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.
Green technologies for producing energy are creating real hope: Bio-coal can already be produced synthetically through CO2 recycling, bio-butanol can be made with genetically- modified microbes and bio-gas...
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Outstanding robot specialist Universal Robots and leading sensor solutions provider SICK have joined forces in order to create two innovative applications for collaborative robots. The applications...
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The SICK AppSpace Developers’ Conference 2018 at the Messe Freiburg revolved around networking and sharing. The 124 attendees – with twice as many external participants as last year –...
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With the W16 and W26 product family, a new generation of photoelectric sensors is dawning which is equipped with everything that can make work easier and processes safer, and therefore more efficient...
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Concrete is the most commonly used construction material in the world. Roof tiles, ceilings, stacks, facades, paving stones, staircases, cellars, garages, and trash cans are all made from it. The material...
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“Brilliant, great! I battled for two years for a solution. SICK understood our requirements exactly and delivered!” – was the reaction of Emmanuel Matodzi, Technical Manager of the Egoli...
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Excavating construction and foundation pits is an essential stage in all kinds of construction projects, from building underground tunnels for traffic to erecting buildings or bridges. These projects are...
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Although the German Chancellor did not visit us this year during her opening tour, the SICK trade fair team still had a successful start to the Hannover Messe 2018. “Driving your industry...
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Continental is one of the world’s leading automotive industry suppliers. The increasing variety of vehicle models, variants, and derivatives being produced and the shorter product life cycles in...
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Finnish company Capps Oy has developed an automated storage system for pharmacies that is based on completely new thinking. The machine takes only a fraction of the space of traditional storage but can...
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There is an increase in the demand for linear sensors for mobile automation in general and even more so for hydraulically driven machines. But the quantitative aspect is just one side of the story. More...
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Most of us enjoy the great taste of nutritious tomatoes – as pure and fresh crops, tomato sauce, or with pasta. Around 20 million Australians eat 22 kg of processed tomatoes per head annually. Founded...
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The new FLOWgate™ operating software for all FLOWSIC ultrasonic gas flow meters and ultrasonic gas flow measuring devices from SICK links diagnostic data quickly and intelligently and presents...
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IO-Link is not just gaining increasing acceptance in an ever greater number of applications – the manufacturer-independent communication technology is also an enabler for innovative sensor solutions...
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It all starts with a piece of metal. In the body shop, the rear part of the vehicle represents the first stage in creating a customer’s specific order. Step by step, the car at long last starts to...
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The big preview for the Hannover Messe 2018 took place on 6 February 2018. 170 journalists from all over the world were invited to the preview. Selected exhibitors were able to present their new products...
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Up to now, functional safety technology in automation has mostly been implemented separated from fieldbuses and Ethernet networks. But the next microScan3 generation sets new standards: The microScan3...
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At the site of the High Moselle Bridge in Zeltingen-Rachtig in Germany – the largest bridge currently under construction within Europe – a team from Trier University of Applied Sciences are...
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In the Netherlands, natural gas is a key source of energy and accounts for nearly half of the total energy mix. As we enter a new era in terms of energy, an intelligent approach to gas production is crucial...
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Fitness or health apps read data from fitness wristbands or smartwatches and provide information about the current performance of the user. The apps also provide additional services such as digital manuals...
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For Industrieservice Schach, working with SICK as a one-stop supplier is paying dividends both technically and financially. Based in Nürtingen, Germany, the company uses state-of-the-art sensor technology...
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Goods flows multiply for Christmas business, and logistic systems face major challenges every year - in production and trade, as in the area of dispatch services. The final link in the logistical chain,...
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Costly manual measurement of raw chipboard is a thing of the past. The SicoCam inline board measurement system from Siempelkamp Logistics & Service now measures wooden composite boards in a continuous...
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Managing the future with "Sensor Intelligence.": At SPS/IPC/Drives 2017, SICK once again presented exciting trends and innovations. During recent years, digitalization and networking in production...
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