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  1. New embedded control XM42

    New embedded control XM42: High-performance for all tasks

    Hardware for PLC, CNC, motion control, robotics and hydraulics

    The new embedded control XM42 combines high-level performance with numerous communications interfaces to cover an extremely wide range of applications.


    Rexroth is expanding its control system family in the upper performance range with the introduction of its new embedded control XM42. The high-performance hardware can take on demanding control tasks across all types of technology. Short internal cycle times optimize process speed. With just one embedded hardware users can now automate concepts for which they previously needed several controls. Itsupports all major communication protocols

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  2. Avoiding the traps: The five biggest stumbling blocks in the introduction of IIoT

    Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet of Things or the factory of the future: More and more industrial users are thinking about digitalizing their manufacturing operations. There is no magic formula to this transformation. But you also do not have to make every possible mistake along the way. Bosch Rexroth now has more than five years of experience in the introduction of Industry 4.0, experience it gained in its own operations and in other companies as well. In the process, the company’s automation specialists have identified the five biggest stumbling blocks that complicate the job of introducing IoT and drive up its costs.

    1. No planning: collecting data without any payoff

    Data is the raw material of connected manufacturing and continuous improvement. So far, so good. B

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