Bosch Rexroth will display product technologies and complete factory automation solutions for CPG manufacturing in Booth S-1548 at Pack Expo 2024, November 3-6, in Chicago, Illinois.

Featured will be a multi-tech collaborative palletizing demo, built on a foundation of Bosch Rexroth’s aluminum structural framing, that consists of a VarioFlow plus conveyor system that delivers high accuracy with unprecedented speed, combined with a Kassow 7-axes collaborative robot.

In addition to the palletizing demo, Bosch Rexroth’s comprehensive booth is packed with a strategic range of products and solutions technologies designed to highlight the flexibility and productivity of automating packaging processes.

Key booth demos and highlights include:

ctrlX AUTOMATION: This demo illustrates the modularity and scalability of ctrlX AUTOMATION while presenting an overview of ctrlX DRIVE and ctrlX CORE hardware capabilities with its unique four-sided display. Featured is a three-axis ctrlX DRIVE linked to a ctrlX CORE industrial PC running in real-time. Other components, such as ctrlX IO, ctrlX HMI and the MS2N synchronous motor, are also included. In addition, the exhibit demonstrates how ctrlX CORE supports modern languages for today’s industrial machinery, such as Java, Python and Node Red, plus many other application-appropriate languages.

VarioFlow plus: The modular VarioFlow plus plastic chain conveyor is a high-performance, versatile plastic chain conveyor system with components that are easy to assemble in both horizontal and vertical configurations. This capability allows manufacturers to set up systems that accommodate compact facility footprints, as well as serve as buffer storage. Suitable for CPG and other applications, the chain surface is nearly closed, allowing even the smallest of parts to be transported safely and reliably.

Linear Motor Modules: Fast, compact and precise – these properties characterize the new linear motor modules (LMM) from Bosch Rexroth. The axes are available in sizes 140, 180 and 220 mm and feature a zero-backlash direct drive. They complement the existing linear motion technology portfolio as a ready-to-install solution offering excellent value for money.

Smart Function Kit for Handling: The kiosk highlights features and benefits of the Smart Function Kit for Handling, as well as showing a working Cartesian multi-axis system whose configuration output can be created by booth visitors using adjacent Bosch Rexroth eTools software demonstration. The exhibit will present how predefined multi-axis combinations can be easily sized, configured and ordered as one part number. In addition, the Smart Function Kit for Handling software app running on ctrlX AUTOMATION allows fast commissioning through auto parameterization of the servo drive.