modern and future-proof packaging machines. Thanks to its app architecture, the ctrlX Automation system enables the simple integration of customised functions. This allows automation processes to be efficiently adapted to specific production requirements and speeds up the development of new machine concepts. With its motion, robotics and CNC software ctrlX Motion, for example, ctrlX Automation offers integration capability and openness at various levels.
Bosch Rexroth is also presenting two motion systems: ctrlX FlowHS and ctrlX Flow6D. With an acceleration of up to ten G and a speed of five metres per second, the linear motion system HS enables fast movements and is highly dynamic. Smaller movers and a distance of just 40 millimetres between the movers reduce the space requirement. The compact solution can be flexibly customised for different topologies and applications, such as flexible product feeding in packaging machines. Equipped with application-specific Rexroth linear guides, the system combines expertise in linear technology and electrics. By using movers that move in six degrees of freedom in the smallest of spaces, the Planar System 6D enables high flexibility and precision in contactless high-performance conveying and positioning. Compared to other systems on the market, the solution utilises a permanent magnetic concept that also allows the movers to be operated overhead or vertically. The system also offers significant advantages when it comes to avoiding the introduction of heat into the process, which is critical in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The solution is controlled by the ctrlX Core, which provides access to a wide range of apps.
The company also offers pre-configured solution packages for packaging machines. These include, for example, solution sets for vertical and horizontal flow-wrapping machines.
Bosch Rexroth at FachPack: Hall 2, Stand 424
