David Bean, solutions group manager at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at how the digital transformation of pharmaceutical operations is key to more dynamic, agile manufacturing.

We talk to the experts at IKO Nippon Thompson about how linear rail and carriages can be easily adjusted and modified, and how projects can be re-designed around standard products, to save customers time and money.

Barry Weller, robotics product manager at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at the benefits of implementing collaborative robots and how easy they are to integrate into existing laboratories.

Andy Graham, solutions manager at SolutionsPT, shows why achieving true DX delivers benefits across the entire ecosystem.

When an OEM selects an automation partner, it’s increasingly important that they ensure the organisation can demonstrate the right credentials across the sustainability spectrum. So say the motion control experts at Inmoco.

The experts at Beckhoff UK explain how automation can optimise workflow in factories as complex as a Santa’s and relieve pressure on the elves.

Gerard Bush, engineer at motion solution design specialist, Inmoco, discusses the cost-saving advantages of direct-drive systems.

Efficiency, sustainability, individualisation and of course digitalisation require easily adaptable and future-proof systems from the machine/system builders. Lenze has the answer to these challenges – here we speak to Daniel Lindemann, the company’s head of product management automation systems.

With Mitsubishi Electric having written a white paper looking at robotics in the pharmaceutical sector, solutions manager David Bean highlights how industrial automation can improve the environmental footprint of pharmaceutical manufacturing activities.

Valentin Raschke, application engineer at Portescap, explains the impact of pull-out and pull-in torque for stepper motor specification.