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.
When it comes to foods, consumers primarily perceive the shape and color of the products as important indicators of quality. Broken cookies, missing frostings, or baking produce showing excessive browning...
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The new FLG (Frame Light Grid) standard automation light grid from SICK is a precise, installation-friendly solution for detecting free-falling objects. By way of example, the "Frame Light Grid"...
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Reliably detecting six-packs in PET film on conveyor systems is a real challenge for optical sensors. It can be solved in the optimum way using the new MultiPac photoelectric sensor from SICK. ...
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Ultrasonic flow meters are so far advanced when it comes to custody transfer readings: ultra-modern technology for ultra-reliable measurements. The new compact FLOWSIC500 ultrasonic gas meter from SICK...
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Space-saving design, rugged housing layout, ASIC technology for maximum electronic stability, and extended sensing ranges are the highlights of the new IQ inductive proximity sensors from SICK. The three...
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Saving time and fuel as well as stopping at the gate quickly and safely are the most important benefits offered by the optical aircraft docking systems by FMT Aircraft Gate Support Systems AB. The Swedish...
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The MACtac-Bemis Group of companies headquartered in the Belgian town of Soignies (Hainaut province) manufactures adhesive films for decorative and advertising purposes as well as a broad spectrum of high-tech...
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UNITR, manufactured by the Swiss company MT ROBOT AG, covers a whole range of applications including logistics, floor cleaning and quality assurance, through to safety and inspection tasks. S300 Professional...
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LASE PeCo Systemtechnik GmbH, a system integrator headquartered in Wesel, Germany, supplies high-quality laser sensors and laser-based system solutions for individual tasks. For a forensic clinic in Northwestern...
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On August 21st, the robot named Obelix strolled through the city of Freiburg autonomously, covering a distance of four kilometers. In doing so, laser measurement sensors of the LMS1xx product family made...
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The new TTK50 is one of the most compact motor feedback systems for linear direct drives. With its highly reliable movement speed, it ensures the highest dynamics with the absolute position detection of...
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The new SICK product family of cylindrical photoelectric sensors is named GR18S. Its compact housing design and choice of axial or radial optics provide particularly space-saving solutions with wide sensing...
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The product family of capacitive proximity sensors from SICK delivers convincing performance in harsh everyday operations. If the application setting is heavily contaminated with dust or detection must...
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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...
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BAUR Versand, an Otto Group mail order company, has dramatically increased the capacity of its Altenkunstadt site as a result of the implementation of a cross-corporate logistics optimization project...
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In spite of alternative energy concepts, coal-fired power plants are a technology which cannot be replaced at the moment. Installation damage and boiler downtime due to corrosion by flue gas however considerably...
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The motto of EcoLine wire draw encoders from SICK is tailor-made track measurement. This is made possible by the product family's modular concept: encoder, interfaces and measured lengths can be selected...
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Petri dishes are flat, round, transparent and fragile. Hekuma, a specialist in peripheral automation for injection molding machines, knows the secret of reliable detection: the WLL180T range of fiber-optic...
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Market demand for a low cost, high-volume community-wide bin cleaning service drove the need for innovation. FreshBins vision involved deploying an industrial robot mounted on a truck to automate the bin...
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Known as a delicacy around the world, Oysters must still be alive when consumed. For this reason, utmost care during packing and rapid shipping are topping the list of priorities at Céline Maisons,...
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Hanson Pipe & Precast is one of the world's leading manufacturers of concrete pipes and the largest manufacturer of concrete products in North America. The innovative positioning solution system from...
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