New business models that improve how we design, build, sell and operate industrial services and machines are being created by improved connectivity between the operational technology (OT) and the IT system. One of the key challenges for today’s businesses engaged in the process of (more...)

Mitsubishi Electric is completing its range for robotics beginners and cost-conscious users with the MELFA RV-8CRL articulated arm model, which was shown for the first time in Europe at SPS 2019. This robot is an addition to the RH-CH Series SCARA robots, which also cater for low-to-medium (more...)

Mitsubishi Electric has released its smallest and most powerful compact PLC to date, the FX5UC series Premium Micro PLC. Its diminutive size is set to help machine builders and manufacturers pack ever more functionality into a smaller space – while also providing the web access and network (more...)

Omron as launched a new mobile robot, the LD-250. With a payload capacity of 250kg, the LD-250 is the strongest and newest addition to the company’s LD series of mobile robots. Together with the Fleet Manager, which enables the control of multiple mobile robots with different payloads through (more...)

Andrew Parker-Bates, Product Manager at industrial automation specialist Festo, answers questions about its new CPX-AP-I decentralised IO system and the improvements it delivers for machine builders, system integrators and end-users. CPX-AP-I is a decentralised IO system that provides seamless (more...)

Stober has developed the third generation of servo geared motors, which it claims are the most compact and versatile drive solutions on the market in their power range. To make this possible, Stober has significantly reduced the length of the new gear units. What’s more, all Stober motors can (more...)

A report from the Health and Safety Executive in 2018 estimated that 6.6 million working days were lost in the UK in 2017/18 due to work related musculoskeletal disorders. This accounts for nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of all working days lost due to work related ill-health in the UK, with an (more...)

Igus has introduced the e-loop energy chain for safe cable management on top drives for deep drilling rigs. The new modular system, which is made of high-performance plastic, ensures a defined minimum bend radius of the cables and withstands adverse weather conditions, as well as vibration and (more...)

The Arcus Tital-SVH-ETH from LG Motion is a single axis servo motor controller with advanced feedback that is able to drive motor types of servo motor. Along with its advanced servo functions, it also includes a motion ‘edge intelligence’ solution called 2nsSight. With this, titan is (more...)

Surgeons performing small bone orthopaedic surgery need total control over the tools they’re using. In an environment where success and failure can be measured by millimetres, there is no margin for error. Portescap has released three new surgical motors designed for orthopaedic saws, drills (more...)