As the summer months bring rising temperatures, it's time to pay extra attention to your IT cooling solutions. Even a few degrees of increased temperature can have a significant impact on your IT equipment's performance and longevity. The experts at Rittal explore the reasons why it's crucial to recheck your IT cooling solutions during the summer and the potential consequences of neglecting this essential task.

Open automation systems are transforming manufacturing, with their connectivity unlocking incredible efficiencies. But this also creates a vast attack surface for cyber threats. Stephen Hayes, managing director of Beckhoff UK, explores how companies can strengthen cybersecurity in open automation systems and safeguard their connected factories.

Simultaneous measurement of a shaft's torque and angular position or rotational distance is now possible thanks to a new development by Sensor Technology, a combined torque sensor and angular position encoder. The company's R&D Manager James Gilkes explains how engineers in various fields can use the new SGR523 to improve their machines and systems whilst reducing their workload and speeding up development cycles.

When specifying a non-contact confocal displacement sensor, several factors need to be considered including measuring speed, resolution, type of material and surface, the operating environment and whether thickness measurements are required, says Glenn Wedgbrow, Business Development Manager at Micro-Epsilon UK.

Utilising a simple idea of converting rotary motion to linear motion, leadscrews give quick, efficient, accurate and precise linear motion control with small to large lifting capacities. The biggest change in leadscrew technology over the years has been in how the thread itself is formed, as Moore International CEO Mark Moore explains.

Touch panel products for the European market must comply with European directives and be CE certified. An essential requirement is that these products meet the requirements for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). But which are these? We asked the experts at SCHURTER.

There are two series of British standards that might appear relevant when designing, building and installing machine control panels. Derek Coulson and Paul Skyrme of Safe Machine look at which you should use.

When selecting an in-process thickness measurement system, a number of challenges need to be considered, including the effect of combined real-world errors. In this second article on thickness measurement, Glenn Wedgbrow, Business Development Manager at Micro-Epsilon UK, discusses how these challenges can be overcome in practice.

In turbo blowers and radial compressors, not only do drive controllers ensure top performance, they can also increase energy efficiency, says Mark Checkley, Managing Director of KEB UK.

As industrial technology trends change and adapt in the wake of digital transformation, Andy Graham, Solutions Manager at SolutionsPT, looks at what's changing for the most important asset in an industrial setting, the human workforce.