Patricia Torres, industry marketing manager for food and commodities solutions at OMRON Industrial Automation Europe, explores how to make FMCG manufacturing more sustainable through intelligent energy management.

British Encoder Products Co is the European branch of the Encoder Products Group – home of the Accu-Coder and Accu-CoderPro brand encoders. Stop by the company’s stand at MachineBuilding.Live to see the new Model A36R encoder with blue LED and reflective sensor technology that deliver accurate high-resolution feedback in a compact thru-bore housing.

FDB Panel Fittings offers traditional style diecast hinges for use on the outside of enclosures where they can facilitate lift-off operation, to ensure easy removal of doors for access to internal equipment during installation or maintenance.

For efficient production, it should be possible to seamlessly integrate safety concepts into machine concepts. That is why the PNOZmulti 2 configurable safe small controller from Pilz supports the open communication system EtherCAT in combination with the safe protocol Safety-over-EtherCAT FSoE (FailSafe over EtherCAT).

Ruland Manufacturing is giving users access to a wider range of off-the-shelf couplings by expanding its inch-to-metric stand coupling product line with new rigid couplings.

The compact and cost-effective uEye+ XCP and XLS cameras from IDS are said to be the first industrial cameras to feature the 2 MP sensor IMX662 in both colour and monochrome versions, and with exceptional image quality in low ambient light.

With a presence in over 50 countries, EPLAN advises companies on process optimisation, develops software-based engineering solutions for mechatronics and implements tailored CAD, CAE, PDM, PLM and ERP interfaces in order to accelerate product development processes and reduce engineering costs.

Leuze has extended its ELC range of safety light curtains. The ELC150 has additional resolutions and improved operating ranges. The range is readily available with extremely competitive pricing and are very quick and easy to install and integrate.

Rittal leads the world in providing solutions for industrial enclosures, power distribution, enclosure climate control and IT infrastructure, as well as software and services. Rittal systems are deployed across automation, food and beverage, transport, power, IT and telecommunication sectors.

The ultra-lightweight IncOder CORE inductive encoder series from Celera Motion, is now available in a larger 70mm size to meet the needs of a wider range of OEM integration projects including robotics.