A planar motor system of free-floating movers with six degrees of freedom.

Schneider Electric’s new high end Modicon M580 Ethernet programmable automation controller (ePAC) features redundant processors, native Ethernet, and cybersecurity embedded into its very core.

The new MS2N synchronous servo motor range is Tectra Automations’ latest product offering to break new boundaries in the electric drives and controls industry.

WEG variable speed drives (VSDs) offer the agricultural sector the ability to reduce the operating cost on automated water collection systems with a reduction in motor energy consumption when the motor speed is reduced.

Specialist rigging company, Film Riggers, was recently called upon to ensure the safety of Alain Robert, aka the French Spiderman, while he scaled a skyscraper in central Johannesburg to create an advertisement for an international tyre manufacturer.

From mines to factories and even the small business and residential sector, Cummins has a full range of alternative power solutions on offer.

BMG has extended the supply of Varvel gearboxes and variators for small and medium power applications to include customised worm gearboxes for installation in photovoltaic (PV) solar tracking systems.

With the implementation of variable speed and the optimisation of mechanical speed reduction efficiencies, maximum saving of electricity consumption can be obtained in any power transmission system.

Anyone who takes a look inside a lighthouse along the French coast has a good chance of experiencing drive technology from Faulhaber.

Stromag has designed and manufactured marine braking systems for decades, and the company’s products are installed on vessels operating across the globe.

When it comes to performance and durability, not all power and motion transmission solutions are created equal.

Thanks to increased processing power and the availability of increasing volumes of data (sensitisation of the industry), the discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) in the mechanical engineering sector is gaining momentum.

One of the most spectacular stunts ever achieved at a live music event in South Africa involved flying a replica helicopter across the stage at the Afrikaans is Groot festival at the Sun Arena in Menlyn, Pretoria, which was achieved using state-of-the-art automation and mechatronics technology from SEW-Eurodrive.

Sheffield-based engineering firm, SCX, helped to deliver the retractable pitch.

Simex contracted Tectra Automation to upgrade software, supply new hardware and adjust and convert a portion of the motion logic control across three flight smulators.

The Mars helicopter technology will lay the way for many future scientific and exploratory missions to Mars.

Siemens is launching the brand new Sinamics G120X converter series for use in pump and fan applications in industries such as water, wastewater and building technology.

WEG IE3 top premium efficiency motors and variable speed drives (VSDs) from Zest WEG leverage available technology to provide an appropriate electric motor and variable speed drive combination that will reduce operating costs while providing reliable performance.

The new ADXL series from Lovato, distributed by ElectroMechanica (EM), comprises modern, state-of-the-art, compact soft starters for three-phase motors from 7,5 to 160 kW in four frame sizes.

Rockwell Automation’s Gauteng-based systems and solutions (SSB) team has executed two separate projects at a tyre processing plant in Port Elizabeth.