Drives and Controls is taking place on 5-6 June 2024 at the NEC in Birmingham, as part of Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week. Engineering component and power transmission solution distributor Drive Lines will be showcasing couplings, gearboxes, screw jacks and stops.

Parker Hannifin has enhanced its standalone and multi-axis Parker servo drives (PSD) offering with a new I/O option board. This versatile option card, accommodating one or two cards per drive, introduces an array of technical features that improve the adaptability and performance of the complete PSD family.

When it comes to the precise processing of plastics, paper, textile and sheet metal it is necessary to unwind, wind or rewind continuous material webs with a defined tension to achieve perfect subsequent processing steps. That's why STOBER is focused on ensuring companies working in these industries, and others, get both quality and precision from every single roll.

Control Techniques introduces the SI-I/O 24 Plus, a simple yet cost-effective option module that provides a plug-in high density I/O expansion solution for its dynamic Digitax HD servo drives and high performance Unidrive range.

When you use an optimised control platform, you reduce non-value-added development effort and can sometimes deliver to your customers faster. Aerotech is revolutionising precision motion and machine control with the Automation1 Precision Machine and Motion Control Platform. We talk to Patrick Wheeler, product manager at Aerotech.

In response to the evolving energy efficiency landscape and the increasing demand for environmental responsibility, WEG has launched its new W23 Sync+ ULTRA motor. The new motor boasts IE6 efficiency - going one step further than its predecessor.

Rockwell Automation has announced a successful collaboration with Swedish OEM Hax Technologies to upgrade and optimise the human-machine interface for Kinnareds Well, helping to improve productivity and operator experience with the Allen-Bradley OptixPanel Standard Graphic Terminal.

Industrial automation specialist Festo and systems integrator QM Systems have collaborated on the evolution of a new automated laboratory system that fills, caps and labels test vials at speeds of up to 3000 vials per hour.

ABSSAC continues to invest as part of the long-term vision of the company and its progressive UK manufacturing goals, most recently with the acquisition of a new ROMI GL250M CNC turning centre. We visited the company at its HQ in Evesham, Worcestershire, to see how the machine has transformed ABSSAC’s machining scope and capability.

Asserting that efficient energy regeneration is not adequately addressed by traditional AC variable speed drives, Sprint Electric has won Innovate UK funding for its patented Generis AC Regeneration drive.