Faster time-to-market, more efficient engineering, more functionality, and higher quality – these are the benefits of a digital twin for machine and system builders. Festo is working hard to equip its automation components with a digital twin – a digital representation in the form of administration shells.

Buttkereit is playing a big part in the drive for safer working environments in food factories by extending its comprehensive range of cable management systems that are ATEX approved.

Medical technology systems must ensure safety and patient comfort but also meet documentation and cost requirements during production. To meet these demands, you can rely on rotary encoders, angle encoders, linear encoders, and slip rings from HEIDENHAIN, AMO, LTN, NUMERIK JENA, RENCO and RSF.

The control cabinet solutions in the Complete line series from Phoenix Contact provide time and cost savings for the assembly, commissioning, and maintenance of control cabinets.

Sensor Technology has launched a new encoder option, the SGR523, for use with its range of precision torque sensors. The new option represents a significant improvement of the existing SGR511/521 60 line encoder and SGR 512/522 360 line encoder options already available.

Review Display Systems (RDS) has announced the availability and support for a wide range of PCap touch solutions from leading global touch solution supplier AMT for in-vehicle and transportation applications.

Ruland has expanded its range of short rigid couplings to include keyways and step bore sizes. This expansion gives designers a wider variety of standard short rigid coupling options for applications with space or weight restrictions or where designers prefer a simplified assembly with fewer screws than traditional rigid couplings.

As part of a new product offer, NSK is able to produce customised pre-assembled cartridge units for applications requiring extremely precise rotational performance.

Binder offers ready-to-connect connector solutions for the Deutsch DT, AMP Superseal and AMP CPC model series – in combination with connectors from the Binder portfolio – as part of its ‘Plug&Play’ product selection to meet the needs of mobile machinery in agriculture and construction.

As part of its own sustainability strategy, Lohmann is driving forward sustainable adhesive technologies. The new DuploCOLL ECO adhesive tape portfolio contains newly developed, biobased adhesives, is solvent-free and features recyclable liner systems that can be returned to the regular circular economy.