In conversation with Alex Picarelli, Commercial Director at Southco Manufacturing Ltd, on how Southco is helping manufacturers meet the demands of electrification, automation and connected technologies through innovative access hardware.
From September 22-25, in Utrecht, Netherlands, Zilvertron and Sentech partner with Alva Industries to integrate frameless slotless drive systems into demanding motion and sensing machinery.
The new edge AI systems support local multimodal generative AI, LLM, VLM and VLA model execution while connecting high-resolution sensors with motors, joints and actuators through high-bandwidth interfaces and EtherCAT control.
Siemens and Procter & Gamble expand the global deployment of their jointly developed Visual Inspection Cockpit, reducing manufacturing scrap rates by 10 to 20 percent.
New architecture enables cooperative operation near people, while higher payload, faster charging and swappable tools expand automation across complete facility workflows.
Phoenix Contact has introduced decentralized Contactron hybrid motor starters in IP54 and IP67 enclosures with integrated IO-Link interfaces for field-level motor control.