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Draw-wire sensors in waste management

Draw-wire sensors in waste management

Waycon: In Germany alone, waste management employs about 35,000 people with an annual turnover of 40.6 billion euros (as of 2021). The volume of waste generated in 2019 was about 417 million tonnes (476 kg of household waste and 194 kg of residual...

2022-03-31
PCB-Scale for Inductive Encoder

PCB-Scale for Inductive Encoder

POSIC introduces two new scales for its popular ID1102L and ID4501L linear encoders. The short-range scale TPLS04 has a length of 26 mm, whereas the TPLS05 is 205 mm long. The scale’s width of 4.5 mm and thickness of 0.77 mm match nicely...

2022-03-30
Wachendorff’s WDGA series absolute encoders offer significant advantages for demanding precision measurement tasks

Wachendorff’s WDGA series absolute encoders ...

Variohm EuroSensor: Wachendorff’s WDGA series multi-turn absolute encoders are well-proven for their highly precise performance, robustness, and long working life for precision measurement and motion control applications across a broad range...

2022-03-25
Detects any object even from a distance: Reliable detection with the new optical sensors OT300 and OT500

Detects any object even from a distance ...

Baumer adds new OT300 and OT500 sensors to their portfolio of photoelectric sensors. The sensors offer a large detection range of up to 2.6 m thanks to time-of-flight measurement. Independent of the angle of installation, the sensors will reliably...

2022-03-22
POSITAL’s Explosion-Proof Rotary Encoders Receive ATEX/IECEx Certification

POSITAL’s Explosion-Proof Rotary Encoders ...

FRABA group: POSITAL’s explosion-proof IXARC rotary encoders have been certified to comply with ATEX/IECEx directives for Category 3 electrical products. These devices are suitable for use in Zone 2 and Zone 22 conditions (potential exposure...

2022-03-18
2 for the price of 1 - Measuring and switching

2 for the price of 1 - Measuring and switching

Leuze electronic: The innovative ODT 3C sensor from Leuze can handle both measuring and switching tasks. The new 2-in-1 solution is thus suitable for a wide range of automated industrial applications. Is there an object on the conveyor belt? If yes: What is...

2022-03-18
Industrial Ethernet Encoder: Absolute, Compact and Future ready

Industrial Ethernet Encoder: Absolute, Compact

SIKO GmbH: The term Industry 4.0 is on everyone’s mind. Industry 4.0 doesn’t just refer to the intelligent networking of sensors and machines, but rather to the possibility of providing solutions, which make your processes and...

2022-03-17
Sensata Technologies Announces Strategic Collaboration with NIRA Dynamics to Develop Tire Tread Depth Monitor Solution

Sensata Technologies Announces Strategic ...

Sensata Technologies announced a new collaboration with NIRA Dynamics AB to deliver an accurate and robust tire Tread Depth Monitoring (TDM) ‘virtual sensor’ system for automotive OEMs that optimizes tire health and improves vehicle...

2022-03-16
IO-Link via Modular Principle

IO-Link via Modular Principle

Leuze electronic: The new IO-Link function modules from Leuze simplify the integration of device data into PLC programs. This saves the users time and enables error-free installation. With their IO-Link function modules, the Sensor People at Leuze are...

2022-03-16
High-performance subminiature blue light sensor for all types  of detection tasks

High-performance subminiature blue light sensor

SensoPart: With its long range and two switching outputs, SensoPart's new BlueLight subminiature sensor FT 10-BHD is suited to an extensive range of applications, while offering extremely compact dimensions. The South German manufacturer SensoPart...

2022-03-11
Smart components for a high degree of automation

Smart components for a high degree of automation

SIKO GmbH: Automation, Industry 4.0 and Big Data are the key technology trends in the industrial sector. Braun Sondermaschinen GmbH recognized these trends early on and utilizes them for developing fully automated production lines –...

2022-03-04
Compact 36mm absolute rotary encoders with analog Interface

Compact 36mm absolute rotary encoders with ...

SIKO GmbH: Whether in factory automation, process or medical technology, the complexity and uptime requirements are constantly increasing. This increases the demand for ever smarter sensors where limited space is available. With the new AV3650M...

2022-02-18
Precise laser sensors for automation

Precise laser sensors for automation

Micro-Epsilon: Demanding automation tasks such as automotive production, 3D printing and robotics applications can be solved with the highest precision using optoNCDT 1900 laser sensors. The latest models provide information on displacement,...

2022-02-16
Measuring and switching multi-talent

Measuring and switching multi-talent

Leuze electronic: The innovative ODT 3C sensor from Leuze can handle both measuring and switching tasks. The new 2-in-1 solution is thus suitable for a wide range of automated industrial applications. Is there an object on the conveyor belt? If yes: What is...

2022-02-15
Inspecting the sharpness of band knives

Inspecting the sharpness of band knives

Micro-Epsilon: Foam cutting machines must ensure a constant cutting quality, which requires among other things a perfect condition of the cutting blades. Laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon are used to test the knife sharpness. Foam cutting...

