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Single-sensor safety positioning system is ‘the world’s first’

20 September 2022

Leuze has announced a safety positioning system for applications such as stacker cranes that uses a single sensor to detect positions instead of the two… Read More

Multi-role signalling light towers ‘will define the future’

21 December 2021

The German signal tower manufacturer Werma has announced a new generation of towers that, it believes, will define the future of such systems. The whole… Read More

3D laser sensor handles reflective and diffuse surfaces

1 April 2019

The Canadian 3D scanning specialist LMI Technologies has developed a laser line profile sensor which, it claims, is unique in its ability to scan both… Read More

Molex expands into sensing through deal with Contrinex

21 November 2018

The electronics and connectivity giant Molex has announced a collaboration with the Swiss sensor-maker Contrinex, under which it will integrate inductive and photoelectric sensors into… Read More

‘First’ four-layer cable can replace up to five e-chain cables

19 June 2017

A German cable-maker has developed what it claims is the world’s first 500V drag-chain cable with four layers. Hradil Spezialkabel says that its 18.8mm-diameter, 61-conductor… Read More

Robotic cocoon-spinner challenges 3D printing

6 April 2016

The German manufacturer Festo has developed a technology that uses a robot to “spin” interconnected fibreglass webs to create 3D structures. The technology, called 3D… Read More

Washable robot targets food and pharma applications

15 August 2014

Denso Robotics has announced a washable six-axis robot with a sterilisation-resistant surface that is suitable for use in the pharmaceutical, food, electronics and medical industries. Read More

How to avoid machine vision’s blind spots

11 April 2013

Martin Gadsby, director of Optimal Industrial Automation, looks at some of the challenges in “difficult” machine vision applications, and outlines ways to tackle them. Machine… Read More