Controls & Machine Components

Stainless Steel Drive Portfolio Covers Heavy-Washdown Applications

SEW-Eurodrive showcases stainless steel gearboxes and motors, IP69K-rated servo options, and an upcoming MOVIGEAR drive that integrates controls, motor, and gearbox in one package.

October 20, 2026

Controls & machine components

Conveying & accumulation

IP69 wash-down breakthrough

In a specially designed and very wet wash-down display box, a Festo electric actuator and Festo electric motor are both IP69-rated for wash-down conditions.

October 18, 2026

Digital Transformation

Gen7 Robot Platform

Gen7 robot platform provides the modular software tools and next-level connectivity needed to confidently take AI from the lab to operations.

October 18, 2026

Controls & Machine Components

Bottler Cuts Lane Changeover from 48 Adjustment Points to Two

Rivella AG retrofitted modular gearboxes onto a 12-m transport lane and an inkjet date coder at its Rothrist plant, turning two recurring changeover tasks into jobs that take minutes.

October 9, 2026

Robotics

Technology Minute: Conveyor & Automation Technologies Explores When AMRs Make Sense

Conveyor & Automation Technologies Explores When AMRs Make Sense

October 8, 2026

E-commerce/D2C packaging

SMA Cuts Packaging Costs 30% to 35% With On-Demand Corrugated Cases

Case dimensions calculated in the Latitude warehouse management system (WMS) now drive equipment that builds a right-sized corrugated case for each order and paid back the project in only six to seven months.

October 8, 2026

Controls & Machine Components

Washdown Requirements Drive HF/F/S OEM to Magnetic Transport

Bartelt Packaging built its MAG Series of pouching machines around Beckhoff’s XTS magnetic transport and PC-based controls to handle washdown environments and frequent pouch format changes.

October 6, 2026

Material handling

Aagard Achieves Milestone in Fully Autonomous Packaging

Aagard

At PACK EXPO in Booth S-2153, Aagard will demonstrate an integrated approach that connects material handling, robotics, packaging, palletizing, and controls to reduce routine intervention.

September 25, 2026

Controls & machine components

iAutomation Unlocked: iAutomation to Host Midwest Open House at Fond du Lac, WI, Facility

iAutomation, a division of CAS Holdings

The Oct. 8 event will feature facility tours, automation demonstrations, and technology from EXM, Weidmüller, Doosan, B&R, 80/20, and ABB Drives.

September 22, 2026

Controls & machine components

Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO)

September 17, 2026

Controls & machine components

OEMs Offer Conversion Kits. Do Their Customers Know?

Nearly 90% of OEMs deploy conversion kits to solve obsolescence, but fewer than half of end users report using them, pointing to a visibility gap suppliers can close.

September 11, 2026

Controls & machine components

The Hidden Cost OEMs Leave Out of the Price Tag

End users increasingly build obsolescence into their total cost of ownership math, but many OEMs still leave it off their estimates, creating a gap that can strain expectations down the line.

September 4, 2026

Adhesive application

Straub Design Company

4401 Quebec Avenue North

Minneapolis, MN 55428

September 1, 2026