Indexing plungers can be found practically everywhere. And Berger Tools has them in every shape, size and type. Now the company added yet another version: the indexing plunger with operating lever.

From its new supplier partnership with Hokuyo, a globally recognised manufacturer of innovative industrial automation solutions, OEM Automatic introduces a new compact yet powerful safety laser scanner.

Edwards has launched a complete cryogenic product range, now available globally. The portfolio brings together cryogenic compressors, cold heads, vacuum pumps, cryo panel solutions and integrated cryogenic systems, providing customers with a single source for cryogenic cooling and vacuum technologies.

The Basler 3D Stereo mini camera from OEM Automatic offers a solution for price-sensitive applications in mobile robots (AMRs and AGVs), warehouse drones and compact automation solutions. As a compact 3D camera system, it enables reliable depth detection and precise object recognition.

If a standard enclosure doesn't meet application needs, customisation can accommodate requirements without compromising on protection. From CNC machining of small batches to modular tooling for high-volume production, enclosure manufacturers can deliver bespoke solutions that combine design flexibility with cost-effective production, and a fast time-to-market. Chris Lloyd, Managing Director at Spelsberg UK, explains.

Molex has unveiled MiniMix hybrid power and signal connectors, a purpose-built interconnect platform designed to solve manufacturing and packaging challenges in next-generation humanoid robotics, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and advanced industrial automation systems.

Norstat is now offering the ODNK, a series of standalone non-contact RFID safety switches.

Whether used in sorting plants, elevators or offshore cranes: Nothing would be moving in modern logistics and production processes without guide rollers. Guide rollers ensure precise movement along defined tracks and carry loads with perfect reliability - and they do so in continuous operation both indoors and outdoors. For this vast variety of applications, norelem offers four product series with different materials and degrees of hardness.

Advanced technoPLUS (IP 66, IP 67, IP 69K) plastic enclosures from Rolec for pole-mount electronics that must survive dust, moisture or high-pressure washdowns.

With more than 119,000 public EV charge points installed across the UK, the challenge is shifting from expanding the network to making charging easier, more reliable and more accessible. Here, Dave Walsha, sales and marketing director at Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS), explains why precision motion control is fundamental to the next generation of EV charging.