AI Machine Vision Halves Inspection Times for optical lens manufacturer
TodayZebra Technologies has announced that ORAFOL Fresnel Optics has intelligently automated the quality inspection of over 1.5 million optical lenses, using bespoke inspection systems powered by Zebra's AI machine vision solution.
HE coded magnetic safety switches from Mechan Controls
TodayMechan's HE Series safety switches are one of its most robust non-contact solutions, and the company offers a wide range of switches in this range, to suit all applications.
5 practical steps to prepare for the EU Machinery Regulation
TodayThe new EU Machinery Regulation becomes mandatory from 20 January 2027, with no transition period. What should machine builders be doing now? The experts at Pilz highlight five key actions that can help reduce risk, improve compliance and avoid last-minute surprises.
5 practical steps to prepare for the EU Machinery Regulation
TodayThe new EU Machinery Regulation becomes mandatory from 20 January 2027, with no transition period. What should machine builders be doing now? The experts at Pilz highlight five key actions that can help reduce risk, improve compliance and avoid last-minute surprises.
Sizing a UPS: why load characteristics matter as much as load size
TodayGetting UPS capacity right means looking beyond the total load figure. Rehlko UPS explains the practical points to check before specifying a system.
Why reliability is built long before a PLC leaves the factory
5 days agoA product that works is one thing. A product the customer trusts enough to buy again - that is true reliability. It sounds simple, but it shapes everything ABB does at its PLC production facility in Hornberg, Germany, as Florian Backfisch, Senior Project Lead Industrial Engineering at ABB, explains.
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
917 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
1281 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
1321 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.















