A challenge in automated assembly systems is ensuring the protection and safety of the operators without compromising high product throughput or quality. Assembly benches provide many manufacturing businesses with flexible and efficient processes, but they can be challenging to implement with robust automation and machine safety solutions, as the experts at PLUS Automation explain.

Lenze Selection pursues one overriding goal with its SELENA engineering platform: Making a mechanical designer's life a little easier.

Southco has introduced a next-generation 4D Captive Screw, featuring a self-aligning knob and increased tolerance.

Chemique Adhesives has introduced a new low-hazard, moisture-curing, one-component pedestal adhesive to its Polyped access flooring range.

New from Fluke Networks is the LinkIQ Duo Cable+WiFi+Network Tester, which combines the company's trusted cabling qualification with Wi-Fi 6E network testing and analysis into a single, simple-to-use solution, eliminating the need for technicians to use multiple tools.

Atlas Copco has launched a new industrial fluid cooler designed to deliver optimal cooling efficiency and flexibility while reducing environmental impacts. The TDV 01-06 series combines the energy-saving benefits of a dry fluid cooler with enhanced thermal efficiency provided by an adiabatic system.

Nuts are an essential component in many assemblies. However, they challenge automation systems because of their low metal content for detection with inductive sensors or because the variety of angles and reflections that nuts can present to photoelectric sensors are problematic. Contrinex offers a solution.

Alongside motors and gears, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS points to the importance of its NORDAC frequency inverters for applications where movements must be intelligently controlled.

Yokogawa Test and Measurement announces the release of its AQ2300 series high-performance, high-speed SMU (Source Measure Unit) into the European marketplace. Addressing various density needs for semiconductor/communication devices, the AQ2300 series modular SMU offers high-quality pulse generation alongside high-precision voltage/current generation and measurements.