Name:  Bosch Rexroth

        Address: 51510 Prairie Stone Parkway           

City: Hoffman Estates, Ill

CEO:  Wolfgang Dangel

Product: Drive and Control Technology 

Phone: 847-645-3600   Year Founded: 1906

     Bosch Rexroth has opened a new technical center in Pleasanton, Calif. to provide local engineering and application support for customers in the semiconductor and medical industries.

      Wolfgang Dangel, president and CEO for Bosch Rexroth in North America said the new center will provide “face to face” engineering support for customer engineering departments during their complete product development cycle. This includes working closely with customers to define application requirements, generating technical solutions and commissioning and testing prototypes. Ultimately, the center is a direct link to Bosch Rexroth’s technology groups including electric drives and controls, linear motion and assembly, and pneumatics.

      “Global customers want global suppliers who can provide greater system responsibility,” said Dangel. “Bosch Rexroth is an engineering specialist with a unique portfolio of systems and components supported by application know-how. Our goal with the new technology center is to focus on OEM customers in this region, helping them define and develop products and systems with multi-discipline support and solutions.”

      Dangel estimates strong growth in the semiconductor OEM and medical manufacturing markets due to an increasing trend for equipment builders to outsource their motion control needs.

      “We’ve positioned Bosch Rexroth as a key problem-solver and design partner in both of these markets,” said Dangel. “We can offer solutions not just as individual components, but also as combined products all from one source to help OEMs streamline their machine design, engineering, supply chain and assembly needs. This allows them to concentrate more on differentiating high-value products for their customers.”

      The company’s servo motors, drives, and controls, HMIs, and I/O systems allow precise multi-axis control. Its linear motion ball rail and ball screw systems cover a broad range of speeds, precision, and load capacity and include cleanroom-certified systems. Its pneumatics line includes miniature and standard valves and cylinders, non-contact transfer units, rotary indexers, wafer-handling frames, and grippers. Beyond its motion control products, Bosch Rexroth also provides cleanroom-certified structural aluminum framing that allows fast configuration of everything from ergonomic workstations to work cells.

      Bosch Rexroth AG, part of the Bosch Group, achieved sales of approximately $5.7 billion (4.6 billion Euro) in 2005 with more than 28,200 employees. Under the brand name of Bosch Rexroth the company offers all drive and control technologies, from mechanics, hydraulics and pneumatics to electronics and associated service. More than 500,000 customers worldwide utilize Rexroth’s unique technological know-how to implement their innovative and future-oriented systems and machine concepts. The global player, represented in over 80 countries, is an extensive supplier of components and systems for industrial and factory automation and mobile applications.

The drive & control company

      One company has world-class solutions that span the spectrum of motion and control needs… from hydraulics and pneumatics to electric drives and linear motion; from the factory floor to off-road equipment. One company is committed to helping you achieve competitive advantage through greater productivity.

      Bosch Rexroth products are known for precision engineering — with the attention to detail and commitment to quality that means the difference between a good product and a best-in-class product.

      The company’s vertical integration allows better control over the source materials, the design, and the manufacture of its products to ensure each meets the highest degree of craftsmanship for unsurpassed performance and reliability.

      Think of Bosch Rexroth’s application engineers as an extension of your team — finding ways to cut costs, boost performance, and maintain a competitive edge.

      What are your goals? Lower costs? Easier integration? Faster design times? Faster machine operating cycles? Higher reliability? Less downtime? Lower maintenance? From R&D to support, the company’s efforts are based on strong expertise in markets and applications. From semiconductor fabrication to food processing, from machine tools to earthmoving, Bosch Rexroth is working with companies worldwide to fashion solutions tailored to application-specific needs.

Corporate capabilities/technologies

      Its service automation business is a one-stop source for service and support across the range of Bosch Rexroth factory-based products and technologies. All services required for the entire product range of industrial and factory automation are bundled in a single organization.

      Capabilities include a help desk for expert answers to service-related questions, a 24/7 hotline for emergencies, field service for on-site support from startup to troubleshooting, repair and retrofit services using genuine Bosch Rexroth parts, spare parts, and training.

      Providing motion with air, Bosch Rexroth pneumatics includes a comprehensive range of pneumatic, electronic and electro-pneumatic components, and systems, with a range of application specific solutions. Products include pneumatic valves and actuators, pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders, pneumatic fieldbus valve manifolds, electropneumatic valves and positioners, FRLs, vacuum components, and industrial shock absorbers.

      Developing mobile hydraulic solutions for the world’s largest machine manufacturers, Bosch Rexroth offers you the expertise and experience that comes from global leadership. Mobile hydraulics includes cutting-edge solutions for highly integrated hydrostatic drive technology used for mobile applications.

      Products include axial piston units, external gear units, radial piston units, valve technology, gear technology, integrated electronics, and service.

      Bosch Rexroth offers industry-specific control and drive systems to enable efficient automation of production processes. To make application fast and easy, its products and systems are characterized by open architectures, scalability, and perfectly matched modularity, and intelligent software packages. Its electric drive and control solutions include modules such as highly dynamic drive units, open controls, and intelligent software packages, delivering integrated, scalable system solutions. The product line also includes linear and rotary drives, frequency converters, CNC, PLC, motion, welding and robot controls, and tightening and press-fit systems. In addition, web-capable add-ons enhance operation, service, and production analysis.

      As the technology and market leader in industrial hydraulics, Bosch Rexroth is supplying the standard and custom components and systems, along with in-depth application expertise. Its design teams can create ready-to-install turnkey systems, making us an ideal development partner, from first contact through commissioning and on-going support.

      Products include standard valves, manifold blocks, servo and proportional valves, control and system technologies, pumps and motors, cylinders, hydraulic power units, analog and digital amplifiers, and open- and closed-loop controls.

      Through world-class expertise in reliable guiding and precise positioning, its linear motion solutions target difficult manufacturing problems, such as those requiring custom lengths and highload capacities and even cleanroom capabilities. These engineered systems combine excellence in mechanical and mechatronic technologies to yield maximum machine performance.

      Products include ball rail and roller rail systems, linear bushings and shafts, precision ball screw assemblies, linear motion systems, aluminum structural framing, ergonomic workstations, turboscara robots, flexible assembly conveyors, and multi-axis handling systems.