ABB has delivered ABB Ability Expert Optimizer process control system to control, stabilise and optimise industrial processes at the Tokuyama Nanyo cement plant in Japan.

To provide customers with the latest technology, WEG has expanded its operations to the Eastern Europe and southwestern Asia market with the opening of a new facility in Dilovasi, Kocaeli, Turkey.

With its ECO service, Nord helps companies to find the most efficient drive solution for their application. Not only energy consumption and CO₂ emissions but also the costs for administration, maintenance and wear can be reduced by using suitable drive systems.

When a meat processing plant operator needed a solution to check that transportation bins had been emptied prior to being sent to an automated wash station, it turned to Contrinex. An ultrasonic sensor mounted above a conveyor looks down into the bins and diverts contaminated bins from proceeding to the wash station.

See Copa-Data at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 64

Rolec’s aluDOOR industrial electronic enclosures have gained a Special Mention in the German Innovation Awards. Judges praised the “high added value for users”.

A team of UK process engineers has developed a technique for manufacturing collagen sausage casings which protects product quality and trebles output. The process relies on precise monitoring of temperature and humidity with Vaisala sensors, combined with multi-stage feedback control.

At EMO Hannover, Kistler will present its solutions for cutting force measurement in development and production. While its rotating cutting force dynamometer (RCD) with a piezoelectric sensor simplifies R&D activities, the Piezo Tool System in combination with the maXYmos process monitoring system ensures optimised, transparent machining processes.

LOCTITE is hosting a live webinar on 26 September at 11.30 am, focusing on its equipment assembly automation solutions for various market applications.

William Hughes has adapted quickly to a serious increase in demand from a tier-one automotive seating customer, thanks to a major new investment in robotic welding cells and associated tooling and fixtures.