Mechan's HE Series safety switches are one of its most robust non-contact solutions, and the company offers a wide range of switches in this range, to suit all applications.

The new EU Machinery Regulation becomes mandatory from 20 January 2027, with no transition period. What should machine builders be doing now? The experts at Pilz highlight five key actions that can help reduce risk, improve compliance and avoid last-minute surprises.

The SKR series is the latest safety coupling for indirect drives in the JAKOB Antriebstechnik product range. Thanks to the optimal integration of the pulley, the distance between the pulley and the drive's bearing seat is exceptionally small.

For over a decade Contrinex has offered exceptional weld-immune inductive sensors that are trusted across the automotive industry and assembly applications. Contrinex has repeatedly expanded its portfolio, to include a variety of choices of sensor sizes, including miniature sensors, plus the option of ACTIVSTONE ceramic coating, and accessories.

A product that works is one thing. A product the customer trusts enough to buy again - that is true reliability. It sounds simple, but it shapes everything ABB does at its PLC production facility in Hornberg, Germany, as Florian Backfisch, Senior Project Lead Industrial Engineering at ABB, explains.

OMRON has expanded its motion portfolio with the C6 Series, an AC servo system designed for light-duty axes. The C6 Series offers a power range of 50 W to 7.5 kW, in 230 V single-phase and 400 V three-phase models.

The newly-released PFII precision planetary gearbox from Apex Dynamics was selected by Tuinte for a demanding off-shore cable-winding system. The high-tech machinery manufacturing partner to OEMs required more torque for the loading arm adjustment mechanism to deliver smooth operation.

Rollon announces the launch of its redesigned ball-screw-driven TV actuators, featuring enhancements aimed at increasing moment load capacity, protection and overall performance.

Automate UK has announced the evolution of established trade associations the PPMA Panel, BARA and UKIVA into core facets of the organisation as it continues its pioneering work throughout the manufacturing industry.

With less than one hundred days to go until the new EU Machinery Regulation supersedes the Machinery Directive, machine builders must ensure they are ready for the changes. And that includes manufacturers of series machines that are already in production, if those machines will be sold in the EU after 20th January 2027, as By Derek Coulson, compliance specialist at Hold Tech Files, explains.