Industrial sensors manufacturer SICK says its PowerProx sensor offers unprecedented versatility to detect any object on a high-speed production line with just one range of sensors.
Laser Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology has been incorporated into PowerProx’s compact housing to deliver distance sensing, proximity and object detection.
A sensor in the PowerProx range can be used to replace a high proportion of distance and proximity sensors in a production plant, says the company.
Engineers are able to choose from a range of four sensors to achieve results over a distance range between 50mm and 3.8m.
“Nothing gets by the SICK PowerProx,” says David Hannaby, SICK UK’s product manager for presence detection.
“It delivers a multi-tasking series of sensors with outstanding performance at a competitive price.
“The PowerProx is ready for use in an Industry 4.0 smart factory. The sensors can communicate their signals and results to a centralised factory network or be monitored, re-set or taught to perform new sensing tasks across a whole range of applications.”
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