Regular bearing failures in a concrete floor manufacturing machine were leading to extensive downtime, costly lost production, and high maintenance costs. To rectify the problem, the customer turned to the expertise of NSK for a redesigned wheel hub and stub axle assembly.

Module Connect from Igus is a space-saving connector for electrical cables, fibre optic cables and pneumatic hoses. It is mainly used where several cables are plugged into energy chains in the smallest possible space.

Kollmorgen has announced the new P80630-SDN stepper drive, saying customers can benefit from features such as smoothness, precision and torque across the full speed range in a significantly more compact package that enables smaller, lighter, more versatile machines.

In February, Contrinex will launch PocketCodr, a hand-held unit which links to a Smartphone app-based configurator, making it easy to explore the power of Contrinex’s high-resolution SMART inductive and photoelectric digital-measurement sensors.

Designed to provide the same performance as the existing Emka 1056 hinge but at reduced cost and enabling lift off door operation, a new screw-on hinge suits flush mounted doors and may be interchanged with the existing 1056 design with no need to modify drawings or production.

See Scorpion Vision at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 35

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

See KEB at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 51

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Choosing the appropriate hinge is an important step in the design process of many product applications, but with so many hinge types available, how can engineers ensure that they are choosing the right one? Stewart Beck, global product manager at Southco, explores the design considerations.