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Explore our latest innovations and discover SICK's success stories as one of the world's leading solutions providers for sensor-based applications. The SICK Sensor Blog helps its readers stay up to date on the latest advances in automation, ranging from production plants to processes and logistics systems. It’s time to lift the veil on the world of digital transformation.

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The new mobility: How sensors control the cobots of the future

Sep 17, 2019

The ongoing development of small, powerful and flexibly positionable robots that can collaborate with humans is progressing in leaps and bounds. The sensors from SICK are an important component in this... Read on

Innovative intralogistics: AutoBox with SICK navigation and safety sensors in pilot test at BMW

Aug 13, 2019

The BMW Dynamics Center in Dingolfing is welcoming the launch of a pilot project that will allow incoming spare parts to be transported safely from the incoming goods station to the picking warehouse with... Read on

Robot Operating System (ROS) with SICK and KEBA: Diversity and simplification

Aug 6, 2019

When we all speak the same language, lots of things become a whole lot easier. But communication isn’t just important between humans. Communication between human and machine, robot and machine control,... Read on

3D localization with the Belt Pick SensorApp for pick-and-place tasks

Jul 29, 2019

The ability to ensure hygienic primary packaging of sensitive open food is incredibly important within the food industry. This is why SICK is working with the robot manufacturer Stäubli to make this... Read on

Ranger3 irons out any issues for 3D inspection in steelworks

Jul 12, 2019

When it comes to optical 3D inspections in thermal production processes for continuous casting plants, hot rolling mills, and tube rolling mills, flickering surfaces, heat, tinder, dirt, and moisture are... Read on

Monitor logistics data with Package Analytics to make informed decisions faster

Jul 2, 2019

In high-volume distribution centers, sensors record and communicate thousands of pieces of logistics data every day, but the challenge is compiling and interpreting all that data. SICK's Package Analytics... Read on

Safe and rugged: Experts at MAN, HELLER and SICK perfect the deTec safety light curtain

Jun 27, 2019

Polycarbonate is a proven material in the machine tools segment. SICK’s deTec4 Core safety light curtains are correspondingly equipped with polycarbonate front screens as standard. When, in 2016,... Read on

Clear path of forging and transport manipulators with 3D vision

Jun 19, 2019

The forging manipulators by Siegerland-based company DANGO & DIENENTHAL are best given a wide berth. These transport and handling machines can weigh as much as 1,000 tonnes. Not only that—their... Read on

Visionary-B 3D assistance system prevents accidents when driving backwards

Jun 14, 2019

Looking back and aheadIn fall, huge mountains of sugar beets pile up at Pfeifer & Langen with headquarters in Cologne. One of the leading sugar producers in Europe is supplied with millions of beets... Read on

Body Positioning System for non-contact localization wins AEE Innovation Award 2019

Jun 7, 2019

During its very first participation in the Automotive Engineering Exposition (AEE) in Nuremberg in June 2019, SICK AG took first place in the AEE Innovation Award 2019 with its BPS5400, a camera-supported... Read on

Annual Report 2018

Apr 30, 2019

SICK achieved above-average growth in sales again during the 2018 fiscal year, measured against the growth rate of Germany’s engineering sector. Orders received exceeded the value of the previous... Read on

The chancellor visits SICK – Deep learning wows Merkel and Löfven at the Hannover Messe 2019

Apr 4, 2019

Deep learning is one of the SICK presentation topics at the Hannover Messe 2019. The chancellor was personally very impressed with this and other aspects of the advancing Industry 4.0 applications. During... Read on

FLOWSIC200 functional test in tunnel fire test

Mar 26, 2019

In Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, fire assessments are carried out in tunnel systems to prove the functionality of the tunnel-dependent ventilation concept, which forms part of the acceptance protocol... Read on

The next step for safety: the deTec4 safety light curtain

Mar 22, 2019

Safety light curtains for the prevention of machine accidents are, in terms of principle of operation, a readily available technology from many suppliers these days. But users of this technology want more... Read on

Mobile test bench: FLOWSIC600-XT Quatro enables field verification in high-volume gas installations

Mar 19, 2019

US manufacturer Big Elk Energy Systems, LLC has developed one of the world’s first mobile gas flow rate test benches. This system can be used to verify gas meters that are installed in high-volume... Read on

4.0 NOW – SICK will be fully networked at the Hannover Messe 2019

Feb 27, 2019

The time has arrived: Industry 4.0 is happening now. SICK will show what this looks like at the Hannover Messe 2019 from 1 to 5 April 2019 with a live stream from the 4.0 NOW Factory in Freiburg. The official... Read on

Part localizer from SICK brings order to the chaos of mixed-up parts

Feb 6, 2019

Testing and assembly specialist Kubik Automation GmbH from Baienfurt in Germany is putting SICK's PLOC2D robot guidance system to use in its new sCube assembly cell. The team of experienced industry experts... Read on

FLOWSKID600: High accurate gas flow measurement in Australia’s biggest coal seam gas field

Jan 20, 2019

Today, Australia is the second largest exporter for LNG in the world with high growth rates in gas production. The Roma gas field was one of the first discovered fields in Australia. The field covers approximately... Read on

…and action! Innovations and new sensor solutions in use

Jan 14, 2019

From world’s first safety laser scanner certified for use in outdoor applications, over vertical and bidirectional edge cloud integration, up to complete turnkey solutions – sensor intelligence... Read on

Safety goes Art – “Torque” production art at Dürr

Jan 8, 2019

In industry, robots stand for rational processes, the highest precision and reproducible quality. But for art? What at first glance doesn’t go together comes together at Dürr in Bietigheim-Bissingen... Read on

Is the one cable connection HIPERFACE DSL® for electric motors soon to be the automation standard?

Dec 14, 2018

Why take two when one would do? Why waste valuable space with twice as many cables when installing the entire system could be much smarter and compact with half the effort? There are so many advantages... Read on

Go out into the world - SICK is presenting a worldwide innovation with the outdoorScan3

Nov 30, 2018

With the outdoorScan3 safety laser scanner, SICK is now entering the outdoor areas of industrial environments. With this product, SICK has closed another gap in the complete automation of industrial processes... Read on

Digital services save time and effort

Nov 22, 2018

Compliance and user responsibility are a lot of work and not much fun. If you can’t afford failures or problems with authorities or inspectors, you should take extensive precautions. SICK LifeTime... Read on

Bicycles and cars on the same plant? High speed camera from SICK verifies components in the KUKA SmartProduction Center

Nov 13, 2018

Increasing product type diversity, more frequent model changeovers, quantity fluctuations: The changing market conditions call for suitable and competitive product solutions, for example precise 3D measurements... Read on

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