Optimising packaging efficiency
1 day agoRARUK Automation will be showcasing a range of solutions designed to optimise packaging efficiency at the PPMA Total Show, 23-25 September 2025 at the NEC in Birmingham. At the show, held every three years, RARUK Automation will be highlighting collaborative robot (cobot) palletising, mobile robots and AI vision.
New Online Tool Simplifies Selection of Combined Roller Bearing
1 day agoSelecting the correct size of combined roller bearings just became faster and easier, thanks to the launch of Euro-Bearings' new online calculator. Designed to streamline the engineering process, the calculator uses Hertzian Pressure to determine the minimum required bearing size when used with the corresponding Euro-Bearings steel profile.
Delta brings smart manufacturing to SMEs at automatica 2025
1 day agoDelta is redefining intelligent manufacturing for SMEs at automatica 2025 with the debut of two next-generation D-Bot cobot solutions. The D-Bot MAR handles payloads of up to 500 kg with a lift height of 55 mm, ideal for European pallets and materials handling applications. The Dynamic D-Bot 2-in-1 boasts a detachable cobot arm to execute both autonomous pallet transport and independent cobot operations.

Parker introduces new sleeved design for Rectus Series 26 couplers for pneumatic applications
1 day agoParker Hannifin announces a new sleeved design of the Rectus Series 26 couplers for air applications used in the industrial manufacturing equipment industry.

The smallest safety laser scanner on the market
2 days agoThe new ultra-compact RSL 200 safety laser scanner from Leuze can be integrated effortlessly and used flexibly to safeguard danger zones and access points on narrow production lines, automated guided vehicles and robots. The company says the RSL 200 is the smallest safety laser scanner on the market.

From lab precision to production resilience
2 days agoWhen a Formula One car takes a corner at 150 miles per hour or a jet engine powers up mid-flight, there is no room for error. Every component, every system has already been pushed to its limits in controlled conditions long before it sees real-world action. Here, Beth Ragdale, software business manager at automation specialist Beckhoff UK, explains why building the tools to run those tests and scaling them for production is a challenge that machine builders are quietly wresting with.

From lab precision to production resilience
2 days agoWhen a Formula One car takes a corner at 150 miles per hour or a jet engine powers up mid-flight, there is no room for error. Every component, every system has already been pushed to its limits in controlled conditions long before it sees real-world action. Here, Beth Ragdale, software business manager at automation specialist Beckhoff UK, explains why building the tools to run those tests and scaling them for production is a challenge that machine builders are quietly wresting with.
Helping bakery hygiene rise to the challenge
3 days agoAccording to experts from Regal Rexnord, the best way to improve hygiene in bakeries is not just through cleaner materials or easier access, but by reducing the number of potential failure points across the system as a whole.
Upgrading a linear servo press: hydraulic to electric
5 days agoFor all but the very highest force requirements, electric servo presses provide numerous advantages over their historic, hydraulic counterparts. The actuator is integral to press capability, as well as production quality, and levels of productivity, making its specification central to electric servo press design. Gerard Bush, engineer at INMOCO, discusses the motion requirements for linear servo press design.


European Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 is replacing Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Technically, it has already come into force but there is a transition period during which machinery is still being CE marked to the old Directive. You can download a free copy of the Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 by completing the form here.
The MachineBuilding.net Guide to Food and Beverage Industry Machine Design provides information, hints and tips to help designers create state-of-the-art yet cost effective systems that meet applicable regulations and standards, while also providing the necessary levels of productivity, quality and reliability.

Free white paper supports compliance with machinery safety standard EN 60204-1
429 days agoSafe Machine has published a new white paper, 'EN 60204-1 for machine builders and panel builders – a guide to avoiding common errors'. Running to fourteen pages, the free publication presents many ways in which machinery often fails to comply with this safety standard's requirements.
Spiers Engineering Safety publishes the ultimate guide to PUWER
792 days agoGetting your head around PUWER inspections and PUWER planning can be difficult when you have many other things to be thinking about too. Spiers Engineering Safety has created the Ultimate Guide to PUWER which will walk you through the basics, and help you make informed decisions. This guide will also support learners working towards their Certified PUWER Assessor Qualification (CPA).
White paper sheds light on the challenges and solutions when using optical sensors
832 days agoA free-to-download white paper from sensing and instrumentation specialist Baumer considers all the challenges of why ambient light has such a significant influence on the performance of optical sensors and provides some practical solutions.