November 2011 Ortic is the only company in the world to use a 3-D principle in its roll former design. In this interview, company founder Lars Ingvarsson talks about Ortic’s development history and the partnership with Rexroth. What is so special about your roll formers? This type of machine has been around for quite a [...]
July 2011 Giant Ring Cutter: An innovative cutting process devised by PTZ Weidner cuts resource use tremendously. Company president Andreas Weidner explains how this fast and thrifty saw came into being. No matter whether cast, rolled or forged – in growth markets like wind power, offshore technology and marine engineering, more and more and ever [...]
October 2010 New packing lines built in Norway stack milk cartons twenty percent faster. Milk straight from the cow and into the glass? That might be possible, but only on the farm. Consumers in towns nonetheless want their milk just that fresh. This requires quick filling and packing. The Norwegian automation specialists at Advanced Machine [...]
October 2010 A new fully automated transport system conveys baggage from the check-in counter to the belly of the plane — untouched by human hand. What actually happens to a suitcase as soon as it disappears through the rubber curtain behind the check-in counter? At the Copenhagen airport it moves almost on its own to [...]
March 2011 Setting any object in motion makes it necessary to transfer power and overcome friction. For millennia mankind has used rollers and slides for this purpose. But how do modern linear guides actually work? Linear technology is the interface between stationary and moving parts. The function is to transmit power, to guide machine components [...]
April 2010 Specialists and service: Rexroth system integrators are the perfect partners for complete, customized solutions. System integrators act as the liaison between supplier and customer. The advantages: Clients need not have their own specialists in a specific field. They also have direct access to a technology manager. The integrator’s know-how augments the supplier’s direct [...]
April 2010 P.H.L., a Canadian maker of machinery for forest products, uses the complete Rexroth range of technologies. This has paved the way to worldwide success. This French Canadian firm, a specialist in sawmill and planing machinery, was only looking for new hydraulic components to install in its equipment. What it discovered, however, was that [...]
April 2010 by Dr. Hans-Georg Bittner, WTH-Wärmetechnik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH Hans-Georg Bittner developed the first fully automatic hardening unit for saw blades. This machine, built by WTH, turns out premium quality, blade for blade. At the same time it’s easy on the environment. For years now it has been possible to harden large, flat products such [...]
October 2009 Piping hot coffee at the push of a button. The modern packing systems made by Paal are needed so that consumers can enjoy coffee with the convenience of pre-packed pods. And that company banks on the versatile, high-performance VarioFlow conveyor system built by Rexroth. Nowadays, Grandma’s wooden coffee grinder will be found only [...]
October 2009 by Andreas Hohnerlein, Inertec Löttechnologien GmbH Andreas and Ernst Hohnerlein are meeting new demands in industrial soldering with their patented process for matrix soldering under inert gas. They developed the process and designed a machine suitable for industrial applications. Large plugs or mechatronic components on today’s state-of-the-art printed circuit boards represent major challenges [...]