Based on highest resolution and a non-contact, non-destructive operating principle, interferometry measurement technology is used in numerous industries for quality assurance in high-tech areas. It reliably delivers high precision distance and thickness values says Glenn Wedgbrow, Business Development Manager at Micro-Epsilon UK.

As automation systems grow more complex, machine builders are rethinking how they design and deploy motion. Nicola Pezzolato, Application Engineering Leader EMEA at Kollmorgen, explores how a new generation of servo technology is helping manufacturers simplify design, improve flexibility, and build greater resilience into their supply chains.

Fortress Safety has expanded the communication capabilities of its tGard range to deliver a certified interlocking device ready for IO-Link Safety. Here the company explains the advantages of using the IO-Link Safety protocol.

Dr Mark Gardiner, director at Sprint Electric, explains the importance of harmonics in motor control and how power factor will become an increasingly important issue for manufacturers in the future.

Micro-Epsilon's displacement sensors are used where accuracy and performance are crucial to success - in modern machine building and in advanced automation, as well as in satellite technology and in the production of next-generation batteries and semiconductors, says Glenn Wedgbrow, Business Development Manager at Micro-Epsilon UK.

Derek Coulson, compliance specialist at Hold Tech Files, looks at how the new EU Machinery Regulation requires non-EU machine builders to have an economic operator based in the EU.

Every production line faces the same challenge: different processes rarely run at the same speed. The experts at AdaptTech look at what this can mean in practice, focusing on a recent project.

The instinct to over-specify drive technology is understandable, but it carries hidden costs, says Karl Walker, market development manager at Beckhoff UK. Here, Karl offers advice to machine builders on matching drive performance to real application requirements, from basic conveyor axes through to high-dynamic multi-axis systems.

Muting enables uninterrupted material flow in automated systems, but incorrect implementation can create safety gaps that require alternative safety concepts, as the experts at Leuze explain.