HMK in motion for Machine Building Live 2025

The HMK Team is in motion for Machine Building Live 2025.

Machine Building Live (MBL) takes place on Wednesday 15 October at the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.

As one of the UK’s leading exhibitions dedicated to machine building and automation, this one-day event is a must-attend for machine builders, OEMs, systems integrators, and automation professionals, bringing together the largest gathering of technical experts, suppliers, and innovations, all under one roof.

You’ll find the HMK Team at Stand 93, where we’ll be showcasing a range of star products from our industry-leading partners, including KEBA, Schneeberger, IMI Bahr and Englert Robotics.

For more than 40 years, we’ve worked with hundreds of machine builders, delivering valuable insight and innovative solutions. While the quality of our product portfolio speaks for itself, what truly matters is how these products benefit our customers. We focus on what our solutions can achieve - helping our customers improve efficiency, reduce costs, and drive success.

Following our participation at MBL 2024, and Machine Building North earlier this year, the HMK team is pleased to be back to showcase the latest cutting-edge automation technology and share our expertise with UK machine builders.

Gary Kitchin, Managing Director at HMK, said: “We’re excited to be back at Machine Building Live 2025, following a fantastic response at both last year’s show and the recent Northern event. This year, we’ll be demonstrating technology from our industry leading partners that combine innovation, efficiency, and usability - from KEBA’s game-changing KeDrive D3-AC and KeTop wireless HMI, through to linear bearings and high-speed Delta Robots.

“At HMK, our approach is simple: ‘Products plus Expertise equals Success’. By combining world-class products with our engineering know-how, we simplify implementation, reduce risk, and help our customers achieve measurable improvements in efficiency, cost and performance.

“We’re looking forward to connecting with machine builders, OEMs, and integrators at MBL 2025 to show how HMK can help tackle their toughest automation challenges.”

Star Products at MBL 2025

KEBA: KeDrive D3-AC - Motion delivered efficiently

Launched earlier this year, the KeDrive D3-AC from KEBA is a game-changing, highly efficient multi-axis servo drive that reduces panel space, installation time, and complexity.

By integrating three axis drives and supply into a single compact unit, it delivers benefits including:

• Typically half the panel space required
• One-third of the wiring time of its discrete alternative
• More sustainable - uses less material per axis
• Faster installation with a single common AC supply
• Single set of line side components
• Reduced testing time and lower unit cost

With KEBA’s 50+ years of automation expertise and HMK’s engineering know-how, the KeDrive D3-AC is already helping OEMs simplify automation and cut costs without compromising performance - it really does deliver motion more efficiently.

🔗 Find out more about the KeDrive D3-AC.

KEBA: KeTop T15x Wireless - durable, ergonomic HMI

The KeTop series by KEBA offers a range of both wired and wireless high-performance mobile handheld terminals designed for industrial automation, robotics, and machine control.

The KeTop T15x Wireless handheld terminal combines durability, safety, and ease of use, giving operators a high-performance mobile interface for machine and robot control.

Key features include:

• Ergonomic and user-friendly design: Lightweight, fatigue-free operation with intuitive capacitive multi-touch screens, designed for both left and right-handed users.
• Industrial-grade durability: Shock-resistant (up to 1.5m drop), dustproof, splash-proof, and compliant with EMC guidelines and safety standards (SIL3, Ple).
• Customisable and modular: Extensive hardware and software options, supporting Linux and Windows IoT Enterprise for flexible, browser-based or remote operation.
• Integrated safety features: Built-in 3-stage enabling switch, emergency stop button, plus PROFISAFE over wireless.
• Application versatility: Suitable for machine and plant operation, robot teach-in and programming, plus maintenance and testing tasks.
• Vendor agnostic platform: Supports HTML5, Siemens WinCC Unified RT, VisiWin programming, and can be configured as a slave display from a Siemens Unified Panel.

When combined with HMK’s expertise, the KeTop delivers a durable, feature-rich HMI experience for your customers, helping your machines stand out from the crowd

​ 🔗 Find out more about the KeTop T15x Wireless.

Linear Bearings - Performance meets price

HMK is bringing a dual offering to the UK market, meeting both high-performance and cost efficiency to meet the needs of our OEM customers.

• Schneeberger: Industry-leading ball and roller rails from our long-standing Swiss partner, with proven performance in terms of running life, load capability and accuracy, plus innovative features including integrated measuring systems and time efficient cover strips.

• IMI Bahr: A cost-effective ball rail product offering reliable performance at a competitive price point. Widely used across the US and Asia, they comply with international standards, enabling seamless integration without design change. Ideal for general linear applications, they provide an efficient and accessible option for machine builders looking to optimise cost and performance.

This combination gives HMK customers the flexibility to match performance and price in their linear motion applications.

🔗​ Find out more about the Linear Bearing range.

Englert Delta Robots: Flexible, high-speed automation

Following our new partnership with Englert Robotics, HMK is excited to be showcasing Delta Robot technology at Machine Building Live 2025, perfect for high-performance handling applications.

This addition of Delta Robots to HMK’s automation portfolio, enables us to deliver highly flexible, application-optimised solutions to our OEM customers across the UK. By combining Englert’s mechanical innovation with our deep expertise in the Siemens and KEBA platforms, we can offer a fully integrated mechatronic solution - a uniquely optimised Delta Robot package that is unmatched in the UK market.

​🔗 Find out more about Delta Robots.

With almost 200 exhibitors, expert-led workshops, the return of the popular Action Area and live demonstrations, Machine Building Live 2025 promises a packed programme of insight and innovation for machine builders and automation professionals.

Register here to secure your FREE place, and find out more on the Machine Building Live 2025 website.