Trafag's CMP 8271 extends the range of the existing CANopen pressure transmitter CMP 8270 with a lower cost product. The new CMP 8271 is based on the design of Trafag's Industrial Pressure Transmitters which use Trafag's own thin-film-on-steel technology and in house developed ASIC, offering high accuracy and long-term stability in the harshest of environments.

In this workshop presented at Machine Building Live, B&R Industrial Automation sales manager Jason Johnson describes how mechatronics solutions combine products to design and create flexible and intelligent machines and systems.

Zebra Technologies reports that Sentinel's automotive customers are leveraging the Poka Yoke (Japanese for mistake proofing/error prevention) inspection solution which is delivering a 10-15% defect rate reduction and helping simplify production lines and reduce maintenance costs and system complexity.

At Machine Building Live, Turck Banner business development manager Alastair Desouza introduces the company's controllers for motor driven rollers.

PI (Physik Instrumente) is expanding its portfolio of direct-drive vertical translation stages with theV-571.Z family. Featuring a user-adjustable magnetic counterbalance, the V-571.Z direct-drive vertical translation stages are designed for demanding vertical positioning tasks requiring high accuracy, dynamic response, and long service life.

ifm has unveiled its new OCF series of fibre-optic amplifiers, designed to deliver outstanding precision in detecting even the smallest or most transparent objects within compact industrial spaces. This product line makes proven fibre-optic technology easier to use and more accessible than ever.

French machinery manufacturer S3DEL has used technology from global industrial automation specialist Inovance to create a high performance 5-axis micro machine.

The latest addition to the extensive, award-winning range of Baumer sensors is the NexSonic UF300, an ultra-compact 18mm flat ultrasonic sensor with a 3-meter sensing range and ideally suited to intralogistics applications.

With the decentralised NORDAC LINK and NORDAC FLEX frequency inverters from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS, users have the opportunity of equipping their existing ASi system with state-of-the-art technology.

In an ideal world, every component in a machine or system would be specified by a knowledgeable engineer, in consultation with a product specialist, and installed exactly as intended. In reality, pressures on time and budget can result in design engineers sourcing safety components from online catalogues, only to realise too late that the product was a poor fit. Blake Shields of Tapeswitch explains how consultation at the outset can provide the best outcome.