HARTING has created modular solutions to help machine builders improve flexibility and quickly adapt manufacturing processes. The Han-Modular range allows you to produce a bespoke connector by combining individual modules for different transmission media.

Pepperl+Fuchs will be showcasing its advanced IO-Link, navigation, vision and identification technology at MachineBuilding.Live. This innovative technology enables seamless communication, digital data transfer from control to sensor level, superior navigation, traceability and condition monitoring.

Micro-Epsilon has extended its surfaceCONTROL range of high precision 3D snapshot measurement sensors for automated, inline measurement of geometry, shape and surface quality of objects. The surfaceCONTROL SC3xx0-30 offers a smaller measuring field of 30 mm x 18 mm with Z range of 12 mm. The sensor delivers the measurement results at a z-axis distance of between 124 and 136 mm.

Push-in contact inserts for HEAVYCON modular heavy-duty connectors from Phoenix Contact allow easy and tool-free conductor connections. The new contact inserts for high-current applications reliably transmit currents up to 100 A.

At MachineBuilding.live, the Scorpion Vision team will be demonstrating the latest innovations in machine vision. Specifically, the company will be demonstrating a new range of smart cameras from HIK Robot that offer unprecedented image processing capabilities utilising the best optical solutions that intelligently negate the effect of reflective surfaces.

Join Routeco at this year's MachineBuilding.Live in the Active area, where the company will unveil its cutting-edge Unified Controller robot demonstration cell. Witness first-hand the synergy of Rockwell Automation's software and hardware, brought to life through Routeco's dynamic exhibit.

Beijer Electronics introduces the new X3 and X3 Web, which it describes as the future of Human-Machine Interface (HMI), designed to support standard HMI and Web HMI technologies.

For applications where compact DC motors are mission critical, from space missions to medical surgery, engineers specify designs for their precision and durability. But even when the stakes aren't as high, premium motor technology can increase application performance and prove more cost-effective long term. Tamas Hertelendi, maxon UK and Ireland's engineering lead for Southern England, explains.

Beckhoff has introduced TcRobot, a generic software library providing robot functionality to PLC users. It simplifies integration of any robotic arm into the Beckhoff ecosystem by providing a common set of functionalities to PLC developers which decreases integration time of new robotic arms.

Starting from its humble beginnings as the industry's first BAR contactor in 1924, the TeSys motor control device range demonstrates a legacy of innovation with lasting impact upon industrial operations.