IMI supports Beumer with energy efficient pneumatic system design
TodayIMI's Industrial Automation sector has supported global intralogistics solutions provider, Beumer Group, on a new project utilising the reliability, precision and responsiveness of pneumatic cylinder technology.
Mechatronic and digital innovations from WITTENSTEIN at SPS 2026
TodayAt this year's SPS - Smart Production Solutions from November 24 to 26, 2026 in Nuremberg, the WITTENSTEIN group once again demonstrates how challenging requirements can be transformed into intelligent drive solutions. The exhibit in Hall 4, Booth 4-221 showcases innovations for system design, integration, digital intelligence and the next generation of cybertronic motion systems.
Emerson addresses growing demand for higher airflow in automation
TodayAcross factory automation, packaging, water treatment, and automotive manufacturing, machine builders are facing a familiar challenge: higher airflow demands in increasingly compact machine designs. Moving to a larger valve platform can solve the airflow problem but introduces new complexity - different interfaces, different configurations, and disruption to established machine architectures. Emerson has developed the AVENTICS XV05 High Flow Valve System to address this gap directly.
Looking beyond the spec sheet when choosing motion architecture
TodayWhen machine builders are specifying motion systems, it is easy to get caught up on the numbers. Torque, speed, power density, and price are all clear, measurable factors, and they provide a straightforward way to compare components. But in modern machine design, these figures rarely tell the full story, as the experts at Kollmorgen explain.
Self-optimisation function significantly improves angular accuracy of Hall-effect encoders
4 days agoMEGATRON Hall-effect rotary encoders with incremental and SSI outputs automatically optimise angular measurement during operation. With each complete revolution, angular accuracy improves step by step to as much as +/-0.1 degree.
Looking beyond the spec sheet when choosing motion architecture
TodayWhen machine builders are specifying motion systems, it is easy to get caught up on the numbers. Torque, speed, power density, and price are all clear, measurable factors, and they provide a straightforward way to compare components. But in modern machine design, these figures rarely tell the full story, as the experts at Kollmorgen explain.
The hidden cost of inefficient machine control
7 days agoMachine hardware upgrades can make a difference in improving productivity, but often the greatest gains don't come from replacing physical components, they come from improving how machines are controlled, explains Beth Ragdale, product manager at industrial control and automation specialist Beckhoff UK & Ireland.
A smarter approach to simplifying motion architecture
14 days agoIn motion system design, a great deal of attention goes into choosing the right motor and the right drive. Far less tends to go into what connects them, or into where those drives are placed. Yet these decisions shape much of what ultimately matters about a machine - what it costs to build, how much space it takes up, how quickly it can be commissioned, and how easily it can be adapted years later, as the experts at Kollmorgen explain.
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
885 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
1249 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
1289 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.
