CQ4: object recognition and fill level monitoring in miniature housing that...
Following its success with the photoelectric sensors from the W4 product family and the UC4 ultrasonic sensors, SICK has now packaged the capacitive operating principle in a rugged miniature housing...
View ArticleSpeed skating: sensors from SICK detect the true winner
Nobody loves their speed skating as much as the Dutch. Winter is a succession of one competition rapidly following another. Needless to say, it is extremely important not only to the competitors, but...
View ArticleSee ultra-black in the dark: New W2S-2 photoelectric sensor from SICK
Even things “not graspable” are now detected reliably: Infrablack object with only 1 % diffuse light reflection can be detected dependably at a range of up to 50 mm. Innovative technologies constitute...
View ArticleNew MLG-2 automation light grid: No more compromises, simply more detection
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...
View ArticleUHF-RFID detects car bodies at Mercedes Benz despite heat and metal
Ceilings, walls, floors, skids, and car bodies – there’s nothing but metal behind the CPD dryer 2 at Mercedes-Benz in Rastatt. The conditions in which the SICK UHF-RFID devices for wireless...
View ArticleNow made possible: automatic aggregation of pharma packages
With the CPS modular machine concept, the pharmaceutical product division of Bosch Packaging Technology offers intelligent complete solutions for packaging, serializing, aggregation, and the provision...
View ArticleArla Foods uses advanced labeling system for making even more cheese
Up to 3,000 cheese products an hour are weighed and given the correct label in the new production line at the Arla Food dairy in Götene. Autolabel AB, a print and apply machine manufacturer based in...
View ArticleThis is how tea should taste
Tea with a pure, natural taste: That is every tea drinker’s dream. And now, thanks to the Italian company TEAMAC, that dream can become reality. The machine manufacturer provides environmentally...
View ArticleLarge portfolio in tissue production
Photoelectric proximity sensors from various product families, fiber-optic sensors, inductive proximity sensors, laser sensors, and safety locking devices – SICK sensor technology plays a crucial role...
View ArticleReliable measurements no matter how diverse or colorful the products
Mixed pallet handling is required in the retail sector to increase efficiency in sales locations. Logistics service providers are responding to this need with compatible automation solutions. Due to...
View ArticleArla Foods uses advanced labeling system for making even more cheese
Up to 3,000 cheese products an hour are weighed and given the correct label in the new production line at the Arla Food dairy in Götene. Autolabel AB, a print and apply machine manufacturer based in...
View ArticleSmall sensor for great freedom under the cab
With its latest solution – a shaftless platform lift – Ascendor is offering an affordable elevator model for private households. Rugged laser sensors from SICK protect the freely accessible area under...
View ArticleDetecting with ‘(through)sight’ – automating with foresight
Transparent plastic packaging, bottles made of glass or PET, ampoules, pipettes, flat, tubular, and hollow glass, films for securing loads on pallets: In many manufacturing processes, automators must...
View ArticleDetection what ever the circumstances
Within the electronics industry, the optimization of products and processes is vital to creating the intelligent solutions of the future. End products are entering new dimensions in terms of their...
View ArticleObject detection with miniature heads
Confined spaces, tiny objects, and tailored component designs – these are some of the challenges faced when producing electronic components and devices. Intelligent solutions from SICK are exactly the...
View ArticleBus traffic on the information superhighway
At SICK, sensor data travels by bus: Fiber-optic sensors and distance sensors are connected to a WI180C-PB fieldbus module and integrated in PROFIBUS systems. The communication module enables quick...
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