Böllhoff offers its customers system solutions and realises these with the support of KEB Automation ( Photo : © Böllhoff Gruppe ).
Böllhoff relies on drive technology from KEB Automation
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Based in Bielefeld , Germany , Böllhoff offers its customers system solutions – and realises these with the support of KEB Automation . Drive technology from KEB has proven to be the right choice , particularly in the area of servo technology , not least because the drive controllers lead to cost savings and require noticeably less space in the control cabinet .
High availability and process reliability , cost-optimised systems and the smallest possible space requirement in production – these are the challenges that the Böllhoff Group faces . The familyowned company was founded in 1877 and offers solutions for fastening and assembly technology , as well as logistics . For example , Böllhoff is in demand in the automotive industry and also with the corresponding suppliers to some extent in the aerospace sector . For customers in these and other industries , Böllhoff supplies , among other things , processing and riveting elements .
With “ RIVSET ”, for example , Böllhoff offers a self-pierce riveting system that creates mechanical , high strength
High availability and process reliability , costoptimised systems and the smallest possible space requirement in production – these are the challenges that the Böllhoff Group faces .
connections of identical or combined materials . In the past , this was primarily based on a hydraulic drive . However , this also meant that the hydraulic hoses had to be routed over the robot – not beneficial for maintenance teams and difficult when it came to locating faults within the hydraulics .
Air conditioning no longer required Servo technology and the matching drive solutions from KEB Automation proved to be much more practical and reliable in this context . As Jörg Münstermann , Head of Software and Automation at Böllhoff Automation comments : “ We use KEB inverters in our controls to drive servo motors that we need in our processing systems . Especially with the integration of servo technology at our company , which was new territory for us at the time , we were very well supported by KEB .”
COMBIVERT F6 drive controllers from KEB , for example , are used at Böllhoff . These drive controllers can also be installed in the control cabinet as a push-through variant . The advantage here is that heat can be emitted directly to the outside of the cabinet , resulting in reduced heat gain inside . This eliminates the need for an air conditioning unit , which leads to cost and space savings .
For Münstermann , there are also other arguments in favour of working with KEB . For example , KEB drive technology was very easy to integrate into Böllhoff ’ s control architecture via the EtherCAT bus and the worldwide service locations were also an important factor .