bosch rexroth Archives - Windpower Engineering & Development The technical resource for wind power profitability Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:41:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.windpowerengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-windpower-32x32.png bosch rexroth Archives - Windpower Engineering & Development 32 32 Rexroth’s North American GoTo Focused Delivery Program expands after 5 years of fast deliveries https://www.windpowerengineering.com/rexroths-north-american-goto-focused-delivery-program-expands-5-years-fast-deliveries/ Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:41:48 +0000 http://wind.wpengine.com/?p=20217 Nearly 300 product additions, shorter lead times, and a GoTo Products app covering North America highlight Fall enhancements to Rexroth’s fast delivery program. 2014 also marks the GoTo Program’s 5th anniversary. Bosch Rexroth’s GoTo Focused Delivery Program, originally launched in the U.S. in 2009, is celebrating its 5th year of providing fast deliveries of the…

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Nearly 300 product additions, shorter lead times, and a GoTo Products app covering North America highlight Fall enhancements to Rexroth’s fast delivery program. 2014 also marks the GoTo Program’s 5th anniversary.

Rexroth’s GoTo Focused Delivery Program has expanded in North America with 300 product additions, shorter lead times, and a newly updated GoTo Products app for all NA customers.

Rexroth’s GoTo Focused Delivery Program has expanded in North America with 300 product additions, shorter lead times, and a newly updated GoTo Products app for all NA customers.

Bosch Rexroth’s GoTo Focused Delivery Program, originally launched in the U.S. in 2009, is celebrating its 5th year of providing fast deliveries of the company’s most widely used drive and control products. To mark this important milestone, Rexroth has just added nearly 300 additional products to the program, shortened lead times even further, and released an all-new GoTo Products app for customers across North America.

The GoTo Program, which started in the U.S. with just over 1,000 part numbers in April 2009, now offers more than three-and-a-half times the original offering. Rexroth also continues to shorten lead times within the program; 98% of the products in the program ship in fewer than 10 days. Key new additions to the program include AA4G series 32 and AA10VG pumps for mobile hydraulics applications, as well as an expansion of the compact directional valve portfolio. Industrial hydraulics enhancements feature the addition of A15VSO and  AA4VSO widely used new pumps available from local U.S. inventories for the first time.

The latest GoTo update also boasts product additions across all drive and control technology product lines: Size 25 roller rail runner blocks are included in the linear motion GoTo offering for the first time, as are new freely configurable electromechanical cylinders. Lead-time improvements and increased quantity limits highlight the electric drives and controls offerings, with MSK and MSM servo motors, as well as system cables  now available in 10 days. In the area of assembly technologies, the latest additions expand the GoTo range of accessories for ergonomic workstations, including a new line of ergonomic work chairs.

The updates are reflected in all of the latest catalogs at all three country websites: www.boschrexroth-us.com/GoTo , www.boschrexroth.ca/GoTo , and www.boschrexroth.com.mx/GoTo. Most importantly, Rexroth’s GoTo Products app has been fully updated to support customers anywhere in North America. With the just-released version 4.0 for iPad, iPhone, and Android users in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. can retrieve local pricing, find their local salesperson or distributor, add products to a shopping cart and email it for a quote. The app also features new capabilities for sharing app content via social media, the creation of multiple wishlists for easy re-ordering of products, and quick access to numerous how-to videos and other useful content. App users can instantly retrieve all of the updates by using the application’s sync-on-demand feature at any time after installation.

Central Europe, Brazil and many other countries have also introduced the benefits of streamlined access to GoTo products to their customers as well. Check your local websites for more information. For a complete listing, visit our international website at:

Bosch Rexroth
www.boschrexroth.com/goto

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Bosch Rexroth opens offshore & marine tech service center in Houston https://www.windpowerengineering.com/bosch-rexroth-opens-marine-tech-and-service-center-in-houston/ Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:44:40 +0000 http://wind.wpengine.com/?p=13975 Bosch Rexroth marked the opening of its new Marine and Offshore Technology and Service Center in Houston with a ribbon-cutting and facility tour for customers and local officials, including Houston Mayor Pro-Tem Ed Gonzalez. The new technology and service center provides engineering services, product sales, training and system support for hydraulics and controls technologies used…

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The 28,080 ft2 investment houses 14 expert applications engineers, project engineers, technicians and managers trained and certified to deliver high-quality Rexroth service and support.

