To provide mission-critical motion solutions for commercial airliners, military aircraft and smart munitions, a motor supplier must offer a tailored selection of technologies, as Julian Del Campo, business development manager for aerospace and defence at Portescap, explains.

Measuring the distance to even tiny targets with extreme precision is no problem for laser photoelectric sensors in the new OMH range from ifm electronic. Compact, robust and easy to install, this range of sensors includes models with a resolution of 0.01 mm (10 µm) at a distance of up to 80 mm.

The much-anticipated new Raspberry Pi 5 4GB and 8GB boards are now available for pre-order from Farnell, Raspberry Pi’s exclusive global licensee.

The new ultra-flat and far-sighted IF250 inductive sensor from Baumer measures just 6mm in height, yet will detect objects of up to 12mm. Baumer says this sensor is the flattest of its type and opens up new application opportunities where standard cylindrical sensors will not fit due to limited installation space.

OKW has added tough new SOLID-BOX to its range of plastic enclosures for test and measurement electronics.

With the PLCnext Technology open ecosystem and the EPC 1502 and EPC 1522 edge devices from Phoenix Contact, users benefit from full flexibility when it comes to local data evaluation in greenfield and brownfield plants.

Solvay has expanded its range of FusePly chemical bonding technology with a second product, FusePly 250, designed to bond composite structures at 250°F and higher.

Apex Dynamics UK’s 7.5-tonne custom-fitted Gearbus was on display at MachineBuilding.Live 2023, allowing attendees to climb aboard, preview brand new products and find out more about the company’s high performance range of motion control solutions.

Bredel Hose Pumps has expanded its range of hoses by releasing the new and versatile Bredel NR transfer hose for general fluid transfer applications at pressures up to 12 bar (174 psi).

SICK has pioneered the addition of IO-Link to two of its most compact and industry-standard identification devices. Both the SICK CLV61X fixed-mount 1D bar code reading scanner and the RFU61X UHF RFID read/write device were first to market with IO-Link variants, enhancing the integration versatility of SICK’s identification portfolio.