The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) relies on comprehensive sensor and process data from the field level. At HMI2025, Pepperl+Fuchs, together with Bosch Digital Twins Industries and Syntax, will showcase a joint product that demonstrates how easily aggregated data can be transferred to established cloud platforms such as AWS and MS-Azure.

Renishaw has collaborated with J.Laverack Bicycles on the development of a luxury bespoke bike. Together, the companies have developed bespoke titanium lugs and components which pair to corresponding carbon fibre parts to create a first-of-its-kind road bike, the J.Laverack Aston Martin .1R.

The experts at Renishaw look at what an encoder is, the different types of encoders, how they work and where they are used.

Innovation in stepper motor technology means the gap between stepper and servo technology is narrowing. The new, optimised EMMB-ST and EMMT-ST stepper motor family from Festo can be used in conjunction with the CMMT-ST servo drive controller to create a coordinated servo system at an attractive price.

The use of multi-level terminal blocks offers huge potential savings when it comes to the space required in the control cabinet. The new and particularly compact PT 2,5-4L four-level terminal block series with Push-in Technology from Phoenix Contact is a space-saving solution for mounting terminal strips.

For easy and time-saving mounting of Heavycon D7 connectors, Phoenix Contact offers panel-mount bases with screw-in thread. They can be easily attached in round panel cutouts with an M25 or M32 counter nut or screwed directly into motors and devices with corresponding threads.

Accu, the Huddersfield-based engineering business that supplies 50% of the world's top manufacturers with precision engineering components, will be inspiring the next generation of engineers at the Makers Central event at the NEC in Birmingham from 17-18 May.

IPS Adhesives announces the launch of SCIGRIP SG2000. Designed with a long open time and more forgiving 1:1 mix ratio, SCIGRIP SG2000 offers enhanced ease of use, with an extended 100-120 minute working window.