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Most recent articles relating to SICK (UK) Ltd;

SICK Launches Smart Box Detection for Safe Continuous Material Flow

SICK has launched an industry-first safety light curtain system for Smart Box Detection, designed to enable the continuous safe material flow of cartons or cuboid goods at entry or exit points of protected areas, while safeguarding people from dangerous materials-handling, conveying or packaging machinery.FULL STORY...

Bolt on sensor for continuous condition monitoring

SICK has launched the MPB10 Multi-Physics Box condition monitoring sensor, a rugged bolt-on device designed to deliver real-time, continuous service data from industrial machines, including electric motors, pumps, fans and conveyor systems. FULL STORY...

SICK’s Roller Sensor Bar Ends Conveyor Headaches

SICK has developed a versatile and easy to install Roller Sensor Bar to tackle common conveyor downtime headaches for operators in wide-ranging food and beverage materials handling, packaging and logistics hubs. FULL STORY...

SICK’s Fill Level Monitoring Keeps Packaging Machines Topped Up

A digital service that gives instant visibility to filling levels in packaging machinery has been developed by SICK in collaboration with industry end-users. SICK Filling Level Monitoring avoids machine stoppages by giving real-time data to operators via smartwatch or phone, so that levels of carton blanks, adhesive or film wraps, for example, stay topped up. FULL STORY...

Improving inspection with machine vision

Food Processing asked how machine vision can improve inspection processes in food production environments and what engineers need to consider when specifying machine vision on their lines. FULL STORY...

SICK’s Next-Generation Ruler3000 Offers a Fast Track to Breakthrough 3D Vision Power

SICK has unveiled the first in a new generation of Ruler3000 3D streaming cameras, designed to offer a fast track for integrators to harness the unmatched speed and measurement precision of SICK’s high-definition 3D imaging technology. FULL STORY...

SICK’s Mini InspectorP611 Packs in Machine Vision Power

SICK has launched an ultra-compact and ultra-powerful all-in-one 2D vision sensor, the InspectorP611, which can be set up rapidly to conduct highly-reliable inline machine vision inspections even in the tightest of machine spaces, or when mounted on robot arms. FULL STORY...

Product inspection insights

With 2D, 3D, and even deep learning inspections all being realistic product inspection options today, are operators spoilt for choice? Neil Sandhu offers some insight into the solutions available. FULL STORY...

80GHz Technology Puts Continuous Level Measurement on SICK’s Radar

An innovative non-contact radar sensing technology from SICK is opening up the prospect of robust and reliable real-time monitoring of liquid and bulk solid levels in food and beverage storage applications. FULL STORY...

SICK Goes Flat Out for Performance with Mini Smart Sensors

SICK has launched the versatile W4F family of miniature smart sensors, developed to achieve next-generation detection performance and incorporating powerful new optical technologies, each purpose-designed to master common sensing challenges in food processing and packaging with complete reliability. FULL STORY...

Taking the time out of Function Blocks

Charlie Walker explains how software tools are speeding up the creation of IO-Link Function Blocks to enable the capture of more valuable process data from machine controllers. FULL STORY...

SICK unveils next-generation single-beam safety switches

SICK has unveiled its next-generation L25 and L26 family of single-beam photoelectric safety switches, equipped with SICK’s ‘BluePilot’ alignment and IO-Link for smart, real-time communication, ensuring maximum machine uptime while protecting personnel from hazardous machinery in food manufacturing. FULL STORY...

SICK’s Deep Learning Brings Simplicity to Complex AI Inspection

SICK has launched a suite of Deep Learning apps and services to simplify machine vision quality inspection for challenging food products and agricultural produce, especially those that have previously defied automation and remained distinguishable only by human inspection. FULL STORY...

SICK’s on the Level with its CQF Capacitive Sensor

Compact, 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. FULL STORY...

SICK’s PBS Pressure Sensor Has More ‘Plus’ Points

SICK has upgraded its pressure sensor offering with the versatile and multifunctional PBS Plus, combining electronic pressure control, measurement and real-time monitoring in one IO-Link enabled device. FULL STORY...

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