OEM Automatic offers an extensive product portfolio from STEGO, covering heating, cooling, regulating, measuring and lighting, alongside accessories and condition-monitoring solutions.

Personalised medicine is accelerating the pace of change inside the lab. The question for machine builders and end users is whether the automation beneath those workflows can change quickly enough to keep up. Here, Bradley McEwan, business development manager at Beckhoff UK, explains why PC-based control is the perfect foundation for lab automation in a world with growing demand for personalised medicine.

Thanks to its versatile interfaces, the NORDAC PRO frequency inverter from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS can be easily integrated into automation environments. As a control centre between control and axis motion, it provides optimum control of the drive and peripherals.

Micro-Epsilon has introduced a new inline, non-contact, high precision sensor system that is specially designed for biaxial measurement of diameter (thickness) and position of ultra-fine wires and small round materials such as precision tubes, glass fibres, medical devices, transparent objects and for inline quality control of bar stock. The system is capable of measuring diameters from as small as 30 um.

Automation continues to expand across demanding manufacturing, logistics and food production applications. Therefore, ReeR is trusted to provide safety systems that work in demanding operating environments.

OEM Automatic and Motion29 offer more than just component supply. With extensive UK stockholding, an experienced in-house workshop and the capability to deliver bespoke solutions, customers benefit from reduced lead times, simplified procurement and quicker delivery of finished products to site.

When your OEM or retrofit application requires precise linear measurements, even in harsh, outdoor environments the GCA series of cable transducers, available from sensor specialist Baumer are designed for safe, low-maintenance operation.

ifm has announced the market launch of its SU Clamp-On (SUCxxx series) ultrasonic flow sensors. Designed for non-intrusive flow measurement on rigid metal and plastic pipes, the new series clamps directly onto existing pipelines without the need for cutting, welding, or process interruption.

Across factory automation, packaging, water treatment, and automotive manufacturing, machine builders are facing a familiar challenge: higher airflow demands in increasingly compact machine designs. Moving to a larger valve platform can solve the airflow problem but introduces new complexity - different interfaces, different configurations, and disruption to established machine architectures. Emerson has developed the AVENTICS XV05 High Flow Valve System to address this gap directly.

When machine builders are specifying motion systems, it is easy to get caught up on the numbers. Torque, speed, power density, and price are all clear, measurable factors, and they provide a straightforward way to compare components. But in modern machine design, these figures rarely tell the full story, as the experts at Kollmorgen explain.