At MachineBuilding.Live, ACS Motion Control and Physik Instrumente (PI) UK will be showcasing positioning technologies and motion control solutions designed to provide industrial applications with unrivalled levels of precision.

Motion Control Products is claiming an industry-first innovation with the MMF3 series magnetic-free track linear motors and linear modules. The modules incorporate a patented magnetic field modulation technology, eliminating the need for traditional magnets in the linear track.

Martin Gadsby, VP at Optimal Industrial Technologies, looks at how to automate analytical laboratories to improve pharmaceutical operations.

Digital transformation is about fundamentally changing the way we do business. It impacts everything across an organisation – from culture and people to processes and business models. With that in mind, the experts at Schneider Electric look at the role of human-centric automation in high-performing industrial businesses.

Online thermal simulation from Phoenix Contact offers new possibilities for the suitable design of industrial electronics as early as the development phase.

Contrinex lays claim to having the largest selection of IO-Link sensors in the world, including it free of charge in most of its PNP sensors. Through IO-Link, it provides consistent and simple configuration across its inductive and photoelectric sensors and offers a family of IO-Link RFID modules.

RS has significantly extended its RS PRO offering with the launch of 4,000 new products aimed at industrial automation applications.

Kollmorgen has introduced the P80360 stepper drive, the newest addition to the company’s flagship P8000 stepper platform offering real-time position correction and versatile programming capabilities.

With the rolling shutter sensor onsemi AR2020, IDS Imaging Development Systems adds the technical successor of the onsemi AR1820 to its portfolio – which the company says makes it the first manufacturer in the industrial camera market to do so.

Top Hex will be showcasing its latest range of custom control solutions at MachineBuilding.Live, including an energy-saving process controller designed for Martin.