The 28,080 ft2 investment houses 14 expert applications engineers, project engineers, technicians and managers trained and certified to deliver high-quality Rexroth service and support.

Bosch Rexroth marked the opening of its new Marine and Offshore Technology and Service Center in Houston with a ribbon-cutting and facility tour for customers and local officials, including Houston Mayor Pro-Tem Ed Gonzalez. The new technology and service center provides engineering services, product sales, training and system support for hydraulics and controls technologies used in marine, offshore and industrial applications.

The 28,080 ft2 investment houses 14 expert applications engineers, project engineers, technicians and managers trained and certified to deliver high-quality Rexroth service and support. The company plans to hire additional specialists later this year and in 2014.

As a center of excellence for the company’s activities in the marine and offshore industries, the facility is equipped with resources to develop custom drive and control solutions and offer technical and product support.

In addition, the center provides state-of-the-art repair, warranty and maintenance resources for hydraulic pumps and motors, for large hydraulic cylinders, and for hydraulic motors and systems from the company’s Hägglunds product range.

Bosch Rexroth Americas President and CEO, Berend Bracht, said the opening of the new center is the latest step in the Rexroth plan to locate technology hubs and service centers near key customers. “Houston is a main location for the U.S. oil and gas industries and the Rexroth facility is strategically located to provide easy access for offshore installations and for other hydraulics customers in the Southwest,” said Bracht.

Field service plays a major role at the facility as well, with offshore-certified service technicians ready to support products and systems at customer locations.

Bosch Rexroth also works closely with its distributor partner in the Southwest region, Womack Machine Supply (www.womackmachine.com), to develop service and repair programs for hydraulics users, including market-driven lead times for quotation, repair and return of products to customers, along with emergency repair programs and field service.

Bosch Rexroth
www.boschrexroth.com

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Rotor blade “fingerprint” prevents false alarms – a case history https://www.windpowerengineering.com/rotor-blade-%e2%80%9cfingerprint%e2%80%9d-prevents-false-alarms-%e2%80%93-a-case-history/ https://www.windpowerengineering.com/rotor-blade-%e2%80%9cfingerprint%e2%80%9d-prevents-false-alarms-%e2%80%93-a-case-history/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:48:18 +0000 http://wind.wpengine.com/?p=7010 Hoarfrost, ice, and storms are frequent winter events in the Sternwald Forest at a thousand meters above mean sea level and on the border between Austria and the Czech Republic. Despite this, seven wind turbines faithfully work there without unnecessary downtime. Credit for this success goes to a BLADEcontrol system, built by the IGUS ITS…

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Each rotor blade resonates in accordance with a specific frequency curve – the blade’s fingerprint.

Hoarfrost, ice, and storms are frequent winter events in the Sternwald Forest at a thousand meters above mean sea level and on the border between Austria and the Czech Republic. Despite this, seven wind turbines faithfully work there without unnecessary downtime. Credit for this success goes to a BLADEcontrol system, built by the IGUS ITS company, Dresden. (The firm was purchased by Bosch Rexroth AG in 2009). This monitoring system detects damage and ice. Sensors, installed inside the rotor blades measure the blades’ natural resonances. “To know whether or not ice has formed on the blades, measurements must be made at the turbine,” says Dr. John Reimers, responsible for marketing and sales.
The natural resonances of the rotor blades are well suited for analysis because e blade resonates along a characteristic frequency curve. These resonances are used to create something like fingerprints during normal operations and in various malfunction modes. “Structural damage always shows itself in the lower frequency range while minor damage is seen only at the high end,” Reimers explains. Ice formation causes certain frequency peaks to shift. The rotor blade becomes heavier and thus resonates more slowly. “The system actually provides protection against false alarms.”

The ice-recognition system has to react rapidly and precisely so the turbine can be shut down quickly. “If you don’t shut down the turbine, the rotor blade can throw ice all over the place.” The system previously used in the turbines sometimes shut down too late. Conversely, rotors were often stopped at low temperatures, even though blades were ice-free. And once the turbine had stopped, a technician had to check things out before it could be restarted.
That is no longer necessary. The wind turbine can restart itself– without being inspected beforehand. This prevents unnecessary downtimes and the revenue losses they involve.
In this pilot project the wind farm also made a contribution to the great quality of the measurements made by the system. Sternwind GmbH is owned in large part by the residents of nearby communities that had decided to use power from renewable sources.

Bosch Rexroth
www.Igus-its.de

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