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Inductive at High Speeds

Inductive at High Speeds

Pepperl+Fuchs, one of the leading suppliers in this industry, is launching measuring inductive distance sensors featuring IO-Link interface. The devices are suitable for Industry 4.0 applications and offer not only high-precision measurement...

2024-11-12
Switch distance easily

Switch distance easily

Leuze electronic: The new inductive Leuze IS 200 series sensors offer up to three times the operating range of standard inductive sensors. When it comes to detecting metal objects, inductive sensors come into their own. These proximity sensors...

2024-11-08
New generation of ucs ultrasonic sensors: robust metal housing and new IO-Link interface

New generation of ucs ultrasonic sensors ...

microsonic GmbH: The latest generation of ucs sensors is now equipped with two Push-Pull switching outputs. They feature an IO-Link interface in version 1.1.2 and Smart Sensor Profile. In addition to the measured distance values, identification,...

2024-09-26
Innovative approaches in sensor development: Milestones and future  trends

Innovative approaches in sensor development ...

Eddylab: The beginnings of eddylab GmbH date back to 1999, when the company was still trading under a different name and started with a small team at the Munich/Taufkirchen (Unterhaching) site. What began exactly 10 years ago as a ‘corporate...

2024-09-24
optoNCDT1900 laser sensors now even more robust for industrial environments

optoNCDT1900 laser sensors now even more ...

Micro-Epsilon: The optoNCDT 1900 series of laser triangulation sensors are quick and easy to operate. They combine a compact size and an integrated controller with fieldbus connection and high precision. The new protective housing with air purging...

2024-09-13
Confocal sensor systems now available with PROFINET and EtherNet/IP

Confocal sensor systems now available with ...

Micro-Epsilon: The confocalDT IFD241x confocal chromatic displacement sensor systems are now available with all common industrial Ethernet protocols. This opens up numerous other measurement tasks in precision automation where highly accurate...

2024-09-06
Thickness and structure measurement of solar wafers

Thickness and structure measurement of solar ...

Micro-Epsilon: For quality monitoring after the sawing process, solar wafers require reliable thickness and structure measurement. The capacitive displacement sensors in the capaNCDT series measure reliably and with high precision. For this...

2024-06-17
Laser sensors raised to a new performance level

Laser sensors raised to a new performance level

Micro-Epsilon: The laser sensors of the optoNCDT 1420 series are raised to a new performance level. With a doubled measuring rate, 16-bit digital/analog conversion and IP67 protection, they are now the fastest laser sensors in their class. Due to...

2024-06-17
Unrivaled robustness: The new Baumer ultrasonic sensor UF401V for Mobile Machines

Unrivaled robustness: The new Baumer ...

Baumer: You can rely on Baumer sensors – on the shop floor hall and in harsh outdoor conditions. The most recent example is the UF401V ultrasonic sensor, which was particularly developed for mobile machines and unrivaled resilience. The...

2024-06-12
Compact and powerful: laser sensors for series applications

Compact and powerful: laser sensors for ...

Micro-Epsilon: The optoNCDT 1220 compact laser sensors are small, precise and fast. With double the measuring rate up to 2 KHz, the sensors now measure even faster. Due to the 16-bit digital/analog conversion, the IP67 housing as well as the high...

2024-06-10
Confocal chromatic precision sensor

Confocal chromatic precision sensor

Micro-Epsilon: The IFS2407-1.5 confocal chromatic sensor expands the confocalDT sensor portfolio and is used for high-precision displacement and thickness measurement. The sensor has a measuring range of 1.5 mm with an offset distance of 17 mm....

2024-06-07
Precise measurement in the most confined of spaces

Precise measurement in the most confined of ...

MEGATRON's CLP13 series displacement sensors are highly accurate, robust and require very little installation space. These features make the linear potentiometers the ideal displacement sensor for applications where space is limited.

2024-06-07
Laser sensors replace tactile measurements

Laser sensors replace tactile measurements

Micro-Epsilon: optoNCDT 1220 laser triangulation sensors from Micro-Epsilon are used for the geometrical measurement of components in test equipment. Among other things, they monitor component tolerances of series-produced plastic and aluminum...

2024-06-06
Inline thickness measurement with increased performance

Inline thickness measurement with increased ...

Micro-Epsilon: The new models of the thicknessGAUGE sensor systems now offer higher performance for the inline thickness measurement of strip materials and sheets. The turnkey systems are now equipped with the latest laser sensors, laser scanners...

2024-06-06
Ultra-flat Baumer inductive sensor is product of the year

Ultra-flat Baumer inductive sensor is product ..

Baumer: Sensor expert Baumer keeps pushing the limits of what is possible, including inductive sensors. The constant goal is to create added value for customers and open up new application possibilities. One current example is the extremely flat...

2024-04-26
Compact Distance Sensor with up to 60 m Measuring Range

Compact Distance Sensor with up to 60 m ...

