Sick has launched its next-generation OD2000 distance sensor, combining high-precision reliability with outstanding economy to deliver a versatile ‘all-rounder’ for multiple applications in factory automation and intralogistics.

Emka MD Andy Billingham points out that recessed enclosure and cabinet doors frequently call for careful selection of hardware such as internally mounted hinges in order to compliment the security offered by a recessed door.

Intelligent machine design requires a careful balance of innovation and practicality, says Jonathan Bullick of KEB. He offers an overview of how leading motor technologies can help drive performance, reliability and lower costs for machine builders.

Gefeg-Neckar Antriebssysteme, represented in the UK by motion specialist Mclennan, includes a custom designed drive systems capability specifically aimed at integration on Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs).

Apex Dynamics UK has introduced a new stainless-steel range of helical economy gearboxes with high torque capacity which are available in both in-line (AES) and right-angle formats (AERS). They are newly available from Moore International.

With PRC conductor connectors and protective caps from Phoenix Contact, cabling work for superstructures and structural alterations can be performed reliably.

Foremost Electronics, the engineering-led Essex based importer and specialist distributor of electromechanical components, announces the availability of Rack Safety Plus from nVent.

Lifting applications place special demands on the installation space for drives. With MAXXDRIVE XD, Nord Drivesystems has developed an industrial gear unit with increased centre distance that is ideally suited to the U-shaped configuration of drive, motor and cable drum.

Phoenix Contact provides various heatsink solutions for ICS series electronics housings. Space saving heatsink fillers enable heat dissipation wherever needed. There is also a wide range of passive heatsinks available for use in devices in thermally demanding applications.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches HMF FlatSeal, a new range of flat gasket materials for effective static sealing in low and high-temperature applications.