Mechan Controls' ES Emergency Stop Units are designed to provide a reliable and compliant stop function for machinery and built for harsh environments and high-demand applications.

By 2030, 35 per cent of large manufacturing companies will have fully autonomous facilities - according to Industry 4.0 solutions specialist, Intelligence Industrielle. Here, Mike Davies, managing director of EMS, explores how advanced motor technology is making this vision of the future of manufacturing possible.

OMRON has announced the launch of the FHV7-AI Detection Camera, the latest addition to its proven family of industrial vision systems. The new model combines advanced AI-driven inspection capabilities with a simplified, step-by-step user interface and a compact, all-in-one design - reducing engineering time and overall cost of ownership.

Leuze rounds off its laser scanner portfolio with the new ROD 100 series switching devices complementing the ROD 300 and ROD 500 series measuring laser scanners. These detect objects precisely and are ideally suited for collision protection and load position checking tasks.

In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, functional safety is no longer just a regulatory checkbox - it has become a strategic success factor for machine builders, as the experts at Lenze explain.

Rather than try to make every manufacturer of every latch conform to one tool, Southco is meeting them where they are with the R4-15 Rotary Latch. Its versatile design allows it to secure many different types of panels across heavy machinery, and Southco offers a variety of tool-actuated options to match other latches on the vehicle.

The convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) is now a reality - but for industry to benefit fully, all edge devices need autonomous operation and advanced cybersecurity, including the I/O modules that handle streams of data, as Ursula Barr, Offer Manager for PAC and Software, Schneider Electric, explains.

Elesa provides a range of products and solutions specifically developed to ensure that clamping elements remain securely integrated with the machine, in full compliance with the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

Analog Devices has launched CodeFusion Studio 2.0, a significant upgrade to its open source embedded development platform. Designed to simplify and accelerate the development of AI-enabled embedded systems, CodeFusion Studio 2.0 introduces advanced hardware abstraction, seamless AI integration and powerful automation tools to streamline the journey from concept to deployment across ADI's diverse processors and microcontrollers.