In March 2020 the team at Oxford Optronix were dealt a challenge. The Covid-19 pandemic was hitting the UK, and the company had just been asked to join a high-tech consortium to supply cPAP medical devices to the National Health Service.

[Read More]

The Schmersal Group is helping retailers and other companies to cope with the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The company has developed a digital access control system that makes it easier to comply with coronavirus regulations in public spaces without considerable staff expenditure.

[Read More]

Siemens uses a combination of hardware and software to offer a new solution for the challenges that companies face as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The solution enables companies to quickly and efficiently control how employees interact with one another, with the production line and with the plant setup.

[Read More]

New from FLIR Systems, the FLIR Blackfly S visible spectrum camera module is reported to be the first to integrate the Sony Pregius S IMX540 sensor with 24.5 MP at 12 FPS in a USB3 camera.

[Read More]

Condition monitoring specialist Sensonics has recently achieved ISO 45001 certification and now has a fully integrated management system which also encompasses ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.

[Read More]

INMOCO is now supplying Tolomatic’s RSX Extreme Force actuators to the UK market. The highly accurate rod-style electric actuators achieve a force up to 222.4kN and are reported to be an ideal replacement for hydraulic cylinders.

[Read More]

Specifically designed for horizontal use in intralogistics and on crane systems, the autoglide 5 from igus does not require a guide trough; instead, it lies on a steel wire rope held in place by the e-chain contour.

[Read More]

Inside the standard 58mm size of the SIL shaft encoder CD_582+FS from TR-Electronic is a true absolute multi-turn double rotary encoder system with integrated safety evaluation that outputs error-protected data.

[Read More]

Dustcontrol UK has entered a new era of smart technology with the launch of two comprehensive control systems that are set to cover up to 90 per cent of its stationary units worldwide.

[Read More]

New from Cognex Corporation the DataMan 475V Inline Barcode Verifier provides contract-compliant assurance in adherence with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), delivering reliable code verification and quality reporting for 1D, 2D, and direct part mark (DPM) codes.

[Read More]

Being able to predict and plan maintenance is the goal pursued by igus with its smart plastics solutions. Intelligent sensors, for example, measure the wear of energy chains, chainflex cables, slewing rings and linear guides. With the new icom.plus communication module, the customer can now decide in which form they would like to incorporate the acquired data from the sensors.

[Read More]

Metsä Wood provides sustainable, premium-quality wood products. Wood shavings generated at the company's Boston site are used in the equestrian market; each year thousands of tonnes of Metsä Wood ‘Hunter’ Woodshavings are used for bedding in stables across the country.

[Read More]

Condition Monitoring specialist Sensonics has been developing industrial accelerometers for over 40 years and has earned a reputation for high performance. Specifically, on applications where low noise is crucial, Sensonics accelerometers have proven to excel.

[Read More]

Prior to its investment in an EffiMat storage and retrieval system, OFI Testing Equipment (OFITE) had eight employees manually selecting sales and work orders. At times people were waiting for an aisle to clear so they could get the parts they needed and it was the same, in reverse, for re-stocking.

[Read More]

A new generation of human collaborative robots which combine important key features and benefits to ensure powerful, robust and safe application capabilities have been introduced by YASKAWA.

[Read More]

Originally launched in 2015 to assist workers in lightweight assembly tasks, ABB’s dual-arm collaborative YuMi robot has, says the company, gone on to blaze a trail in a raft of diverse applications and industries, opening new opportunities and helping to fire people's imaginations about what can be achieved with robotic automation.

[Read More]

Interroll and systems integrator, Teknokom, have implemented an automated order picking system for Cookplus – an e-commerce brand of Karaca Group, leader in the tableware, kitchen and home textile market – in Istanbul, Turkey. Essential elements of the new material handling solution are the RollerDrive EC 5000, MultiControl, and the Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP) from Interroll.

[Read More]

Today’s process and control sensors are benefitting from technical advances enabling users to develop new control concepts, especially for automation applications. IO-Link is a key example of this and the introduction of a new range of IO-Link sensors with Dual Channel capability is an important development from BAUMER.

[Read More]

Leader in connectivity and sensors, TE Connectivity (TE), and Komax, a pioneer in the field of automated wire processing, have partnered on the production of harnesses on the Komax Omega 740/750 automatic harness machines. The machines incorporate TE's ENTRELEC SNK series of pluggable terminal blocks in their design.

[Read More]

When the growing demand for smart-home solutions pushed Norwegian manufacturer CTM Lyng AS to its capacity limits, the company decided to transition to an integrated smart factory with E-Solutions for printing and placement as well as ASM software solutions. The result: increased throughput, flexibility and productivity.

[Read More]