Nexen Group now provides servomotor brakes with Functional Safety Certification to international safety standard ISO 13849-1. Industry 4.0 compatible, the NexSafe servomotor brakes, offering bidirectional braking capabilities offer safety to Category Level 4 and Performance Level e.

ABB Robotics has launched OmniCore, an intelligent automation platform that is faster, more precise and more sustainable, to empower, enhance and future-proof businesses.

Simultaneous measurement of a shaft's torque and angular position or rotational distance is now possible thanks to a new development by Sensor Technology, a combined torque sensor and angular position encoder. The company's R&D Manager James Gilkes explains how engineers in various fields can use the new SGR523 to improve their machines and systems whilst reducing their workload and speeding up development cycles.

ifm presents the VWV series of battery-powered vibration sensors, which it says is poised to transform machine monitoring through state-of-the-art features and seamless integration capabilities.

STOBER has developed new precision gear racks with twice the bore holes, eliminating the need for doweling which is a time consuming process and doubling the contact pressure on the machine body.

New from MOONS' Industries is the 'smart' Multi-Axis series of stepper drives. Motion and drives specialist MOONS' says these new stepper drives are designed to optimise manufacturing efficiency and safety across a wide range of applications.

Murrelektronik says the Modlight Illumix RGBW LED machine lights are revolutionising the way machines and work areas are illuminated and monitored, as they not only provide efficient lighting, but also serve as a versatile status indicator.

Micro-Epsilon has extended its range of optical micrometers with a new high performance LED version that also compensates for target tilt. The optoCONTROL 2700-40 has been designed for the most demanding measurement tasks.

Condition monitoring sensors are an essential component in many of todays' manufacturing systems, and thanks to the rapid expansion and application of digital technologies, their complexity and sophistication continues to be developed and improved. A good example of this is the range of industrial accelerometers available from Sensonics.

As the industry evolves, so do the standards of excellence, with IEC 62443 emerging as the benchmark for cybersecurity in industrial automation technology. Recently, the Ewon Cosy+, a solution for remote access from HMS Networks, was assessed against IEC 62443-4-2 criteria by NVISO, a globally recognised cybersecurity expert, for cybersecurity.