Electric Drives and Controls Energy Conservation The future of your manufacturing is a sustainable future – a future you can begin engineering and building today, with drive, motion and control technology from Bosch Rexroth. Energy efficiency, improved conservation, and the accelerated application of alternative, renewable energy sources are all crucial to successfully engineering our sustainable future. Many opportunities exist: A recent study by the Fraunhofer Institute for System and Innovation Research reports that the core processes of today’s manufacturing consume only one-third of the total energy expended in manufacturing; the remaining two-thirds is consumed by auxiliary processes – which frequently use inefficient, outdated legacy technologies. Solutions for a sustainable world Together, we can engineer different drive, control and motion technologies to use power more efficiently and intelligently in every area of manufacturing. It’s an investment that will pay multiple dividends – for the environment, and for your bottom line: Energy costs account for more than half the life-cycle costs of machines and systems, so reducing consumption while maintaining or increasing productivity will improve manufacturing margins. We believe engineering a sustainable future must start now – and we’re providing a wide range of resources and information to help sustain efforts across all the industries we serve. Energy-efficient strategies Energy efficiency is not just good for the environment – it’s good engineering. Bosch Rexroth has long invested resources in developing technology strategies to improve energy utilization in manufacturing processes. Rexroth helps lumber stacker save energy (476 KB PDF) Energy efficiency in automation – Presentation (6.68 MB PDF) Energy efficiency in machine tools – Presentation (2.44 MB PDF) Intelligent solutions – Combined Know-How (344 KB PDF) Integrated motor/drive technology saves energy (117 KB PDF) Regenerative power supplies (106 KB PDF) PELS Alliance fosters energy conservation in packaging (44 KB PDF) Energy-efficient applications Technology delivers value when it helps improve your processes – including how it helps you improve energy utilization and sustainable production. These success stories detail how Bosch Rexroth Electric Drives and Controls made a real-world impact on multiple manufacturing applications. Converting crop waste into energy (203 KB PDF) IndraDrive Mi helps reduce cooling costs and CO2 emissions (25.2 MB AVI) Manufacturing plants going green across the globe 20% Wind Energy by 2030 — U.S. Dept. of Energy report on increasing wind energy's contribution to U.S. electricity supply Wind Power Outlook 2008 — American Wind Power Association update on latest developments in one of fastest growing sustainable-energy segments (PDF 652KB) Energy-efficient technology Long before the cost of fossil fuels skyrocketed, Bosch Rexroth developed eco-friendly, energy-efficient products and systems – saving energy has always been part of our development cycle. Key Electric Drives and Control products in this area include: IndraDrive Mi integrated motor/drive solution HVR regenerative power supply IndraDrive C&M DC bus sharing system