Mini terminal blocks are particularly suitable for mounting in small control boxes, connection boxes, and control panels. Phoenix Contact is introducing the new MUTTB mini double-level terminal blocks, which enable extremely space-saving wiring.

The need to combine the performance of a servo system with the ease of use of a stepper motor has seen the rise of the stepper hybrid close loop mode of motor control, as the experts at Ever Elettronica explain.

binder is expanding its M12 portfolio by adding K- and L-coded overmoulded cable connectors of the 823 and 824 series, which were developed according to UL 2238. These are primarily intended for use in the power supply of field devices in automation technology.

Kollmorgen has introduced the P80360 stepper motor drive, which offers real-time position correction thanks to closed-loop operation. The new drive provides versatile programming capabilities with extended positional control, while closed-loop feedback ensures improved reliability and efficiency.

The machine builder of the future is a service provider. It’s essential to optimise your service offerings in the coming years, so your customers will see you as a valuable partner throughout the entire lifecycle of your machines. The new IXON Marketplace offers over 25 apps that can help you to step up your service game.

Responding to market demand for higher load, HepcoMotion is expanding its range of guidance solutions for Beckhoff’s XTS with the new GFX-r – a system providing movement in rectangular paths. Based on the existing GFX design and incorporating the inherent flexibility and precision of GFX/XTS technology, the curved segments have been removed, enabling transportation of payloads up to 40kg.

John Browett, general manager at the CLPA Europe, looks at how CC-Link IE TSN solutions are being implemented to advance manufacturing facilities around the world.

RA Rodriguez will be bringing its range of quality engineering solutions to Southern Manufacturing and Electronics 2024. The three-day event will be taking place from 6-8 February 2024, at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre in Hampshire.

Every server blade containing valuable data needs to be secured into a server rack, and the technology for securely mounting and latching sensitive electronic components into the enclosure is just as critical as mounting components to the mid-plane/back-plane or securing PC board components to a sheet-metal sub-pan, as the experts at Southco explain.