In a secondary packaging operation, bags of products like confectionery are often 'shingled', a process of layering them into a cardboard shipping box in alternating overlapped layers. Photoelectric sensors with background-suppression from Contrinex have provided a reliable means of checking the correct quantity of bags in each box.

Rockwell Automation has signed an agreement with Taurob to provide a holistic robotic solution that would enable industrial organisations to move towards autonomous operations in their facilities.

Nabtesco's high-tech gears guarantee dynamic, pin-point motions and enable substantial cost optimisation in combination with increased performance. Nabtesco will demonstrate this technology in action at SPS in Nuremberg from 12-14 November, 2024.

KABELSCHLEPP Metool will focus on its TOTALTRAX solutions at SPS 2024 in Nuremberg from 12-14 November. The pre-assembled cable carrier systems, ready to install, helps users to increase productivity, while also improving the predictability of their processes and creating cost transparency and reliable quality.

Afag is now officially part of Emerson. As a result, Afag's feeding and handling solutions will be integrated into Emerson's extensive automation portfolio. All content on Afag.com, including product documentation, data and certificates, will be migrated to Emerson.com under the AVENTICS brand.

Pepperl+Fuchs has joined the new IGEL (provider of the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces) Ready program as a technology partner. Pepperl+Fuchs offers a seamless thin client portfolio from control rooms up to hazardous areas Zone 1/21.

At EuroBlech 2024, Sherex Fastening Solutions and Haeger, both part of the PennEngineering family, will debut a demonstration of a Sherex rivet nut installation using a Haeger insertion machine.

DigiKey will demonstrate sought-after new products for makers at Maker Faire Rome. DigiKey is also a gold-level sponsor of the event, which brings together makers, innovators and creatives from around the world to share their projects with the general public.

Alwayse Engineering has entered a strategic partnership with Rapid Racking, the UK's leading specialist in shelving and racking solutions, to integrate its precision range of ball transfer units into custom tables for roll-on/roll-off capability.

Zebra Technologies has revealed a range of technologies that get manufactured goods, such as trainers, from the manufacturing floor to retailers' shelves or consumers' front doors and ultimately onto shoppers' feet.