KEB Automation has introduced COMBIVIS CONNECT, a hardware and software solution that provides users with a fast, secure remote access maintenance platform for industrial machines and automation systems. The concept of remote maintenance offers many advantages and opportunities, including not (more...)

During automated production of solar cells, compact two-finger grippers transport trays of silicon wafers between operations. To avoid impacts on the wafer’s surfaces, process engineers require reliable confirmation that gripper jaws are fully open before the gripper descends to pick up a (more...)

Four years ago, Mechan Controls successfully launched its innovative, modular EM1 safety relay. The goal was to develop an ‘intelligently simple’ safety relay that was expandable and more importantly, non-programmable. After thousands of units sold into a variety of (more...)

Extensively proven over several years for precise measurement of web length, position and speed in numerous roll winding and web-based machinery applications, Wachendorff’s LMS range of length measurement systems includes a novel spring-loaded arm design that facilitates straightforward (more...)

RARUK Automation is again pushing the boundaries of automation flexibility with the introduction of the SMARTSHIFT tool changer. Designed to operate with all models in its Universal Robots (UR) range of collaborative robots, the system cuts production time and errors and allows companies to scale-up (more...)

MK has designed a fully automated system for a customer who required a palletiser with a connected tray recirculation system. This custom solution uses cost-effective standard components and adapted special functions which allows pallet trucks to be used to feed Euro pallets into the system. The (more...)

Industrial Technology has gone virtual, with a stand at Industry Expo, the virtual exhibition. Of course real life exhibitions are still very important, and nothing beats meeting real people. However, when you want to see what's out there right now, there needs to be an equivalent to provide the (more...)

Motion Control Products (MCP), the Bournemouth based solutions provider for the automation market, has successfully introduced its space-saving, high precision and reliable voice coils from Akribis used in medical ventilator applications to fight Covid-19. The world of medicine is an ever-changing (more...)

UK based PaveTesting is a leading designer and manufacturer of pavement testing equipment for essential monitoring and maintenance tasks on road and runway surfaces. Its comprehensive product range covers measurement hardware and sophisticated software that conforms to international safety standards (more...)

The new e-spool flex 2.0 from Igus moves a single cable or hose safely and stows it away quickly whilst retaining an end-to-end connection. The new cable reel will guide a power or data cable or a hose for air and liquids without interruption. The user can also install an existing cable or hose (more...)