Bollhoff offers solutions for fastening and assembly technology to the automotive industry and its corresponding suppliers and aerospace suppliers. For customers in these industries, the company supplies processing and riveting elements.
For example, Bollhoff’s Rivset self-pierce riveting system creates mechanical 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 – which is not beneficial for maintenance teams and difficult when it comes to locating faults within the hydraulics.
Bollhoff’s Servo technology and the matching drive solutions from KEB proved to be a more reliable.
Jörg Münstermann, head of software and automation at Bollhoff Automation, said: "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."
KEB’s Combivert F6 drive controllers can 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.