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Digital Product Twins: Leverage your Bosch Rexroth products

The Digital Twin of Bosch Rexroth products

Easy and uniform product data access

Products and supply chains are becoming more complex, but also more flexible. To promote your time-to-market and interoperability, we enable the easy identification of relevant product data and unified access in a format that is readable by both machines and humans alike.

Standardized data exchange

The Digital Twin is your single source of truth for all product-related digital data – based on the standardized Administration Shell (AAS).

Relevant data is bundled into the Digital Product Twin of a product.

By adhering to this industry standard, we can ensure seamless, scalable, and secure data exchange with you and your business partners.

Data-driven decisions

Continuous improvement requires a solid foundation for your decisions.

Throughout the lifecycle of your products, our Digital Product Twins enable data-driven decision-making, taking into account all relevant domains such as engineering, commissioning, operation, etc. in a scalable solution.

Benefits of the Digital Twin across the Product Lifecycle

Take a closer look at some relevant product data across the lifecycle – provided by our Digital Product Twins.

Visual of seven product lifecycle phases and where Digital Product Twins impact. The phases are: Pre-Design, Engineering, Production Planning, Production, Distribution & Shipping, Service & Maintenance, Dismantling & Recycling.

Pre-Design
Engineering
Production Planning
Production
Distribution and Shipping
Service and Maintenance
Dismantling and Recycling
Product Type
Product Instance

Pre-Design

Efficient decision-making processes and comprehensive information provision

Optimize your decision-making processes and expedite your configuration with Bosch Rexroth.
Easily compare your options and accelerate your configuration process. Access all relevant information in one place, including product specifications, comprehensive documentation, CAD and simulation models, Carbon Footprints, and much more!

Your benefits at a glance:

Quick access to support tools and configurators
Automated comparison of product-specific data
Integration of CAD files for spatial analysis and use of simulation models for rapid prototyping and virtual commissioning in your suitable IT systems.

Engineering

Optimizing Development Processes

Maximize the efficiency of your development processes with Bosch Rexroth Virtual Engineering. Evaluate hardware configurations, validate complex engineering steps, and simulate test runs - all conveniently from your desk.

Optimal integration and comprehensive solutions

Our simulation products seamlessly integrate into your IT toolchains to provide qualified answers to engineering challenges. Reduce time-to-market, optimize error safety, and identify error behavior early.

Explore our Virtual Engineering Portfolio

Discover our wide range of Virtual Engineering solutions and benefit from our expertise. Learn more about Virtual Engineering and enhance the efficiency of your development processes.

Production Planning

Plug & Play for Maximum Efficiency

Optimize the use of your Bosch Rexroth products with Plug & Play. Your products are ready for use upon delivery. Use our Digital Service Assistant (DSA) app and scan the QR code to access the Digital Product Twin.

Effortless Integration and Configuration

Effortlessly integrate your tools into your system and configure them as needed. Even if you have been using your tools for a while, the data is available upon your request. Access job and service data through a simple scan and receive service support at your own pace.

Seamless Onboarding and Maintenance

With static and dynamic product data in the standard administration shell, onboarding and maintenance of your tools are seamless, including service management.

Production

Efficient Use of Test Stand Data

Optimize your calibration process with Bosch Rexroth test stand data. We facilitate the calibration of your machines by collecting the required data on our own test stands and providing it to you online. No need for your own tests anymore - save time and effort.

Discuss your data requirements with your Bosch Rexroth contact person.
Receive your product characteristic data online.
Integrate the data directly into your machine software - without additional test runs!

Access to Digital Product Twins

With our service, you can even access the data before the hardware delivery. Efficient use of test stand data for optimized calibration and reduced testing effort.

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Distribution and Shipping

Optimize Your Documentation Process

We deliver your Bosch Rexroth products with all necessary legal documents directly to your door. These include individual product and order data from the Digital Product Twin.

Use our Digital Service Assistant (DSA) app and scan the QR code on your product or batch to access the Digital Product Twin. Find EU declarations of conformity, setting certificates, and more in the documentation section.