2022-02-14
Smart sensor family for mobile machines

Smart sensor family for mobile machines

SIKO GmbH: Whether mobile elevating work platforms, mobile cranes or truck-mounted concrete pumps – mobile machines have to consistently function as smoothly, precisely and efficiently as possible. This requires smart sensors that can...

2022-02-11
Inductive sensor LVDT LV-G - self-orienting rod end  bearings for perfect adjustment

Inductive sensor LVDT LV-G - self-orienting ...

Waycon:The tried-and-tested LVDT series LV by WayCon is being expanded with the LV-G, which is equipped with rod end bearings. Thanks to the rod end bearings, the inductive sensors can be directly attached to the object to be measured. Here, the...

2022-02-10
Robust 36 mm encoder from Wachendorff

Robust 36 mm encoder from Wachendorff

Wachendorff: Wachendorff Automation now also has a heavy-duty variant in the very compact 36 mm design in its range of incremental encoders in the WDGP series, as well as absolute encoders in the WDGA series. This version is characterized by a...

2022-02-09
Capacitive sensors for subnanometer thickness measurements

Capacitive sensors for subnanometer thickness ..

Micro-Epsilon: Capacitive sensors from Micro-Epsilon are used for precise displacement measurements as well as non-contact thickness measurements. They achieve submicron accuracy even in industrial environments. Therefore, they are used for...

2022-02-09
Robust magnetic encoders offer increased application flexibility: Wachendorff’s WDGP incremental encoders have freely definable pulse number

Robust magnetic encoders offer increased ...

Variohm EuroSensor: Wachendorff Automation, the encoder and measurement systems manufacturer, has launched a new variant of its well-proven industrial grade rotary encoders that feature a freely definable pulse count. The new WDGP series,...

2022-02-07
Eddy current sensors with clamping for special installation conditions and small measuring ranges

Eddy current sensors with clamping for ...

Micro-Epsilon: The eddyNCDT ES-U1-T and ES-U3-T displacement sensors are new to the Micro-Epsilon portfolio. Both sensor types can be fastened via clamping. This offers several advantages: the sensors are not subject to torsional stress, the...

2022-02-04
Safe monitoring of crane positions

Safe monitoring of crane positions

Micro-Epsilon: Automated crane systems must be controlled reliably and extremely precisely. This is the only way to achieve a fast, safe and efficient material flow. Modern control units frequently use measurement values obtained from...

2022-02-03
Bourns Introduces 12mm Dual Concentric Rotary Encoder Series Featuring Two Encoders in a Single Package

Bourns Introduces 12mm Dual Concentric Rotary ..

Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, introduced a new 12mm dual concentric rotary encoder series that features two encoders in a single package. Bourns® Model PEC11D allows designers to specify a single...

2022-01-25
Further product and manufacturing expansion for the Variohm Group through CPI™ acquisition – harsh duty position sensing and switching technologies

Further product and manufacturing expansion ...

Variohm EuroSensor: Variohm Holdings Ltd (aka The Variohm Group), part of the LSE-listed discoverIE (LSE: DSCV), has further advanced its strategic product offering and manufacturing competency through the acquisition of the USA based precision...

2022-01-24
The big screen: special effects with the aid of absolute draw-wire encoders

The big screen: special effects with the ...

SIKO GmbH: Draw-wire encoders are not the kind of component that is normally associated with motion picture production. But what distinguishes the draw-wire encoders from SIKO GmbH, a leading manufacturer of sensors and positioning systems, and...

2022-01-24
Smart as standard: New Baumer strain sensors with IO-Link

Smart as standard: New Baumer strain sensors ...

Baumer: Screw-on strain sensors frequently provide a clever alternative to force measurement. Particularly for large forces, they are significantly more cost-efficient than force sensors. In addition, they allow different force ranges to be...

2022-01-21
The system for gypsum boards dimensional measurement

The system for gypsum boards dimensional ...

RIFTEK: Turn-key solution on the base of 2D laser scanners and point triangulation sensors for continuous contactless measurement of gypsum boards geometrical parameters. Measured parameters: Full profile of any type shape edge with two adjacent surfaces...

2022-01-19
3DGipsumB. The system for gypsum boards dimensional measurement

3DGipsumB. The system for gypsum boards ...

RIFTEK: Our new finished project continues RIFTEK’s work in solving different measurement challenges and is intended for non-contact measurement of gypsum boards during their production. 3DGipsumB system contains 3 measurement stations, sequentially...

2022-01-18
Smart, simple and precise – OXM profile sensors for efficient profile measurements

Smart, simple and precise – OXM profile sensors

Baumer: The smart multi-tool profile sensors OXM from Baumer enable fast solutions for individual measurement tasks thanks to measurement functions directly integrated in the sensor and their simplest usability. For even more precision, the OXM200 is now...

2022-01-17
P3003 & P3004 - 30mm Inductive Proximity Sensor

P3003 & P3004 - 30mm Inductive Proximity Sensor

4B BRAIME Components LTD: An inductive sensor designed to detect shaft speed, shaft position, gate position, or object presence. No contact is made between the sensor and the object being monitored. Maximum range of ferrous targets is 8 mm...

2022-01-14
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