ISSUE April 2022 Contents AUT-DEC21-CD AUTOMATION EARPIECE:AUT- 06  News – from page 6


 Motor Control 08 Optical encoder feedback system for miniature motor driven applications


 Spotlight 10 The haptic gloves are off!


 Event: Hanover Messe 2022


12 Finding a balance between energy supply security and climate change


 Smart Factories 18


16 What makes a factory smart? 18 Smart factories require resilient energy management 20 5G-enabled smart factories of the future 22 M2M communication in smart factories


 Automation Technologies


24 Keeping the wheels turning in a disruptive world 26 Technology as enabler for Industry 5.0


 Machine Safety


28 Keeping pace with functional safety innovation 30 To predict or to prevent – what’s best? 32 Next-generation smart workflow software keeps browser-based apps safe


22  Sensors


34 Improving quality whilst maximising productivity in gas sensor manufacture


36 Application-specific position sensors for robots  Drives, Controls & Motors


38 Feedback devices for VFDs and servo applications 40 Micromotors in scientific study and exploration


 Electric Vehicles 42 Watts the problem?


4 April 2022 | Automation automationmagazine.co.uk


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