While a new year is upon us, with all its opportunities, Omron Europe names the top five trends that will impact and shape industrial automation in 2023 and beyond.

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.

New in the Norelem product range are latches with hidden fastening holes, combining functionality with an attractive design.

Gerard Bush, engineer at motion specialist, Inmoco, explains the importance of feedforward in motion control applications.

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

The development ecosystem for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) technology is expanding further, thanks to a range of new solutions to deliver CC-Link IE TSN compatible products developed by CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) members.

Applications that demand high running speeds, easy handling and long service life will benefit from NSK’s new four-point contact ball bearings. The QJ series features a high-strength outer-ring-guided brass cage to facilitate extremely high speeds and improved running accuracy.

David Bean, solutions group manager at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at how the digital transformation of pharmaceutical operations is key to more dynamic, agile manufacturing.

FDB Panel Fittings advises that it continues to aid specialist panel builders by offering an extensive ex-stock selection of quarter turn latch inserts with which installers may create their own ‘spanner locks’.

In this new video, the iglidur tribo coating from Igus is put to the test.