In the fast-paced world of confectionery production, efficiency and accuracy are paramount. Ensuring every product is correctly labelled isn't just about aesthetics; it's critical for traceability, quality control, and ultimately, customer satisfaction. This is where advanced factory automation, specifically smart sensing technology from Contrinex, is playing a pivotal role.

A leading UK producer of dairy desserts has cut its electricity costs by £117,000 a year after upgrading its compressed air system with Atlas Copco's latest oil-free compressor technology.

When the Bauer Group, a manufacturer of irrigation systems for agriculture, needed to modernise the control technology and safety devices on a 60-year-old multi-stage press, it turned to Pilz.

Based in Dorset, Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS) is a supplier of small DC motors and linear actuators. Equipped with the latest CNC machine tools and a dedicated gear cutting suite, EMS manufactures bespoke actuation systems for a range of industries. In order to boost output and keep production running after working hours, EMS has deployed a Universal Robots collaborative robot (cobot) from UK-based automation distributor RARUK Automation.

The optoCONTROL CLS1000 series of fibre optic sensors from Micro-Epsilon reliably and precisely detect oil leaks in the event of seal failure. At Linde Material Handling, a shaft seal ring (WDR) protects the oil-lubricated gearbox from the electric drive motor. A failure of the WDR would go unnoticed and could cause the motor compartment to fill with gearbox oil, resulting in massive gearbox damage.

Mitsubishi Electric has helped to deliver a step-change in productivity for high-volume lead frame stamping applications, following another successful partnership with one its leading machine builder customers.

LHMT develops, produces and sells machines for the PCB industry, such as for printed board handling, flash-cutting and scoring. For fast, dynamic and highly precise handling and processing, the special machine manufacturer relies on various drives and drive controllers from STOBER.

When a manufacturer of steel cable needed a low-cost, robust and reliable sensing solution for a fast-moving wire which was 'dancing' around, it turned to Contrinex.

When the Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste (COVRA) in the Netherlands was looking to upgrade its safety systems with a digital access management solution to replace mechanical keys and simplify processes, it turned to Pilz.