SICK Sensor Blog

SICK Sensor Blog
SICK Sensor Blog

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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World first: Robot Obelix moves through Freiburg autonomously
Aug 22, 2012
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... Read on
TTK50: Compact motor feedback system for linear motors
Aug 17, 2012
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... Read on
Round, short and economically unbeatable: New M18 cylindrical photoelectric sensor with extra short housing style
Jun 28, 2012
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... Read on
Versatile, robust, and economical: Capacitive proximity sensors
Jun 22, 2012
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... Read on
MultiLine sensor provides maximum detection reliability
Apr 27, 2012
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... Read on
BAUR Versand relies on SICK auto ID solutions
Apr 27, 2012
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... Read on
Stop boiler wall corrosion
Apr 26, 2012
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... Read on
Linear track measurement with modular wire draw encoders
Apr 23, 2012
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... Read on
WLL180T: Reliable detection of Petri dishes with fiber-optic sensors
Apr 23, 2012
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... Read on
Robotics to cleanup our community and environment
Apr 20, 2012
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... Read on
3D camera Ranger grading 70,000 oysters per hour
Apr 17, 2012
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,... Read on
Crane positioning with the DME5000 at Hanson Pipe & Precast
Apr 13, 2012
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... Read on

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