productEASY TO set up with a range of parameters to communicate the real-time operational and maintenance status of machinery, SICK claims to have reimagined the industrial light stack as a versatile and customisable Smart Light Tower
newsGROWING NUMBER of Covid infection and hospitalisation rates, and new regulations on vaccination passports, in the German state of Bavaria has led to the cancellation of this year’s event.
newsADDITIVE MANUFACTURING enables a paradigm shift for many sectors including aerospace, automotive, telecoms and consumer goods.
productSICK’S COMPACT 2D LiDAR sensors can be used for area monitoring or object detection in logistics and storage applications, door access monitoring as well as for building security.
productINDUCTIVE SAFETY switches introduced by SICK provide designers and operators with a compact cuboid-shaped non-contact device that can be fitted easily into the smallest machine spaces.
productA MULTIBEAM safety scanner introduced by SICK is believed to be the first in the world to use safe, solid-state LiDAR technology to enable small autonomous vehicles and line-guided shuttle systems to operate more quickly and productively.
news“Every block of stone has a sculpture inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it,” Michaelangelo once said. In the digital age, sensors have become intelligent tools for managing engineering and business processes. Each produces data as a raw material, and it is the task of the engineer to refine it and use it to add value to drive business processes, asserts Neil Sandhu
productCOMPACT, ECONOMIC and quick to install, SICK’s CQF16 capacitive level sensor has been developed to provide a universal, non-contact solution wherever the fill level of water-based liquids must be detected in non-metallic vessels, tanks or pipes.
articleModern manufacturing is becoming more fluid: Production, assembly and materials handling processes are increasingly flexible, modular and self-organising. Neil Sandhu looks at how AGVs fit into this landscape
productWith the release of the SICK LiDAR-LOC solution for mobile platforms, users can implement contour-based localisation on any automated guided vehicle, cart, forklift or service robot fitted with SICK 2D LiDAR sensors or safety scanners.
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