Fast and secure commissioning

Use the nameplate search to download all necessary information - even before delivery. Obtain live and individually retrieved data for each product to always get the right document.

Efficient use of your products

With Bosch Rexroth, you can quickly, easily, and safely put your products into operation without having to sort or scan sensitive paper documents. Avoid ambiguities and save time in handling documentation.

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Service and Maintenance

Reliable Maintenance Planning via App

Optimize your maintenance processes and minimize downtime with Bosch Rexroth. With the Digital Service Assistant (DSA) app from Bosch Rexroth, you can quickly and easily access all the necessary data and support for your products. Access is provided through the Digital Product Twin, which offers a standardized process for all products.

Step-by-step guide:

Register your products by scanning the QR code or nameplate in the DSA app.
Access all relevant information, including service and order data.
Contact our service technicians for inquiries or scheduling maintenance and repair orders.

All in one place

Request product information and service support from a single source, live and up-to-date. Access technical documentation, plan ahead, and conveniently contact us from your desk or on-site.

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Dismantling and Recycling

Sustainability in Focus - with Move Green

At Bosch Rexroth, sustainability is more than just a word - it is a commitment to our customers and the environment. Our comprehensive understanding of products and processes enables us to make economic and ecological decisions throughout the entire product lifecycle.

The Digital Product Twin as a tool

Our Digital Product Twin supports you in making sustainable decisions by providing product carbon footprint (PCF) data:

Access to PCF data: Use the Digital Product Twin to retrieve PCF data from the manufacturing of your products and incorporate it into your cumulative calculations.

Monitoring energy consumption: Refine your cumulative PCF data by monitoring the energy consumption of individual products and combining it with operational energy consumption data through IoT solutions.

Transparency throughout the entire supply chain

We aim for comprehensive transparency throughout the entire supply chain, up to recycling. By combining PCF data, production and delivery data, as well as operational use data until end-of-life, we support you in implementing the EU's Digital Product Passport (DPP).
Together, we are creating a sustainable future - with Move Green from Bosch Rexroth.

Product Type

A virtual representation of a product or system before it is built. It is used in pre-design, engineering, and production planning.

Product Instance

Virtual representation of an individually manufactured and operated product. It contains all data from production and usage to end of life.

Efficiency Improvement through Digitalization: The Success Story of HOMAG and Bosch Rexroth

Learn how HOMAG, together with Bosch Rexroth, was able to replace the laborious manual process of master data capture.

A diagram showing the flow of product information from a laptop on the left to a digital twin Asset Administration Shell in the center, which then connects to an ERP system on the right.

Challenge

The exchange of product master data presents a challenge for the entire industry, including HOMAG, a renowned OEM manufacturer of woodworking machinery. The manual capture and integration of information about required components into their own ERP system was inefficient and led to significant effort, not only for HOMAG but also for the supplier Bosch Rexroth. Together, they worked on an efficient solution.

Approach

In close collaboration with the ERP system provider and Bosch Rexroth, an innovative solution was developed. Customers can log in to our web portal myRexroth and enter any material number of a Rexroth product. They then have the option to place orders or retrieve product information through the standardized Administration Shell. Thanks to this standard, data on the material can be integrated into their own ERP system with just one click.

Solution

The implementation of this solution brought about a tremendous gain in efficiency. Errors in manual data entry are a thing of the past. The automation of information exchange also enables the transfer of additional data in the subsequent phases of the product lifecycle, including sustainability information and data for virtual commissioning.

Next steps

The successful collaboration between HOMAG and Bosch Rexroth paves the way for future innovations. Both companies are committed to further expanding the information exchange through the Administration Shell to continuously optimize processes.

With this partnership, HOMAG and Bosch Rexroth have demonstrated that digitalization not only solves challenges but also opens new horizons for efficiency and collaboration.

Trust in our expertise from day one

Bosch and Bosch Rexroth have played a significant role from the outset in making the technology of Digital Twins valuable in the drive and control industry, participating in relevant committees and open-source activities for this purpose. By promoting powerful, open standards for information exchange, not only our company benefits, but the entire industry, and most importantly, you.