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The Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group of Companies is southern Africa’s largest fluid power and automation company, with clients in every major industrial sector, from mining and power generation to packaging and food and beverage.
Bosch Rexroth South Africa is the centralised arm of the Group, responsible for strategic, finance, marketing, training and human resources functions.
Hytec South Africa is a leader in the design, manufacture, installation, service and repair of mobile and industrial hydraulic solutions. Hytec South Africa is Africa’s largest hydraulic company, supplying complex systems and fit-for-purpose components.
Tectra Automation is a specialist partner in industrial and factory automation applications. Tectra Automation is a single-source supplier of pneumatic, electric drive and control, linear and assembly technology and process valves.
Hytec Engineering is sub-Saharan Africa’s only hydraulics cylinder company with in-house cylinder design, manufacturing, testing, and repair services in a single workshop. Hytec Engineering is a leader in custom-designed cylinders.
Hytec Services Africa supplies the world’s leading hydraulic, pneumatic and automation brands throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Hytec Services Africa has a strategic network of operations and distributions centres across the continent.
Hytec Fluid Technology is a specialist provider of hydraulic filtration solutions in Africa. Hytec Fluid Technology has a fully-fledged laboratory for in-house sampling and analysis of oil and fluids.
HAW is one of Africa’s largest distributors of hydraulic components and a specialist supplier of mobile machinery products. HAW’s Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Middelburg branch stockholdings ensure fast component delivery.
HYSA is the overseas procurement, import and export arm for all Group companies, managing the entire interlinking supply chain to ensure an effective distribution network of the Group’s entire range of products to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Achieve a leaner, smarter plant floor with Bosch Rexroth’s range of assembly technology. Flexible and scalable to your requirements, assembly technology maximises production efficiency and product consistency.
Our electric drive and control technology enables new possibilities in factory automation. We offer full design, installation and support of the Bosch Rexroth range of automation technologies for efficient, reliable and economical production.As specialists in filtration technology, the Group enhances the performance and longevity of your hydraulic systems. We have a wide range of filtration technology for mobile and industrial hydraulic applications.
The Group supplies a complete range of hydraulic hose and fittings. We’ve got your application covered with the world’s leading hose and fittings brands.The Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group is a leading provider of hydraulics products and systems. We specialise in the design, manufacture, supply and maintenance of hydraulic systems.Bring cutting-edge production concepts to life with our range of linear technology! We design, supply, install and maintain linear technology and motion systems as required by your operation.
The Bosch Rexroth Group is a specialist supplier of pneumatic solutions in sub-Saharan Africa. As the authorised distributer of Aventics, the Group provides tailored, cutting-edge pneumatic systems..jpg)
We distribute and support Omal’s range of process valves. Our process valves include industrial valves, ball valves, butterfly valves and pneumatic and electric actuators.
We are an authorised distributor of Schmalz vacuum technology in Africa. Our vacuum technology includes handling and gripping systems for workpieces up to 2 000 kg..jpg)
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An extensive branch network throughout southern Africa ensures rapid parts availability and product support on the complete range of the Group’s products.The Bosch Rexroth Group has the in-house expertise to maintain your hydraulic, pneumatic and automation system to OEM standards.
Our accredited workshops and testing facilities ensure your hydraulic, automation and pneumatic assets are maintained to OEM standards for maximum equipment reliability and performance. We offer a Service Exchange Programme for cylinders, motors and pumps.
The Group offers MerSETA-accredited training programmes and courses for hydraulics, pneumatics and automation aimed at various degrees of specialist operation. We also offer eLearning programmes.
As a turnkey supplier of hydraulics, pneumatics and automation systems, the Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group has the in-house expertise to design solutions that drive maximum productivity to your operation.
We manufacture and assemble complete customised hydraulic, pneumatic and automation systems drawing on the world’s leading technologies.
We deliver turnkey fluid power and automation solutions, including integration, installation and commissioning of your systems to ensure optimum performance, safety and reliability..jpg)
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Extremely flexible drive system consisting of motor-integrated and near-motor servo-drives, and corresponding components to power to the drives. Power range from 0.4 to 11 kW.
Synchronise up to 10 servo-axes with drive-integrated motion controllers according to IEC 61131-3. A powerful software framework delivers intuitive engineering capabilities.
IndraDrive M Modular Converters from Bosch Rexroth address today’s automation needs for open, seamless and agile servo designs. View the range here!
These compact converters are designed for single-axis applications, in the power range 0.15 – 110 kW. Current from 3.3 – 350 A with 110 – 500 V direct power supply.
Individual solutions for standards to high-end applications. Available in double-axis universal, and in single-axis advanced and basic (with Sercos, PROFIBUS, open loop and analogue).
Firmware from Bosch Rexroth can be tailored to your specific application and enables simple execution of complex machine processes.
