Personalised medicine is accelerating the pace of change inside the lab. The question for machine builders and end users is whether the automation beneath those workflows can change quickly enough to keep up. Here, Bradley McEwan, business development manager at Beckhoff UK, explains why PC-based control is the perfect foundation for lab automation in a world with growing demand for personalised medicine.

Thanks to its versatile interfaces, the NORDAC PRO frequency inverter from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS can be easily integrated into automation environments. As a control centre between control and axis motion, it provides optimum control of the drive and peripherals.

OEM Automatic and Motion29 offer more than just component supply. With extensive UK stockholding, an experienced in-house workshop and the capability to deliver bespoke solutions, customers benefit from reduced lead times, simplified procurement and quicker delivery of finished products to site.

Until now, the assembly of wire harnesses for the automotive industry was a manual task. Cellios has now developed a modular system in which wire harness assembly is fully automated by robots. The key to successful implementation: Cellios's highly precise robot control system and the powerful machine vision software MVTec MERLIC.

Phoenix Contact's Safe & Secure seminar taking place in Telford on 5 November, will guide you through these extremely important topics using our years of valuable experience.

ReeR Safety's free-of-charge 2026 training webinar series moves from talking about products to legislation. Therefore, the next webinar looks at the EU Machinery Regulation, (EU) 2023/1230 and its impact on the machinery sector.

When machine builders are specifying motion systems, it is easy to get caught up on the numbers. Torque, speed, power density, and price are all clear, measurable factors, and they provide a straightforward way to compare components. But in modern machine design, these figures rarely tell the full story, as the experts at Kollmorgen explain.

Automation and control technology specialist Beckhoff UK & Ireland will exhibit alongside bespoke automation specialist and systems integrator SP Automation & Robotics at the Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, taking place at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Glasgow, on September 30 and October 1, 2026.

Kendrion introduces the FIO Drive Control STO, marking its first integration of a SIL 3/PL e-certified Safe Torque Off (STO) function into the modular FIO drive solution.

Machine hardware upgrades can make a difference in improving productivity, but often the greatest gains don't come from replacing physical components, they come from improving how machines are controlled, explains Beth Ragdale, product manager at industrial control and automation specialist Beckhoff UK & Ireland.