See Igus at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 20

See Phoenix Contact at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 16

Southco has expanded its line of inject/eject mechanisms with a new line to fit the E1.S form factor. Southco’s new P7 ejector is specifically designed to assist in the insertion and extraction of E1.S drives. This ensures optimum performance, ergonomics, and aesthetics.

See Pilz at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 41

Machine vision inspections using visual cameras can occasionally cause recognition problems if the product and background have too little colour contrast. In such cases, thermal imaging cameras can be a practical solution – especially if the product has a different temperature than the transport medium, say the experts at Teledyne Flir.

The adoption of collaborative robots, across multiple sectors, continues at a pace as increasing numbers of manufacturers realise the potential these robots have to provide a cost effective and productive solution to a wide range of applications. And gripper technology from Schmalz is supporting this growth.

See Copa-Data at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 64

From precise torque transmission, vibration damping and motion control, couplings from Norelem can be used in various applications and are readily available in different designs. The full range includes metal bellows couplings, elastomer dog couplings, beam couplings, Oldham-type couplings and rigid couplings.

Yaskawa has introduced a compact range of regenerative drives which it says are ideally suited to the ever-increasing demands to achieve ‘greener, energy efficient’ in manufacturing processes. The range includes the U1000 Low Harmonics Regenerative Matrix Converter, the D1000 Regenerative Converter Unit and the R1000 Regenerative Unit.

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is one of the driving forces behind Industry 4.0, transforming automation and production. As an automation building block, ctrlX AUTOMATION from Bosch Rexorth offers a solution to unite IT and OT as well as to increase the efficiency of plants and machines.