SafeMotion achieves a maximum level of safety (Cat. 4, PL e, SIL 3) for all safety functions. Designed to reduce commissioning requirements due to semi-automatic support.
Bosch Rexroth Servo Drives: the international benchmark in servo motor control
Bosch Rexroth’s range of servo drives address today’s automation needs for open, seamless designs and multi-protocol support. These servo motor drives are ideal in a wide range of applications requiring precise control of motor position, velocity and torque using feedback loops, including CNC machining, robotic and factory automation.
Our compact servo drive is the ideal choice for highly specialised drive applications, especially single-axis applications. The servo drive uses real-time Ethernet based communication and multi-protocol support with an innovative multi-encoder interface.
The new multi-encoder servo drive interface supports all standard encoder types with an additional option slot. The advantage of this servo drive design is that inverter and power supply are combined in a single device.
By using Bosch Rexroth servo motor drives in your electric drive and control system, you are investing in reliable, high performance and precise machine operation with long lifecycles, low maintenance and ease of use.
Our compact servo drive is the ideal choice for highly specialised drive applications, especially single-axis applications. The servo drive uses real-time Ethernet based communication and multi-protocol support with an innovative multi-encoder interface.
The new multi-encoder servo drive interface supports all standard encoder types with an additional option slot. The advantage of this servo drive design is that inverter and power supply are combined in a single device.
By using Bosch Rexroth servo motor drives in your electric drive and control system, you are investing in reliable, high performance and precise machine operation with long lifecycles, low maintenance and ease of use.
Optimise the precision, performance and reliability of your servo motor with Bosch Rexoth servo drives.
Find out more about Bosch Rexroth Servo Drives
Cabinet-free drive technology?
The ultra-compact, decentralised drive technology IndraDrive Mi from Bosch Rexroth is the ideal servo drive solution for applications relying on maximum flexibility with minimum space requirements. From assembly, handling or robotic applications to packaging machines, printing machines and machine tools, cabinet-free servo drive technology are allowing agile, responsive and efficient production.
In addition to delivering high flexibility to your production floor, IndraDrive Mi optimises your operation with:
- up to 100 % reduced control cabinet space
- up to 90% reduced wiring
- up to 100% reduced energy consumption for cabinet cooling
Compact and space-saving, efficient and economical: the integrated servo drive IndraDrive Mi has opened new possibilities in machine automation.
Find out more about the cabinet free IndraDrive Mi here.
Accessories
Tectra Automation stocks all the spares and accessories you need to optimise your servo system performance. This includes:
- Mains filters
- Mains chokes
- Power capacitors
- Mains connection modules
- Capacity modules
- Brake units
- Brake choppers
- DC bus chokes
- Brake resistors
- Motor filters
- Motor chokes
- Fan units
- Heat exchangers
Customise your servo to your precise application requirements to drive maximum productivity to your operation! Contact us to order your spares!
Servo Motors
Tectra Automation supplies the complete range of synchronous and asynchronous servo motors from Bosch Rexroth to combine with your servo amplifiers and achieve the ultimate machine design.
Synchronous servo motors
Bosch Rexroth manufactures four series of synchronous servo motors: the MS2N, MSK, MKE and MSM.
- The new MS2N generation includes 50 different models, covering maximum torques of up to 360 Nm
- Synchronous MSK servo motors provide maximum torque of 631 Nm
- The pressure-resistant, enclosed synchronous MKE servo motors are designed for potentially explosive environments, with up to 187 Nm torque
- The ultra-compact synchronous MSM servo motors provide up to 7.1 Nm for connection to IndraDrive Cs
Asynchronous servo motors
This range includes two motor models: the MAD and MAF.
- MAD asynchronous motors with forced ventilation for outputs up to 93 kW
- MAF asynchronous motors with water cooling, for outputs up to 120 kW
Find out more about our servo motors here.
Tectra Automation: leaders in factory automation
Tectra Automation is the official supplier of Bosch Rexroth factory and industrial automation solutions in sub-Saharan Africa. Whatever your servo drive requirements, from single components to complete engineered solutions, our automation specialists will help you achieve a world-class servo system that delivers optimum performance and agility.
Ideal for a wide range of applications
Bosch Rexroth servo systems are used across the world’s factory and industrial automation wherever precise, efficient and responsive motor control is required.
Some of these applications include food and beverage production, robotics and assembly, the controlling of conveyor belts, metal cutting and metal forming machines, woodworking machines, CNCs, printing presses, textile machines and automatically opening doors.
Bosch Rexroth servo drives make it possible to achieve your precise automation requirements with intuitive machine interfaces and completely flexible engineering capabilities that respond to your needs.
We’ll help you assemble a servo system that can improve your machining productivity, efficiency, safety and agility. Get in touch with us for more info!