Matt Jones, account manager at Optimal Industrial Automation, looks at how state-of-the-art vision systems can advance quality control activities on blister packs in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.

Hygiene-sensitive production and packaging processes require sensors that meet the most stringent requirements. Leuze makes this possible with sensor series intended for the food industry and with its many years of application know-how.

The compact IIO 041 from SIGMATEK’s S-DIAS series has four SDCI master ports and four digital inputs (+24 V DC/3.7 mA/0.5 ms). With SDCI Single-Drop Digital Communication Interfaces (IO-Link), a manufacturer-independent point-to-point connection can be realised for connecting intelligent actuators and sensors in accordance with IEC 61131-9.

HARTING is constantly developing and refining its connectivity solutions to improve the transmission of data, signals and power in railway applications. The Han HPR series is a proven solution for rail as it can transmit high power, high voltage, signal or Ethernet data in exposed areas. Now the company has extended the range with the Han HPR Compact.

Southco has introduced a new door latch, the TM-10-101-24. This surface-mounted latch actuates with a simple button push and smooth quarter turn that removes or inserts the handle into a keeper beside the panel.

Today, our understanding of the ‘Smart Factory’ is unequivocally linked with deep learning and AI. This is very different to our understanding of the concept fifteen years ago, when the first visions of the Smart Factory of the future emerged, as Mark Clemens, connectivity architect and security strategist at COPA-DATA, explains.

The nEDC300 from Edwards Vacuum is the latest iteration of mono claw vacuum pumps which boasts a range of inventive attributes that not only boost performance but also minimise noise levels, improve reliability and facilitate on-site maintenance.

As part of a drive to get robots into more and more workplaces, operating side-by-side with humans, a team of expert development engineers at global motion control specialist NSK has come up with a novel way to improve the mobility of collaborative robots (cobots): the NSK Active Caster.

Titan Enterprises has redesigned its OG5 flowmeter. These compact rugged positive displacement flowmeters incorporate a new machined stainless-steel, high viscosity design for both the body and caps, which has also enabled an increase in the standard design pressure for these units.

Damien Moran, pharmaceutical industry specialist at Bürkert Fluid Control Systems, explains the challenges of creating new production lines or expanding existing ones in pharmaceutical plants.