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Open and closed, incremental and absolute encoders from Renishaw

Open and closed, incremental and absolute encoders from Renishaw

Renishaw sales manager Dan Scully talks about the company's ranges of open and closed encoders, incremental and absolute, rotary and linear. In particular, he highlights FORTiS enclosed encoders that have been designed to meet the needs of position monitoring in the harsh environmental conditions of machine tools.

22nd August 2025

Motor condition monitoring

Motor condition monitoring

OMRON market development manager David Breckell discusses the company's new range of motor condition monitoring products. These can check vibration, temperature, that the load is in balance, insulation resistance and monitor the condition of the motor bearings.

22nd August 2025

Industrial connectivity and LED lighting

Industrial connectivity and LED lighting

Motion29 founder Steve Fisher discusses the company's industrial connectivity range, as well as LED lighting (including ATEX products) for machines to indicate status and enhance safety. Typical applications for the company's components include industrial automation, food manufacturing and automotive manufacture.

20th August 2025

Smart safety keeps automotive production in high gear

Smart safety keeps automotive production in high gear

A clever collaboration between the system integrator and the safety specialist ReeR has resulted in a highly efficient automated production line. Key to this is that any issues within the 14-metre-long production line are localised and don't cause the entire production process to halt.

20th August 2025

Bringing unprecedented flexibility to manufacturing lines

Bringing unprecedented flexibility to manufacturing lines

B&R Industrial Automation managing director, Andy Norcliffe, discusses the company's ACOPOS 6D transport system which uses magnetically levitating shuttles to carry products and materials to processing stations, eliminating mechanical wear, and speeding up transit times.

20th August 2025

Control Techniques Dynamics joins Nidec Drives to power the future of global servo solutions

Control Techniques Dynamics joins Nidec Drives to power the future of global servo solutions

Nidec Drives is pleased to announce the full integration of Control Techniques Dynamics (CTD) into its operations marking a significant step in unifying the company's servo drive and motor offerings under one strategic umbrella.

19th August 2025

Camozzi Automation to showcase cutting-edge solutions at Machine Building Live 2025

Camozzi Automation to showcase cutting-edge solutions at Machine Building Live 2025

Camozzi Automation will return to Machine Building Live on 15 October 2025 at the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre, Stoneleigh Park, bringing a host of new products and live demonstrations to Stand 126.

19th August 2025

Efficient drive solutions from NORD for the packaging industry

19th August 2025

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