Factory Automation

Production and assembly lines

We have all the technologies to automate your handling, assembly, transfer and transport processes across your shop floor.

Whether you need to build completely ergonomic workstations, or automate your entire process line on a reliable, flexible and secure platform, we focus on enhancing your productivity and meeting your individual requirements.

All components, from electric drives to linear motion systems, conveyor systems and RFID systems are perfectly matched with one another to always provide precise positioning, with high dynamics.

Whether your requirement is for precise positioning with minimum cycle times, fast changeover for small-size batches, or flexible adaptation to changes in production.

Machine solutions

We can build an almost endless list of machines to automate labour intensive, repeatable tasks in small plants and factory automation applications.

From CNC machines to pneumatic presses to packaging machines, Tectra Automation draws on our entire technology range to build bespoke factory automation systems that meets your exact performance requirements, both now and in the future.

We are a competent and experienced partner in developing automated and semi-automated machines and machine tool processes. We combine your need for short cycle times with the highest precision, maximum freedom in engineering and low energy consumption in a completely customised solution.

Vacuum handling

Schmalz vacuum gripping systems are ideal for efficient automated handling in a variety of industries and production processes.

High-quality components and systems allow accurate, fast and non-marking gripping of any workpiece, including bags, boxes, pallets and sheets of glass, metal, wood or composites, up to 2 000 kg.

Schmalz gripping systems are used in industrial robots and other automated systems, and handle a wide range of palletising and logistics applications, enabling you to implement decisive productivity increases during automated processes. The systems range from layer and vacuum area gripping systems to ready-to-install vacuum suction spiders, for use in all areas of automation.

Warehousing and storage

Our smart controls, reliable drives, high-precision linear motion systems, and modern identification philosophies provide you with flexible warehousing and storage options.

Manual production systems with application-optimised material supply scenarios and customisable racking systems make sure that material doesn’t have to travel far and is always at hand when needed.

Automated material flow within warehouse applications enables you to reduce inventory levels and hence costs. In all applications, the focus is on achieving maximum transparency for your processes.

Lean engineering for faster results

Bosch Rexroth technologies and engineering tools are developed to interact perfectly through standardised interfaces.

This reduces project engineering, installation and start-up requirements by up to 80 %.

• User-friendly design and project planning tools help you to configure the linear motion technology and to plan the complete structural framing and conveyor system.
• Electric and pneumatic linear modules have the same dimensions and are therefore interchangeable. You can thus easily adapt the drive technology to new tasks without having to change the overall system design.
• All processes – from start-up, parameter-input, and programming, all the way through to diagnosis – can be performed using the comprehensive and ergonomically designed software environment. The integrated framework offers maximum transparency for all processes and is very easy to use.
• The start-up procedure for servo axes, comprising Rexroth servo drives and linear modules, can be accomplished up to 90% faster by using an intuitive software assistant. It only takes a few minutes to enter the specific data required to make a complete electrical axis ready for operation.

Open standards, for use worldwide

Bosch Rexroth’s Open Core platform is the most open ecosystem for future-proof automation and manufacturing execution solutions, allowing it to be used anywhere in the world. Its system solutions operate via the internationally standardised sercos automation bus, and their unique flexibility offers the highest level of protection for your investment.

• Standardised multiple Ethernet interface and support for the widest range of protocols for real-time communication, including sercos, PROFINET IO, EtherNet/IP and EtherCat. The interface is easily configured using the dedicated software. Conventional interfaces such as PROFIBUS are also supported.
• The programming underlying our PLC control units complies with the international standard IEC 61131-3. A wide range of predefined and rapidly configurable function blocks eliminate the need for time-consuming programming.
• Complete programs and program segments can be easily copied and pasted, allows users to easily build up their own function libraries, which saves time and effort when programming new tasks.
• Through standardised interfaces and frequencies, Rexroth identification systems using RFID technology and centralised or decentralised data storage can be linked up easily to the PLC and motion logic system.