Safeguarding Machinery with Light Curtains and How to Calculate Safety Distance with ANSI When safeguarding your machinery, it is not enough to simply install a light curtain(s) and assume that the machine is now safe...
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Taking IO-Link One Step Further with FieldEcho®
Future-proofing machines to automatically detect all IO-link devices Universal or flexible I/O technology is required to adjust to the increase in manufacturing-on-demand production processes that are so common now. IO-Link is...
When Logistics Automation and Digital Transformation Meet
DS Smith, a leading sustainable packaging manufacturer, implements a digital 3D dimensioning system to improve logistics automation operations DS Smith, a worldwide leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper...
Streamline the baggage check-in process with fully automated self-bag drop
How Materna IPS and SICK partner to expedite baggage check process with self-bag drop Many airports in Europe and Asia have implemented fully automated self-bag drop stations as a way to streamline the baggage check-in process...
A self-guided robot giving college campus tours
Students at Ohio Northern University designed an interactive self guided robot made to give tours of the University’s engineering building to prospective students Participants in SICK’s TiM$10K Challenge from Ohio Northern...
How RFID Improves Digital Production and Logistics at Audi
Audi’s Neckarsulm site sets the foundation for a fully connected automotive production factory What began in 2015 with the Audi A8 is now standard for all production processes at Audi in Neckarsulm in Southern Germany. From body...
Camera system reduces risk of collision for manned forklift trucks
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Using solar energy to optimize processes in solar power plants
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Reducing the severity of wildfires using LiDAR technology
How five students from Texas A&M University used LiDAR from SICK to create a design that can be used to mitigate wildfires According to the National Interagency Coordination Center, 10.3 million acres of land in the United States...
Agrus: a product built to reduce small farm waste
Two students from Clemson University used their familiarity of the agriculture industry and created a crop monitoring system to minimize wasted crops during harvest According to the USDA, 88 percent of American farms are...