In a secondary packaging operation, bags of products like confectionery are often 'shingled', a process of layering them into a cardboard shipping box in alternating overlapped layers. Photoelectric sensors with background-suppression from Contrinex have provided a reliable means of checking the correct quantity of bags in each box.

Plug Power is transitioning from reactive to proactive service, building its new service structure around its ELX portal, based on IXON. Here it collects crucial operational data which it uses not only to improve response times but also to lay the foundation for future (after-sales) service models such as predictive maintenance.

One of Europe's largest private pathology providers has dramatically increased blood testing productivity at its Paris laboratory with a bespoke cold storage robotic automation system designed and built in the UK.

The renowned Belgian brewery Chimay, known for its traditional Trappist beer, relies on maintenance-free spherical bearings from igus in its bottling plant. By replacing rusty, seized ball bearings with lubrication-free igubal H3 bearing inserts, the brewery was able to increase efficiency and reduce maintenance.

F&S BONDTEC Semiconductor from Braunau, Austria, relies on image processing technology with industrial cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems for the precise determination of wire positions and for quality assurance.

Contrinex sensors' high performance and reliability are trusted by many manufacturers of high-speed machining centres. One such application is providing reliable and robust sensing of the position of the machine's main spindle to initiate a tool-change sequence.

Delta's automation solutions have significantly transformed the production capabilities of ATS, a leading system integrator for complete automatic lines. This collaboration, featuring the implementation of SCARA robots and the AX-8 PC-Based Motion Controller, has enhanced ATS' operational efficiency and demonstrated Delta's unique market position.

British company Panorama Antennas has automated one of its assembly tasks with a collaborative robot (cobot) solution. The solution was provided by leading robotics and automation distributor RARUK Automation and integrated by Universal Robots Certified Systems Integrator (CSI) VIKASO.

With PLUS Automation exhibiting at the CBM's (Confederation of British Metalforming) Mini Expo on Fasteners on 4 September, the company reports that the latest SMART sensor technology has been used to detect fasteners where it wasn't possible or affordable before.

"Life is too short to drink bad coffee." On the basis of this philosophy, Gerard Smit established the company Technivorm in 1964 and invented the well-known Moccamaster coffee machine. To ensure the perfect coffee, the Dutch manufacturer uses a new test line which was automated by Bosch Rexroth and its Certified Excellence Partner Rimas Technology.