Pepperl+Fuchs: The trend toward miniaturization continues, creating demand for increasingly powerful sensors with more compact housing dimensions. To keep up with this trend, the time-of-flight principle of measurement has been integrated into the...

2024-04-24
IO-Link/J1939 Radar Scanner Provides 3D Movement Data

IO-Link/J1939 Radar Scanner Provides 3D Movement

Turck's MR15-Q80 is a robust radar scanner that records and outputs environmental data in three dimensions. It is the only device with these features that is available with a J1939 interface for mobile equipment in addition to IO-Link. The 60...

2024-04-22
New draw-wire sensors with larger measuring ranges and CANopen interface

New draw-wire sensors with larger measuring ...

Micro-Epsilon: The draw-wire displacement sensors of the wireSENSOR MK88 and K100 series can now detect even larger measuring ranges. They are now also equipped with a CANopen interface. Draw-wire displacement sensors are used especially in the...

2024-02-20
Precise long-range laser sensor for large measurement distances

Precise long-range laser sensor for large ...

Micro-Epsilon: If the installation requires measurements at a large distance, long-range laser sensors from Micro-Epsilon are used. The new optoNCDT 1760-1000 measures accurately even at distances up to 2 m and, at the same time, quickly at up to...

2024-02-19
New interferometer for high-precision wafer thickness measurement

New interferometer for high-precision wafer ...

Micro-Epsilon: The IMS5420-TH white light interferometer opens up new perspectives in industrial thickness measurement of monocrystalline silicon wafers. Due to its broadband superluminescent diode (SLED), the IMS5420-TH can be used for undoped,...

2024-02-14
Capacitive sensors for high temperature applications up to 800 °C

Capacitive sensors for high temperature ...

Micro-Epsilon: For displacement and distance measurements at ambient temperatures up to +800 °C, Micro-Epsilon now offers the robust, capacitive capaNCDT 6228 sensor system. Its high temperature stability and exceptionally high linearity...

2024-02-06
Robust laser distance sensors for outdoor use

Robust laser distance sensors for outdoor use

Micro-Epsilon: The new optoNCDT ILR1171-125 laser distance sensor is used for distance measurements up to 270 m and particularly impresses in outdoor measurements. Thanks to the time-of-flight principle and a high measuring rate of up to 40 kHz,...

2024-02-05
VISOR® Robotic Yaskawa App: Robot integration made easy

VISOR® Robotic Yaskawa App: Robot integration ..

SensoPart: Set up robotics applications even faster and easier with the VISOR® Robotic Yaskawa app. Today, industrial automation is no longer imaginable without robots. Our vision sensor VISOR® Robotic acts as the “eye” of the...

2023-11-23
2D vision-guided robotics with integrated distance measurement

2D vision-guided robotics with integrated ...

SensoPart: Industrial automation is no longer imaginable today without robots. Our VISOR® Robotic vision sensor acts as the robot's "eye" and is used worldwide in image-guided robotics applications.

2023-11-20
Absolutely Safe X-Axis Position

Absolutely Safe X-Axis Position

Pepperl+Fuchs: Determining a safe absolute position usually requires using highly complex technology. Pepperl+Fuchs offers much simpler solutions for this process, which are based on a combination of the new PUS evaluation unit with the safePXV or...

2023-11-17
nano ultrasonic sensors: now with IO-Link competence

nano ultrasonic sensors: now with IO-Link ...

microsonic GmbH: The nano sensors in the M12 housing are now equipped with a Push-Pull switching output. They have an IO-Link interface in version 1.1 and support Smart Sensor Profile. In addition to the measured distance values, the IO-Link...

2023-10-26
Positioning autonomous transport systems

Positioning autonomous transport systems

Micro-Epsilon: optoNCDT 1220 laser sensors are used to position automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots without collisions. The sensors measure the distance to a code tape, which enables precise positioning of the autonomous...

2023-10-05
Mounting adapter for precise two-sided thickness measurements

Mounting adapter for precise two-sided thickness

Micro-Epsilon: The JMA-Thickness mounting adapters align confocal chromatic sensors as well as interferometers from Micro-Epsilon with absolute precision for two-sided thickness measurements. This makes the results even more accurate and the...

2023-10-03
AXIS-MI Laser Sensors: Miniature Sensors for Precise Optical Distance  Measurement

AXIS-MI Laser Sensors: Miniature Sensors for ...

Eddylab: The new eddylab laser sensors of the AXIS series feature a particularly small design and ensure precise measurement results even on difficult surfaces and in the tightest spaces. The smallest sensor in the AXIS-MI-10/104 laser sensor...

2023-09-29
cube ultrasonic sensors with rotatable sensor head

cube ultrasonic sensors with rotatable ...

microsonic GmbH: easy to integrate into mechanical engineering applications, the new cube ultrasonic sensors from microsonic are characterised by their flexibility and versatility. The rotatable sensor head of the sensors permit their alignment in...

2023-08-16
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