Teledyne FLIR OEM unveils new brand and website
TodayTeledyne FLIR OEM has announced the strategic evolution of the Teledyne FLIR OEM brand. The brand update is highlighted by the launch of a dedicated website, streamlining original equipment manufacturer (OEM) access to technical resources and development support.
The future of servo drive technology is cabinet-free
TodayModularity, simple installation, and drastically reduced space requirements as well as minimum cabling - these are the key benefits of cabinet-free drive technology. Based on 20 years of development experience in this field, Bosch Rexroth now also offers a cabinet-free solution in protection class IP65 with the ctrlX DRIVE cabinet-free.

Bespoke solutions lead to a competitive advantage for LAPP customers
TodayCable technology and harnessing solutions provider, LAPP UK, highlights how its bespoke manufacturing service delivers unique and original designs to customers, leading to technological and competitive advantage.

Smarter detection, easier configuration
1 day agoSensoPart has released a powerful new software update for its proven VISOR sensor series. Available free of charge, the update introduces major functionality upgrades, including automatic geometric shape detection, precise circle measurement, and a new browser-based configuration interface.

Hydrogen: Safe energy carrier or explosive challenge?
1 day agoHydrogen is considered the energy carrier of the future. Its potential applications are diverse: it is used in industry when steelmaking, in the chemical or glass industry, for mobility as fuel for fuel cell vehicles or for electricity reconversion. The downside of the energy carrier: the gas is colourless and odourless, while at the same time highly flammable. Appropriate safety measures and safe monitoring systems are therefore required during production and handling, as Armin Glaser, Pilz vice president for strategy and cooperation explains.

The future of servo drive technology is cabinet-free
TodayModularity, simple installation, and drastically reduced space requirements as well as minimum cabling - these are the key benefits of cabinet-free drive technology. Based on 20 years of development experience in this field, Bosch Rexroth now also offers a cabinet-free solution in protection class IP65 with the ctrlX DRIVE cabinet-free.
Hydrogen: Safe energy carrier or explosive challenge?
1 day agoHydrogen is considered the energy carrier of the future. Its potential applications are diverse: it is used in industry when steelmaking, in the chemical or glass industry, for mobility as fuel for fuel cell vehicles or for electricity reconversion. The downside of the energy carrier: the gas is colourless and odourless, while at the same time highly flammable. Appropriate safety measures and safe monitoring systems are therefore required during production and handling, as Armin Glaser, Pilz vice president for strategy and cooperation explains.
Two approaches to using AI in control systems
1 day agoIn the 1971 film, Willy Wonka, an egg testing machine decides that Veruca Salt is a bad egg and sends her down the waste chute after she sings, I Want it Now. But does the egg tester use machine learning or a neural network to decide? Here, Ivalyo Ivanov, support engineer at PC-based control specialist Beckhoff UK, compares two tools in the AI toolbox.

European Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 is replacing Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Technically, it has already come into force but there is a transition period during which machinery is still being CE marked to the old Directive. You can download a free copy of the Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 by completing the form here.
The MachineBuilding.net Guide to Food and Beverage Industry Machine Design provides information, hints and tips to help designers create state-of-the-art yet cost effective systems that meet applicable regulations and standards, while also providing the necessary levels of productivity, quality and reliability.

Free white paper supports compliance with machinery safety standard EN 60204-1
435 days agoSafe Machine has published a new white paper, 'EN 60204-1 for machine builders and panel builders – a guide to avoiding common errors'. Running to fourteen pages, the free publication presents many ways in which machinery often fails to comply with this safety standard's requirements.
Spiers Engineering Safety publishes the ultimate guide to PUWER
799 days agoGetting your head around PUWER inspections and PUWER planning can be difficult when you have many other things to be thinking about too. Spiers Engineering Safety has created the Ultimate Guide to PUWER which will walk you through the basics, and help you make informed decisions. This guide will also support learners working towards their Certified PUWER Assessor Qualification (CPA).
White paper sheds light on the challenges and solutions when using optical sensors
839 days agoA free-to-download white paper from sensing and instrumentation specialist Baumer considers all the challenges of why ambient light has such a significant influence on the performance of optical sensors and provides some practical solutions.