METCASE's INSTRUMET 19"/10.5" aluminium enclosures now offer a choice of canting options - tilt feet or a tilt-swivel carry handle - for ergonomic viewing and operation.

WDS Components has expanded our enclosure hardware range, strengthening support for OEMs, panel builders, machine manufacturers and enclosure specialists.

The IDEC FTxJ series, SmartAxis Touch, offers conveniently-sized and industrially-tough 4.3" or 7" multi-touch display with an integrated controller and expandable I/O, making the FTxJ series ideal for visualising and automating process equipment and machinery.

Research for first issue of 'In focus' series from Axis explores UK manufacturing challenges and why cost and quality pressures are driving demand for greater operational insight.

David Strain, technical director at Technidrive, examines the motor and drive technologies underpinning commercial food production and explains how these technologies give manufacturers tighter control across production lines.

Kendrion's Pure Flow Pressure Regulator 48.3 helps medical device manufacturers on the path to MDR readiness.

Watlow highlights its POWERSAFE medium-voltage integrated heater and control platform, a purpose-built solution that helps industrial operators electrify large thermal loads while simplifying infrastructure, improving operational reliability and supporting decarbonisation initiatives.

Specifying a vision system is rarely the hard part. The real time cost sits around it: choosing the right lens, matching the lighting to the surface, mounting everything so it survives the line, then spending time tuning processing items and threshold values until the OK/NG judgement holds up against real-world variation. OMRON says its new FHV7-AI Detection Camera removes all of that setup pain.

Rockwell Automation has announced its FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI solution with new VisionStream and VisionLink capabilities, helping manufacturers simplify vision inspection deployment, improve quality control and extend the value of existing vision investments.

Contrinex is renowned for both its technical leadership and the robustness and reliability of its factory automation sensors. During this period of unusually warm weather, PLUS Automation notes that Contrinex's unique Condist sensing technology provides long, stable sensing distances across a wide temperature range.