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Rexroth back on course for growth
Company anticipates double-digit gains for the 2011 fiscal year
Bosch Rexroth announced that the number
of incoming orders doubled last year to
approximately $7.9 billion, and sales
increased by 22 percent to $6.8 billion.
The company was able to gain global
market shares during the first half of 2010 in markets still
suffering from the effects of the economic crisis. The company
achieved the strongest growth in Asia, where it increased sales
by 38 percent, to $1.9 billion. Business volumes in North and
South America increased by 36 percent, to $1.1 million. Overall
business increased by 9 percent, to $2.1 billion, in Europe
(without Germany). Sales in Germany were significantly
stronger, where 2010 sales were 18 percent above the previous
year’s value, at $1.7 billion.
In 2010, Bosch Rexroth invested more than $345 million in
Compact servo drive
wins Engineers’ Choice Award
research and development. Last year’s R&D share was
5.3 percent, a figure well above the industry average. Despite
the difficult worldwide financial crisis, Bosch Rexroth was able
to retain its core workforce at its 67 global production sites, and
increased capacities by 13 percent in the Asia region, where
5,100 associates now work for the company.
Mobile applications activities experienced particularly
positive developments, as Rexroth supports manufacturers of
mobile machines in adhering to stringent exhaust emissions
regulations. In addition, the plant engineering, factory
automation and early-cycle industries made a particularly
positive recovery. For wind energy, the market continued to
expand in China, where half of the world’s wind turbines were
put into operation in 2010.
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Control Engineering magazine readers recognize IndraDrive Cs
Bosch Rexroth’s compact IndraDrive Cs low-power servo drive
won Control Engineering magazine’s 2011 Engineers’ Choice
Award in the “Machine and Motion Control Servo
Drives” category.
Control Engineering subscribers chose from more than
100 products and voted for those they felt were the most
exceptional based on technological advancement, service
to the industry, and market impact.
“Innovative solutions such as the Rexroth IndraDrive Cs
economy servo drive make manufacturing and other control
engineering applications more efficient through smart
applications of new technologies,” commented Control
Engineering content manager Mark T. Hoske.
The IndraDrive Cs low-power servo drive also supports
SERCOS III, ProfiNet, EtherNet/IP and EtherCat
communications, and has a universal encoder interface port
supporting Hiperface ® , EnDat 2.1 and 2.2, 1Vss, 5 V TTL and
Resolvers. The IndraDrive Cs comes with digital inputs and
outputs plus an on-board analog input, integrated brake resistor
and intelligent operation panel with programming module
function. IndraDrive Cs is available in two compact designs and
is capable of operating low-power motors rated up to 3.5 kW
with drive peak current ranging from 3A up to 28A.
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The IndraDrive Cs compact drive system gives machine builders
more flexibility when selecting a compact servo drive that delivers
the right amount of functionality for their low-power-range
applications.