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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
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
Gas monitoring during the packaging of food in a modified atmosphere

Gas monitoring during the packaging of food ...

MSR-Electronic: Packaging is essential. Nevertheless, it is important to choose a type of packaging that minimises environmental impact. Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is a technology for keeping food fresh. It involves replacing the natural...

2022-03-11
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
Maximum patient safety with improved BLD03 blood leak detector from SONOTEC

Maximum patient safety with improved BLD03 ...

SONOTEC: In order to ensure highest patient safety and to meet the growing demand in the field of home dialysis, SONOTEC enhanced its new BLD03 blood leak detector to work reliably in a wide range of medical applications. If the dialysate gets...

2022-03-09
ZEMIC load sensors find novel use for critical health monitoring function on Apiago’s smart beehives

ZEMIC load sensors find novel use for ...

Variohm: ZEMIC Europe, represented in the UK by Variohm EuroSensor, are no strangers to extraordinary load measurement tasks as this latest application in beekeeping suggests. Apiago is a French start-up company looking to help revolutionise the...

2022-03-09
Condition monitoring with the Stationary Sensor Box (S-SB10) and T20 ultrasonic transducer

Condition monitoring with the Stationary ...

SONOTEC is now successfully applying its core competence - the development and production of customized ultrasonic transducers - to preventive maintenance. With the T20 ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic experts are launching a structure-borne...

2022-03-08
CO2 analysis in medical

CO2 analysis in medical

Micro-Hybrid: Ventilation and respiratory monitoring are key challenges for medical technology in intensive care and during anesthesia. The protection of the lungs during therapy and the prevention of damage are at the forefront of modern...

2022-03-07
New technology caps pharma bottling process

New technology caps pharma bottling process

Sensor Technology: The new TorqSense SGR530/540, being introduced throughout 2020 and 2021, measures torque using a full four element strain gauge bridge. With this, four separate strain gauges are fixed to the drive shaft of the plant or...

2022-03-04
Bearing Inspection with SONAPHONE

Bearing Inspection with SONAPHONE

SONOTEC launches a holistic solution for ultrasonic bearing inspection with new SONAPHONE LevelMeter 2.0 app, the BS40 structure-borne sensor and new features in the SONAPHONE DataSuite maintenance software. The new version of the SONAPHONE...

2022-03-01
All-in-one solution for ventilators

All-in-one solution for ventilators

Sensirion: The new SFM3x00-AW-D gas flow evaluation kit is now globally available via distribution. It enables you to take proximal measurements, not only of respiratory gas flow rates, but also of associated ventilation pressure, in a single...

2022-02-23
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
Oxygen monitoring for Russia’s largest ice cream manufacturer Iceberry

Oxygen monitoring for Russia’s largest ice ...

MSR-Electronic: Gas sensors from MSR-Electronic monitor various production areas in the new plant in Tutayev, north of Moscow. Founded in 1937, Iceberry’s market share in Russia is approximately 25 %. The ice cream manufacturer produces 250...

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
AI image processing of tomorrow: Smart Cameras for implementing Industry 4.0 and AI applications

AI image processing of tomorrow: Smart ...

Baumer: The market for industrial image processing has developed rapidly in recent years and today it is hard to imagine many industries without it. More and more applications are being covered by imaging techniques, for example to make production processes...

2022-02-15
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
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
Accelerometers for low-power applications

Accelerometers for low-power applications

Advanced Sensors Calibration (ASC): They are extremely robust, very flat and low current consumption: The new ASC ECO-x311 capacitive based accelerometers were specially developed for cost-efficient and battery-powererd applications with limited...

2022-02-10
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
New 120x84 pixel Infrared Thermopile Array

New 120x84 pixel Infrared Thermopile Array

Heimann Sensor has pushed thermopile array technology to the next level with an increased thermal resolution of 120x84 pixel elements. The beauty of this new array is the reduced pixel pitch, which is now 60 µm instead of 90 µm. This results in...

2022-02-08
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
Thermal imaging camera with spotfinder for industrial applications

Thermal imaging camera with spotfinder for ...

Micro-Epsilon: The thermoIMAGER TIM41 thermal imaging camera is designed for demanding industrial serial applications. Accurate temperature measurements are possible in a range from -20 °C to +900 °C. Focusing is performed via an...

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
Lens type thermopile single sensor

Lens type thermopile single sensor

Heimann Sensor was able to manufacture more than 1.5 million high quality lens type single element thermopile sensors HMS M21 L3.0 in the last 18 months. These small sized sensors are mainly used for high quality forehead thermometers with medical...

2022-02-01
Sensor technology is helping in the treatment of COVID patients

Sensor technology is helping in the treatment ..

Sensirion: The flow sensor from Sensirion is playing an important role in this, enabling gentle ventilation during transfer between intensive care units. Sensirion’s flow sensors provide highly accurate and reliable measurements of gas and...

2022-01-31
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