It’s good to know that dangers can be kept hidden behind closed doors. But if someone does stray into a dangerous area, it’s also good to have safety systems that will reliably detect this – preventing injuries caused by machine...
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Wet, Dry or Frozen – Flexible Barcode Scanners for the Food Processing Industry
Barcode scanners are used for a variety of different purposes in the food processing industry. The track and trace requirements are constantly growing and every individual item of food that is bought by discerning end consumers...
Continuous Measuring Even in the Events of Mains Voltage Failure with PowerIn Technology™
Now there is no need to go without ultrasonic precision and fall back on other mechanical measurement techniques in the event of a mains voltage failure. The back-up batteries in the FLOWSIC-X gas flow meters supply energy in...
Ken Crinion: Customizing the Sales Experience
Ken Crinion enjoys variety, and getting a sense of the “big picture” when it comes to sales and solving customer problems. As a Regional Strategic Account Manager at SICK, based in Spokane, Ken sells and consults with customers...
What is IO-Link?
IO-Link – principles and technology IO-Link is the world’s first standardized IO technology (IEC 61131-9) for communicating with sensors and actuators. The system components are an IO-Link master and an IO-Link device: a...
Fiber-optic Sensors: Flexibility, Functionality, Versatility
Very low installation space required, flexible use in the smallest of corners, the right functionality for standard and special requirements and versatile application possibilities – this is what fiber-optic sensors from...
Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI): How One Operation Function can Enhance Productivity, Cut Costs, and Improve Safety
Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI) refers to the use of a Presence-Sensing Device (often, though not limited to, light curtains) both to perform the safeguarding function and to initiate the machine cycle. While this is...
Paper Per Running Meter: RFID Technology Ensures an Accurate Production Sequence
It is clearly evident that digitalization has left its mark on the paper industry. Does the “print media” face an uncertain future or will haptic page turning hold its own? – both theories have their proponents. The digital age...
Understand SICK’s Communication Language (CoLa) for Lidar Solutions
Gain a better understanding of how to use SICK's Communication Language (CoLa) for its LMS and TiM Lidar solutions when writing application software. SICK's SOPAS software has a Terminal Tool, which is ideal for users/developers...
Safety Laser Scanner Case Study: Stacking Always Results in Wood Chippings
With industrial parquet manufacturing, fine wood flooring became affordable and available to anyone. The European parquet industry now produces over 80 million square meters of parquet flooring every year. To achieve this figure...