Chris Knight, I/O product specialist at Beckhoff Automation UK, explains how maintenance can keep up with the evolving technological landscape in the packaging industry.

The new M12 distributor boxes with push-pull fast-locking from Phoenix Contact feature consistent, tool-free and intuitive installation. Master cables and M12 connectors are connected securely and conveniently by directly plugging them in. This saves a considerable amount of time and ensures simple, secure cabling.

JAKOB Antriebstechnik is highlighting the capabilities of its KM series of reliable and inexpensive standard series of metal bellows couplings. Like all metal bellows couplings, it is rotationally rigid, but axial, angular and radial flexible.

Machines show instability in their own way, such as through excessive vibration. Here, Beth Ragdale, software business manager at Beckhoff UK, examines how the updated ISO 20816 standards aim to ensure machinery runs smoother, more reliably and with less risk of failure.

Ruland Manufacturing has acquired the assets of RoCom Couplings, a Santa Maria, California-based company specialising in beaming technology, including beam couplings, machined springs, and custom beamed components.

TDK Corporation subsidiary TDK SensEI is unveiling its latest product line, edgeRX, which it says represents a significant leap forward in industrial maintenance, bringing cutting-edge innovation to the forefront of machine health monitoring.

If you are a machine builder or system integrator, you need to be aware of the new EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 that entered into force on 17 August 2023 and has been applied since 18 February 2024. The experts at Hold Tech Files look at the implications.

Providing safe material flow in the field, the new DMM4 muting module from SICK Sensor Intelligence provides safe human-material differentiation to improve protection and productivity in industrial settings.

Rockwell Automation has been recognised for achieving the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62443-4-2 Security Level Capability 1 certification from TUV Rheinland, an independent and globally respected certification body.

ROLEC's suspension arms range now includes three premium models: profiPLUS 70 for payloads up to 120 kg, profiPLUS 50 for payloads up to 80 kg, and taraSMART for loads just over 40 kg.