September 8, 2021

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Bethlehem

PA

United States

Bosch Rexroth will present its latest automation, material transport and assembly technology products and solutions for battery manufacturing and assembly in booth 2920 at The Battery Show North America, September 14-16, in Novi, MI.

Special technology demonstrations will detail a range of capabilities the company offers to help battery manufacturers improve quality and enhance assembly line throughput and flexibility. The booth exhibits will also show how Rexroth solutions help enable maximum use of i4.0 technologies to support real-time performance data capture and analytics.

The Battery Show North America and Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo is North America’s largest and most comprehensive advanced battery manufacturing trade show. Bosch Rexroth has a wide portfolio of products for battery manufacturing, developing advanced solutions in close partnership with leading production equipment OEMs and automation technology integrators serving the battery and EV industries.

The technology demonstrations in booth 2920 include:

Multi-technology Assembly Demo: This working system incorporates technologies from across Rexroth’s Assembly Technology product portfolio. It includes a TS2 plus conveyor and uniquely designed aluminum structural framing to demonstrate a high-precision pallet-based material transfer system for payloads up to 240 kilograms. Integrated with the transport system is a multi-axis Cartesian robot, created using CKK linear modules to demonstrate a high-speed pick-and-place system typically used for battery cell placement and tightening applications

The Cartesian system is powered by a Rexroth IndraDrive Mi servo drive solution, demonstrating the space-saving advantages of cabinet-free drive technology. The whole multitechnology demonstration system is controlled by a Rexroth XM22 PLC controller with Safety PLC, Safe Torque Off and Safe Motion capabilities, incorporating an open PLC platform that communicates using multiple industry standard protocols and features energy efficient pre-engineered program building blocks that allow for easier programming in many common languages.

The exhibit also features a Rexroth automated tightening spindle to automate fastening operations typically found in battery module and pack assembly.

New Flexible Transport System (FTS) Demo: The FTS is a magnetically propelled pallet transport system for higher transfer speeds and more precise pallet positioning than traditional roller, chain or belt conveyor systems. The system allows for independent and synchronized pallet movements, reducing cycle times and increasing throughput.

The FTS exhibit will demonstrate the fast and independent bidirectional motion of two pallets on a track, which will operate asynchronously and together. It will show high pallet positioning accuracy, repeatability and the ease of programming independent carrier movement, with the freedom to optimize battery cell, module and pack movement throughout the assembly process.

Booth visitors will have the opportunity to connect one-on-one with Rexroth automation and assembly technology experts with backgrounds in battery manufacturing system development, engineering and implementation.

Visitors will be able to discuss specific manufacturing and assembly line challenges and learn about advanced concepts, such as the concurrent engineering approaches that Bosch Rexroth is pursuing with automation integrators to help battery manufacturers rapidly expand production lines to meet surging demand for batteries and EV drives.

For more information about Bosch Rexroth at The Battery Show North America, visit https://m.boschrexroth.com/en/web/xc/products/product-groups/electric-drives-and-controls/topics/flexible-transport-system-fts/index.

 

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, more than 29,600 associates generated sales revenue of around 5.2 billion euros ($6.3 billion) in 2020.
To learn more, please visit www.boschrexroth-us.com.

About Bosch:
Having established a regional presence in 1906 in North America, the Bosch Group employs 34,700 associates in more than 100 locations, as of December 31, 2020. According to preliminary figures, Bosch generated consolidated sales of $13.1 billion in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit www.bosch.us, www.bosch.ca and www.bosch.mx.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 394,500 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2020). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of $87.1 billion in 2020. 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. At 126 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 73,000 associates in research and development, as well as roughly 30,000 software engineers.

Additional information is available online at www.bosch.us, www.iot.bosch.com, https://us.bosch-press.com/, https://twitter.com/BoschPress

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