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简体中文 If you're worried about upgrading your factory's conveyor line, and you're on a tight budget but don't want to compromise on performance, then the name Rexroth TS 2S has probably been ringing in your ears a few times. It's been called the "king of all trades" and labelled the "king of price/performance", but in the end, can it really solve your problems? Today, we're going to put aside all the high-flown jargon, and in the most straightforward terms, dismantle the TS 2S to find out if it's worth your money.
What is it? And what makes it the "optimal solution for domestic substitution"?
Rexroth TS 2S is not a new concept that came out of nowhere, but a conveyor system tailored for the Chinese market based on Bosch Rexroth's global technology platform. To put it simply, it is a localised production line that is re-tuned with the base of German technology and the understanding of pain points in Chinese factories.
It addresses three issues at its core:
First.high costThe price of imported wire is expensive, and the delivery time starts from half a year. The price of imported wire is expensive, the delivery time does not move half a year, small and medium-sized factories simply can not afford to spend;
Secondly.difficult adapt. Foreign standards moved to the country, the environment is very different, moving water and soil;
Thirdly.cumbersome maintenance. Traditional conveyor lines need to be lubricated and tuned in three days, and downtime is a burn.
And TS 2S's response was straightforward:
- The price is 30% lower than the imported version of the TS 2plus and the lead time is compressed from 6 months to 8 weeks;
- The stoppers and lubrication units have all been re-optimised for the oily, high load conditions common in Chinese workshops;
- With block assembly, a teacher with two novices can build it without having to specifically wait for a German engineer to fly over.
This "localisation" is not just empty words, even the localisation rate of parts next year to 90%, the price of spare parts will be further reduced - this is the real cost-effective.
If your production line is facing these scenarios, TS 2S may be for you!
Scenario 1: The product type on the production line is changing in three days.
Today do automotive motors, next month to do battery trays, the day after tomorrow to receive orders for medical equipment ...... this "multi-species, small batch" rhythm of production, the production line must be enough "good change".
The modular design of the TS 2S comes in handy at this point.
- Pallet sizes ranging from 160 x 160mm to 1.2m2 are supported and you are even allowed to bring your own pallets;
- Conveying medium is not bound to one kind, toothed belt, flat belt, roller chain are combined as required, changing the line is like putting together Lego;
- The layout of the production line is adjusted, vertical to horizontal, curves are added, positioning units are stuffed, all without any major effort.
Feedback from a power plant, the original change of a product type to stop the line for a week to adjust the equipment, now TS 2S within two days to re-run.
Scenario 2: Limited budget, but breakdowns really can't be stopped
Small and medium-sized factories are most afraid of the equipment lying down, a stop the whole workshop to follow the northwest wind. TS 2S in the "less mess" on this matter up and down the strong medicine:
- Automatic lubrication unit LU 2L is equipped as standard, with an automatic alarm when the oil level is low, so you don't have to keep an eye on it;
- The buffer stop VE 2S/D-60 is designed to combat rough loading and unloading, which is common in China, and to prevent pallets from knocking parts off;
- The core drive components are designed for 200,000 hours of life, stretching the maintenance cycle to three times that of ordinary lines.
Zhejiang, an auto parts factory calculated the account: the previous monthly downtime maintenance 2 days, the loss of production capacity plus labour costs, a year to burn more than 400,000; replaced with TS 2S, the money directly to zero.
Scenario 3: Poor workshop environment, but precision can't be lost
Heavy grease, dust and static electricity - the norm in many domestic workshops. TS 2S proves itself directly in these areas:
- The anti-static design has passed international certification, and it can be used in SMT workshop of electronic factory and clean room of medical consumables;
- The sealed structure is resistant to oil and dirt, the lubrication unit has a built-in dust cover, and it has been running in the foundry for 1 year without failure;
- The positioning accuracy of ±0.1mm is not as good as the ±0.015mm of the TS 1, but it is perfectly adequate for parts such as battery trays and motor housings.
If hesitant to get on TS 2S, think about these questions first
Question 1: What happens if you don't choose the localisation option and go hard on the import line?
A new energy battery factory has suffered this loss: TS 2plus imported version, the result of the stopper force is too fierce, the battery pack on the pallet is not moving to be shocked out of the micro-cracks, the defective rate soared to 5%; and later replaced with TS 2S buffer stopper, the defective rate pressed to 0.3% or less.
Imported line is not bad, but it is optimised for the constant temperature and humidity environment of the German workshop. Domestic workshop is generally large temperature difference, dusty, blind copy but amplify the risk of failure.
Question 2: If I choose a miscellaneous line for cheap, can I carry the cost later?
Shandong, a factory to do air-conditioning shell, when the figure of cheap to buy a "high imitation line", the results:
- Used half a year drum deformation, pallet run off and hit the guide rail, repair costs once 80,000;
- The motor is not dust proof, metal shavings get in and burn the coils straight away, replaced twice in three months;
- Accuracy is getting worse and worse, the misalignment rate of shell assembly is as high as 7%, and customers are complaining every day.
I finally bit the bullet and switched to the TS 2S, which was 15% more expensive, but the two-year savings on repairs more than made up for the difference, and the yield also pulled it down from 93% to 98%.
Question 3: If the production line is to be expanded in the future, will TS 2S still be able to keep up?
This is precisely its hidden skill. With Rexroth's MTpro planning software, you can drag and drop modules on your computer to simulate a production line:
- 3D layout drawings generate parts lists in real time, so purchasing is not blind;
- Support the later addition of TS 5 heavy-duty section or FTS maglev flexible section, upgrade without moving the mainline;
- Reserve IoT interface, connect to MES system in the future to read pallet data directly.
That means that every penny invested now is paving the way for future upgrades.
Tell me something no one else would dare to tell me.
The industry is well aware of the fact that the so-called "domestic substitution" is often a way of dumping technology that is a generation behind at a low price. But the TS 2S does the opposite - it uses the same generation of platform as the imported line, but spends the cost where you can see it.
For example, it has a lower failure rate of 15% than the imported version, and the secret is in the details:
- The lubrication unit oil circuit is widened to accommodate dirtier domestic lubricants;
- Motor heat sink area increased 30%, to deal with the high temperature of the southern workshop;
- Increased IP protection for all cable interfaces against dust and splash water.
The changes are minor, but precisely what the local team tried out crouching in the workshop.
More crucially, it does not play the "low price, low configuration" set. Core components such as spindles, positioning modules are still German original, only the rack, tray, these non-core parts localised - not only to keep the performance bottom line, but also cut down the brand premium.
So if you're looking for a "save money now, save trouble later" conveyor line, the TS 2S does deserve serious consideration. But if you have a shop with constant temperature and humidity all year round, products that stay the same for ten years, and an unlimited budget, an imported line might be more appropriate - just how many of these factories are left?
