Start-up business Matta says it is building industrial AI for factory sentience - giving factories the ability to see, understand and improve themselves in real time.

Meat processing is raising the stakes for product inspection, as Miriam Krechlok, Segment Marketing Manager, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection, explains.

ifm introduces its new robust fail-safe inductive sensors, engineered for the food and beverage industry. The company says these all-metal sensors establish a new standard for safety and reliability in extreme conditions.

Fortunately for process managers, changes in the level of dissolved compounds in a liquid result in changes in the refractive index (RI) of that liquid. Vaisala's inline refractometers have exploited this phenomenon, providing accurate liquid measurements for many years in a wide range of industries.

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has unveiled the new X3 Series of bulk flow x-ray inspection systems, designed to deliver class-leading physical contamination detection, precision waste reduction and simplified operation.

HMS Networks has launched the N-Tron NT110-FX2, an unmanaged Ethernet switch with 2 fibre ports, the NT111-FX3, an unmanaged Ethernet switch with 3 fibre ports, and the NT112- FX4, an unmanaged Ethernet switch with 4 fibere ports, designed for industrial applications needing dependable performance for mission-critical applications under harsh conditions.

The rapid commissioning of modular, decentralised production plants is an important aspect of digitised industrial production. The IO-Link Safety Master PDP67 in the IO-Link Safety System from Pilz is now available for this purpose. It can be used for simple implementation of bidirectional communication up to field level.

Kontron introduces KontronAIShield, a highly integrated AI-powered security platform that covers both existing brownfield and new greenfield environments. The security platform combines classic approaches such as firewall appliances and virus scanners with modern AI support and intrusion detection mechanisms. It addresses scenarios in edge, embedded, and industrial environments.

The use of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) analysis facilitates a holistic approach to food safety, but it is also important that, where necessary, equipment is designed and manufactured to prevent possible contamination, for example between product and service fluid during pasteurisation or sterilisation. Matt Hale, Global Key Account Director, HRS Heat Exchangers, explains.

The VOC event camera from Pepperl+Fuchs enables event-driven recordings with up to 900s before and after the event via various trigger options such as software, hardware or motion inputs. This allows problems and their triggers to be identified and documented.