Sick has collaborated with Universal Robots to develop an entry-level vision-guided cobot system for pick-and-place, quality inspection and measurement applications. The Sick Inspector PIM60 URCap is a simple yet powerful toolkit for creating a vision-guided robot task with the minimum of time and effort.

Industrial workers can get better access to the information they need, where they need it, with the new ThinManager v10.0 software platform from Rockwell Automation. New visualisation, mobility and security features can help operators and technicians produce more with less downtime using the Rockwell Automation software portfolio and industrial-grade thin clients.

HBM Test and Measurement is launching the T21WN torque transducer. Based on strain-gauge technology, the T21WN uses contactless energy and measurement signal transmission to measure torque. The torque transducer enables demanding static and dynamic measurements of torque, rotational speed and angle of rotation to be performed on non-rotating as well as rotating components. It is suitable for production, process monitoring and quality assurance applications, as well as in laboratories, test shops and test instruments.

Phoenix Contact is adding new network-capable versions with I/O-Link interface to the Contactron hybrid motor starters product range. These versions enable consistent communication between the field and control levels, so that process data like diagnostic messages or motor current can be easily transmitted.

Harting is launching the Han K32/55, saying it sets new standards in the miniaturisation of rectangular connectors. With a combination of 32 power and 55 signal contacts for use in size 10B housings, this new addition to Harting's Han-Com product series offers exceptional contact density to save customers both time and money.

What would smartphones be without apps? They would be ordinary mobile phones and surely far less versatile. With IDS NXT, camera manufacturer IDS is applying the app principle to industrial image processing. Users benefit from greater flexibility: they can assign their required image processing task to vision app-based cameras and sensors according to their individual requirements. This approach allows not only a variable functionality of the devices, but also the direct, device-internal processing of information provided by the image sensor. Based on the app development kit and a HALCON embedded runtime license, users can create and install individual vision apps. The IDS NXT platform kicks off with IDS NXT vegas with a 1.3MP CMOS sensor, liquid lens with autofocus, integrated ToF sensor and many other functions.