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Blue meets yellow – a green light for safe magazine filling / Functional safety systems – Safeguard Detector Core

Blue meets yellow – a green light for safe ...

SICK AG: When it comes to material transportation in particular (of flat carton blanks, for example), there is a danger of the operator reaching into the magazine to add more material while the machine is running. The Safeguard Detector from SICK...

2015-10-06
Robust 13 mm Miniature Photoelectric Sensors with a Range of Extras

Robust 13 mm Miniature Photoelectric Sensors

Pepperl+Fuchs: Optical sensors are used to safeguard a range of access points in indoor, transitional, and outdoor areas. In some situations, sensors are required to operate in extreme environmental conditions,  which places increased demands...

2015-09-30
Safety in explosive environments - deTec4 Core Ex safety light curtain from SICK

Safety in explosive environments - deTec4 ...

SICK AG: With the deTec4 Core Ex, SICK is setting a new standard for safety light curtains in explosive environments. Combined with the explosion-protected enclosure, it can be used in industrial sectors that need to implement measures for...

2015-08-28
Optical NextGen sensors with IO-Link

Optical NextGen sensors with IO-Link

Baumer: Through the integration of the communication interface IO-Link for the sensor principles diffuse mode sensor with background suppression and SmartReflect (the light barrier without a reflector), the optical O300 and O500 NextGen sensors...

2015-08-28
New sensor family for demanding tasks

New sensor family for demanding tasks

Leuze electronic: Photoelectric sensors and light scanners of the SR 46C series impress with increased function reserve. With the new SR 46C series, it was possible to increase the function reserve by up to 80% over the predecessor models. This...

2015-07-14
Switching light curtains for fast processes

Switching light curtains for fast processes

Leuze electronic: The deep-freeze suitable light curtains from Leuze electronic for detection are faster than ever. Very short cycle times of 30 µs per beam reliably detect even fast processes. In addition, small, application-optimized CSR...

2015-07-14
Quality, speed and high precision - Measurably better with Baumer

Quality, speed and high precision ...

Baumer: Security, reliability and quality are the most important criteria for measuring distances, movements, angles, positions or levels. Baumer offers a wide range of precisely measuring sensors from several technological fields. The integrated...

2015-05-22
Safety in the time of Industry 4.0 - Robot protection with laser scanners

Safety in the time of Industry 4.0 - Robot ...

SICK AG: Safety laser scanners from SICK reliably monitor the hazardous area of stationary or mobile machines and systems such as welding robots or automated guided systems. The protection of personnel is the top priority: If a person enters the...

2015-04-20
Intelligent sensor technology in the cloud - SICK demonstrates Industry 4.0

Intelligent sensor technology in the cloud ...

SICK AG: At the Hannover Messe Industrie (HMI) trade fair, SICK AG will be using an intralogistics evaluation station to demonstrate independent process optimization – one of the aims of Industry 4.0 – on the basis of global...

2015-04-14
All-rounder with large operating range

All-rounder with large operating range

Leuze electronic has trimmed the new SR 49C series for performance and flexible use in various fields of application. The light scanners, throughbeam photoelectric sensors and retro-reflective photoelectric sensors of the new series can be...

2015-03-31
NextGen Photoelectric Sensors with IO-Link for the Food Industry

NextGen Photoelectric Sensors with IO-Link ...

Baumer, the sensor expert, now also makes the user benefits of its NextGen sensors available to the food industry. Cost and time savings due to flexibility characterize the stainless steel models of the O500 photoelectric sensor. Overall, three...

2015-03-27
W100-2 Versatile miniature photoelectric sensors with large sensing ranges

W100-2 Versatile miniature photoelectric sensors

SICK AG: W100-2 miniature photoelectric sensors are compatible with all standard detection principles (through-beam photoelectric sensors, photoelectric retro-reflective sensors, photoelectric retro-reflective sensors for detecting transparent...

2015-03-26
Safety with new photoelectric sensor

Safety with new photoelectric sensor

Leuze electronic: The new SLS 46C single beam safety devices can be used both as type 4 as well as type 2 sensors. With the MSI-TRM safety monitoring device, the SLS 46C photoelectric sensors become type 4 sensors, with the MSI-TR1 they become...

2015-02-17

Extended range of EX sensors

Leuze electronic: CML 700i measuring light curtains and MLC 500 type 4 safety light curtains can now be used as EX versions for special applications in potentially explosive areas. The EX device variants of the light curtains for measurement tasks...

2015-01-14
Reliable detection - challenging objects: Scanning line sensor for versatile automation solutions

Reliable detection - challenging objects ...

SICK AG: In a wide range of industries, solutions are used for the detection of misshapen objects or objects of varying height. This often leads to high costs, especially through complex and expensive installation. Reliably detecting the leading...

