Bosch Rexroth
Industry 4.0 needs a complete automation solution
As one of the world’s leading suppliers of drive and control technologies, Bosch Rexroth ensures efficient, powerful and safe movement in machines and systems of any size. The company bundles global application experience in the market segments of Mobile Applications, Machinery Applications and Engineering, and Factory Automation. With its intelligent components, customized system solutions and services, Bosch Rexroth is creating the necessary environment for fully connected applications.
Bosch Rexroth offers its customers hydraulics, electric drive and control technology, gear technology and linear motion and assembly technology, including software and interfaces to the Internet of Things. With locations in over 80 countries, roughly 31,000 associates generated sales revenue of roughly 6.2 billion euros in 2019.
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 400,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2019). The company generated sales of 77.7 billion euros in 2019. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source.
The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. Bosch employs some 72,600 associates in research and development at 126 locations across the globe, as well as roughly 30,000 software engineers.
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ctrlX Configurator-EPLAN Data Portal integration
The web-based ctrlX Configurator from Bosch Rexroth enables easy configuration of complete automation solutions based on the ctrlX AUTOMATION portfolio. With the integration into Bosch Rexroth's digital customer journey the user has access to the complete configuration documentation in the cloud.
For the fast provision of all device data of the configured system topology a web service for EPLAN parts data is seamlessly integrated into the ctrlX Configurator and the EPLAN Data Portal (EDP). All information is requested directly for individual products or the entire configuration project at the touch of a button. On the basis of the specific product type codes, the EPLAN data files are dynamically generated by the web service and are made available to the user as download in the standard EDZ format.
The customer journey in conjunction with the EPLAN Platform ensures the important consistency and re-usage of product data throughout the entire digital design phase in engineering of automation solution.
