Servo drives, motors and PLCs from Inovance have enabled packaging machinery OEM Spiraltech to automate a machine capable of cutting cardboard cores from 60 mm up to 1,250 mm in diameter.

Automation solutions provider Eberle Automatische Systeme has developed a breakthrough in quality control with a focus on the cheese-ripening process, combining AI with machine vision software from MVTec.

Precision planetary gearboxes from Apex Dynamics have been selected by UK packaging machinery company T. Freemantle for use in its new S01 pre-glued sleever.

Cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems are at the heart of a new, automated system in Germany that enables intelligent sorting of used textiles.

In many production environments, cleaning processes are run conservatively because cleanliness may be hard to verify. The result is frequent cleaning fluid changes, unnecessary downtime, and higher operating costs, all justified in the name of risk reduction. Hydraulic cylinder manufacturer Burnside Hydracyl worked with Dyne Testing, an Intertronics brand, to replace assumption with measurement in its cylinder washing process.

When in 1998 the Royal Opera House in London needed help with a cable management solution for its lighting trusses, it turned to igus. Some 27 years later as part of refurbishment project, the Royal Opera House engineering team needed another novel solution: an energy supply system that had to meet new requirements in terms of load, smooth running and weight. igus was happy to help out again.

The PSENradar safe radar system from Pilz is ensuring safety for personnel on woodworking processes at Unilin's production site in Izegem, Belgium.

Danube Dynamics and Aspock Systems automate complex lamp inspections using adaptive AI and IDS industrial cameras to ensure accuracy, flexibility and full traceability under real production conditions.

Belgian machinery manufacturer Texprofin developed a range of automated towel-folding machines using products from industrial automation specialist Inovance.

Rockwell Automation reports that Italian and Swiss household brand Orphea has deployed a new, custom-made end-of-line packaging system, designed by Rockwell Automation and automation specialist Vimco, that will accelerate production, reduce error rates and enable Orphea to expand and scale.