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…

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…

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…

Before engineers access a nacelle and hub for maintenance, the rotor must be stopped and secured in a particular position. Today, an electrohydraulic brake control can provide a soft stop to the required position. Then hydraulic controls can engage a rotor lock. Stopping a turbine by the drive train brake alone puts high torque on…