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ABB’s PMA cable protection solutions combine hygiene, durability and flexibility for demanding food and beverage applications where cleanability and reliable cable protection are essential.

As the Australian distributor for PMA cable protection systems, Treotham Automation provides local access to ABB’s PMA range, backed by product knowledge and technical support.

With 50 years of cable protection expertise, PMA’s Swiss-produced conduit systems protect cables against mechanical, environmental and chemical factors while meeting the demanding requirements of hygiene-critical environments.

Every gram saved counts in aviation. Even slight weight reductions can reduce fuel consumption, increase reach and raise payload. Manufacturers of cargo aircraft are therefore continuously looking for ways to save weight, even with the smallest components. These include the ball transfer units over which containers slide on the cargo hold floor. While standard market solutions often use comparatively heavy solid balls, igus is launching an alternative with its new xiros series ball transfer units.

The mobility industry is in transition. In addition to the electrification of vehicle fleets, regulatory requirements for the materials used are increasingly coming into focus. How can commercial vehicles be made more sustainable, more economical and future-proof? The plastics specialist will be presenting innovative solutions made from high-performance plastics that combine sustainability, cost-effectiveness and technical performance. They help companies meet potential PFAS regulation and the challenges of expanding modern charging infrastructure.

Design engineers working on machine tools are familiar with the problem: if they want to use larger hoses as part of a modernisation project, this often requires the costly replacement of the energy chain. At the AMB trade show in Stuttgart, igus is presenting an alternative: extender crossbar clips that can be retrofitted and that increase the inner height of energy chains from the E2.1, E4QL and E4.1L series by up to 200 per cent.

A mechanical engineer is modernising a CNC milling machine.

WITTENSTEIN alpha presents a new feature of the Health Index gearbox analysis tool: the “utilization radar”. This Smart Service analysis tool delivers information about critical operating states in WITTENSTEIN alpha gearboxes with cynapse^® functionality – that is, with integrated temperature and acceleration sensors, a logic and memory unit and an IO-Link data interface. The purpose of the utilization radar is to determine the current total utilization of a gearbox and to ensure it achieves its service life – or to extend this – by comparing the findings with individual limit values. 

WITTENSTEIN cyber motor has added two new sizes – 130 and 155 – to its range of frameless motors in the cyber^® kit line medium. They are the perfect addition to the existing size 100 and 112 variants of this family. The new motors are available with both a small and a large hollow shaft and are suitable for various lengths. They are designed for 560 V_DC and can operate safely up to a DC bus voltage of 750 V_DC. In addition...

Today, industrial robots operate at ever higher speeds, with complex motion profiles and in increasingly confined spaces. Robot cables must not only allow for extremely small bend radii, but also reliably withstand millions of torsional movements. To meet these demanding requirements, igus has developed its proven CFROBOT8.PLUS range of robot cables and is now expanding it to include a new DeviceNet cable for applications involving ±360°/m torsion.

WITTENSTEIN cyber motor goes SERVOsoft^®: technical data for the company’s standard servo drive solutions is now available in the powerful SERVOsoft^® sizing tool. With SERVOsoft^®, users in the plant and mechanical engineering sector can design, size and simulate complete multi-axis servo systems – including all their electrical and mechanical components – for tasks such as design, application, simulation and planning.

The industrial use of machine data is a key lever for greater efficiency, less downtime and more sustainable production. Nevertheless, the introduction of condition monitoring and predictive maintenance often fails in practice due to complex IT structures, high implementation costs and a lack of data transparency.

With the U1KM ultrasonic sensors in miniature design, wenglor is expanding its portfolio with a powerful solution for applications that require long ranges in the smallest installation space. The compact sensors enable reliable object detection of up to three meters and are therefore suitable for a wide range of tasks in logistics, packaging or mechanical engineering.