2015-01-05
DeltaPac photoelectric sensor: Bridging the gap

DeltaPac photoelectric sensor: Bridging the gap

SICK AG: Now products can be counted and detected on the conveyor in a way that was not possible before. Without gaps. Without delays. The DeltaPac accurately detects and differentiates between successive packaging items on the fly. This ensures...

2015-01-02
New MLG-2 automation light grid: No more compromises, simply more detection

New MLG-2 automation light grid: No more ...

SICK AG: MLG-2 is the new generation of intelligent automation light grids from SICK. The product family sets a new standard in terms of resolutions, response times, evaluation options and ease of use. The MLG-2 can detect anything, from...

2014-12-15
MultiLine sensor provides maximum detection reliability

MultiLine sensor provides maximum detection ...

SICK AG: Two photoelectric sensors in one housing that combine logic evaluation intelligently with one another – the MultiLine sensor proves to be a high-end sensor in difficult situations for detecting flat or textured objects. The special...

2014-12-08
Detecting transparent objects without a reflector with new TranspaTect photoelectric sensor

Detecting transparent objects without reflector

SICK AG: The latest technologies from SICK enable the TranspaTect MultiTask photoelectric sensor to manage without any reflectors and instead utilize machine components as a reference surface when detecting transparent and semi-transparent trays...

2014-12-03
Transmit data interference-free with light

Transmit data interference-free with light

Leuze electronic: With the DDLS 500, Leuze electronic has developed a data transmission photoelectric sensor that, in addition to a high transmission rate of 100 Mbit/s, sets new standards – above all with respect to usability. The devices...

2014-11-11
MLC now with integrated AS-i interface

MLC now with integrated AS-i interface

Leuze electronic: The MLC safety light curtains can, thus, be integrated directly into the AS-Interface network, i.e., without additional coupler modules and hence cost-effectively. This applies for all resolutions from 14 to 90 mm, all protective...

2014-11-06
Balluff MICROmote® sensors

Balluff MICROmote® sensors

Balluff: The miniaturized MICROmote® photoelectric sensors from Balluff with separate electronic processor unit provide a large amount of optical performance in a tiny amount of space thanks to the miniaturized LEDs, photodiodes and...

2014-10-30
Cascadable Type 4 Safety Light Curtains

Cascadable Type 4 Safety Light Curtains

Leuze electronic: In cases where multiple-sided access guarding is required or point-of-operation guarding is to be combined with area protection as stepping-behind protection, the use of cascaded MLC devices reduces the cost of installation and...

2014-10-10
Next generation of BOS 6K with Ecolab approval

Next generation of BOS 6K with Ecolab approval

Balluff: The new generation of photoelectric sensors in the BOS 6K series from Balluff is absolutely ideal for setting new benchmarks in the compact class. Its small 31.5 x 19.5 x 10.8 mm dimensions not only make it the perfect response to tight...

2014-10-09
Measuring and custom-made fiber optic sensors

Measuring and custom-made fiber optic sensors

Micro-Epsilon: Fiber optic sensors can be applied in automation and metrology under circumstances for which optical standard components are not suitable. High temperatures, restricted installation space, or poorly accessible mounting situations...

2014-06-27
Light-band detects object presence

Light-band detects object presence

Leuze electronic: RK46C-VarOS variable object sensor scores with two adjustable sensitivity levels levels and automatic sensitivity readjustment. The RK46C-VarOS object sensor is a retro-reflective photoelectric sensor which, unlike normal sensors...

2014-06-13
Safety light curtains in a practical set

Safety light curtains in a practical set

Leuze electronic has expanded its successful product range of protective sensor sets with models MLC-UDC and MLCSET with safety light curtains. In the MLC-UDC sets, an MLC safety light curtain is premounted in the sturdy UDC device columns in such...

2014-04-18
High-resolution light grid BLA

High-resolution light grid BLA

Balluff has developed a new, high-resolution light grid for optical object detection with a width of 50 mm and a range of up to 2 meters. Consisting of a transmitter with a high-performance redlight laser and a receiver, the device works...

2014-04-09
New safety relay PNOZ c2 from Pilz - Fast light beam device monitoring

New safety relay PNOZ c2 from Pilz - Fast ...

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is now supplying the safety relay PNOZ c2 from the product range PNOZcompact for safe monitoring of all standard type 4 light beam devices or sensors with safe switching devices (OSSD outputs) in accordance with EN 61496....

2014-04-04
Bright Ideas for Measuring

Bright Ideas for Measuring

Pepperl+Fuchs: The days of complex single-beam evaluations for standard tasks and cumbersome configuration are over. The new LGM Series measuring light grid is the latest member in the Pepperl+Fuchs family of automation light grids. "What makes...

2014-03-19
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