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.
For cleaning subway tunnels, the special equipment supplier Schörling has developed a self-propelled train, equipping it with intelligent sensor technology from SICK. In dark tunnels, this technology...
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When commissioning a production order in the production department, e.g. final assembly or engine production in the automotive industry, then various sub-quantities may have to be put together from the...
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Highways and other busy traffic routes are dangerous obstacles for animals living in the wild. Green bridges (wildlife crossings) connect the animals habitats. Roe deer, red deer, wild boars, and...
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Itella, the Finnish mail and communication company (formerly Finnish Post), has invested in new sorting and detection systems at several parcel sorting centers. As a first in this sector, combined...
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The Jiangsu Sha Steel Group is the largest private steel group in the Peoples Republic of China. For detection of oil and water pressures PBS pressure switches are being used. The transmitter, pressure...
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As the trend towards ever more powerful machines continues, ways of protecting them are also in need of constant development. Safe movement monitoring helps to keep risks to a minimum, as it not only enables...
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For a long time, it was a critical moment to both passengers and streetcar personnel when the doors of the Cobra series of streetcars in Zurich were closing. These vehicles featured a photoelectric sensor...
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Equipping adjacent machines with only one safety component is extremely economical. In the context of the Scanner Plus! campaign, SICK has adopted this approach as a mission, developing the Sim-4-Safety...
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Efficient flue gas cleaning is used in modern power stations. A secondary method used to reduce NOx is the SCR (selective catalytic reduction). Thanks to the unique SCR Bypass System from SICK, modern...
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Who does not know the endless lines at the baggage counter of an airport? But help is on its way. Just as you can scan your own items at the supermarket today, it will be possible in future to check in...
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WTB12-3 Line photoelectric proximity sensors from SICK ensure 100-percent counting reliability in the counting and weighing machines for baked goods made by A&B Verpackungsmaschinen Manufaktur GmbH...
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Safety for automated guided vehicles on all paths and in all direction, combined with economic efficiency - this specification from the Spanish intralogistics provider ASTI is fulfilled by complete protection...
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In the context of plant modernizations, the Belgian French fries producer Lutosa cooperated with SICK to implement an intelligent concept at the plant in Leuze-en-Hainaut that provides maximum machine...
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Productivity of a machine is the key to efficient automation. Smart Sensor Solutions powered by IO-Link ensure consistency in automation networks, thus opening up potential for effective application solutions...
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The new MPA from SICK is the versatile solution for linear distance measurement and position detection of pistons in pneumatic drives. The analog positioning sensor delivers convincing performance due...
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More than 25,000 drivers decide each day to use the Liefkenshoektunnel. By doing so, they avoid traffic jams that often form on Ring 1 around Antwerp, Belgium. Today, the tunnel is the only toll road in...
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Using the function blocks specifically developed for integration of the AFS60 and AFM60 EtherNet/IP encoders into Rockwell controllers allows retrieving, reading, and partly writing (set and get) pre-installed...
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Navigating through interactive contents by movements of the hand like Tom Cruise in Minority Report - this is the dream that the Swiss Atracsys company has made a reality with the beMerlin LV. The LMS100...
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Hoisting walls are installations for lifting and lowering stage sets. In this connection, it is essential that the required path and position data be detected with great precision. ATM60 SSI absolute encoders...
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Anyone who believes to be part of the action in a 3D movie is well-advised to experience 4D cinema technology. Mobile cinema seats cause gravitational and centrifugal forces, among others, to impact the...
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Laser detectors from SICK already protect many museums, banks, public institutions, penitentiaries, and other important buildings. For these systems trigger alarm signals before break-ins can occur in...
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Safe and fast Internet connections, tamper-proof authentication methods, as well as intelligent sensors and controllers are the foundation of SICK Remote Services - the new service range offered for individual...
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Cutting, punching, and aligning - the KTM product family in the Prime and Core models offers tailor-made solutions for print mark detection and controlling of packaging processes, such as, e.g., positioning...
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The OD Mini is the ideal sensor solution when the issues that matter apart from precise measuring of small distances or detecting position changes in the µm range include compact construction size,...
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