Arne Linder, Product Manager Drives at Kollmorgen explores the benefits and key aspects of applying a mechatronic approach to designing motion systems.

Nabtesco is expanding its strain wave gear portfolio with new short gears that deliver 120% in power density and 140% in life time at identical size. These properties create new freedom for designing more compact axes and joints, improved dynamics, and more efficient robotics and automation systems.

WEG has launched Gear ProSelect, a digital tool designed to simplify and standardise the selection, configuration and documentation of gearboxes and gearmotors.

In modern mechanical power transmission, the reliability of the shaft-hub connection is fundamental to system performance. ETP clamping bushes supplied by ABSSAC provide a high-precision, backlash-free alternative to traditional keyways, splines and shrink fits, delivering superior accuracy, repeatability and ease of installation in demanding industrial applications.

PI (Physik Instrumente) announces a new addition to its line of high-performance gantry platforms. The X-365 Precision XY Gantry System is a modular, robust Cartesian gantry solution engineered for demanding industrial automation, semiconductor handling, laser processing, and laboratory automation applications requiring high throughput and exceptional accuracy.

Festo has expanded its VTUX valve terminal platform with a series of new functions and connectivity options that give machine builders greater design freedom, improved energy efficiency, and enhanced digital capability.

With the right specification, electric linear actuators are well suited to high-force, heavy-duty industrial operations, as well as hygienically sensitive applications such as food and beverage production, as Gerard Bush, engineer at motion specialist INMOCO, explains.

With the new MSM II switch featuring an 8-pin M12 connector, SCHURTER offers a robust and installation-friendly solution for industrial applications. The standardised M12 connection system enables fast and secure installation without complex wiring and minimizes wiring errors thanks to fixed pin assignment.

Mouser Electronics broadens its portfolio of solutions designed to support the next generation of industrial automation systems.

January 2027 may feel like a long way off, but not when you need to change the way you CE mark machinery. With less than a year until the new Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 supersedes the Machinery Directive 2026/42/EC, and no transition period, machine builders must get ready, as Derek Coulson, compliance specialist at Hold Tech Files explains.