Precision flow measurement from SICK Automation
April 2013, Flow Measurement & Control

It is common to have subterraneous gas deposits in combination with oil fields. A mixture of crude oil, gas and water is extracted, which has to be separated, but oil and water still remain in the gas, ...

Cylindrical photoelectric sensors from SICK Automation
March 2013, Sensors & Transducers

GR18S is the new SICK Automation family of cylindrical photoelectric sensors. The compact housing design and choice of axial or radial optics provide particularly space-saving solutions with wide sensing ...

Linear distance measurement and position detection
March 2013, Sensors & Transducers

The new MPA from SICK Automation is a versatile solution for linear distance measurement and position detection of pistons in pneumatic drives. The analogue positioning sensor delivers convincing performance ...

Safety light curtain from SICK
March 2013, Sensors & Transducers

The deTec4 Core safety light curtain from SICK is equipped with a new innovative system of brackets, no blind zones and increased height of its protective field, designed to minimise the effort required ...

Complete emission measurement technology from SICK
November 2012, Analytical Instrumentation

A guide to selection of a continuous emission measurement system.

SICK offers solutions in a world of transparency
September 2012, Sensors & Transducers

Transparent plastic packaging, bottles made of glass or PET, ampoules and pipettes, flat, tubular and hollow glass, films for securing loads on pallets – in a transparent world, machine builders must ...

Sick's Multiline provides maximum detection reliability
July 2012, Sensors & Transducers

Two photoelectric sensors in one housing that combine logic evaluation intelligently with one another, Sick’s MultiLine sensor is designed for high-end difficult applications detecting flat or textured ...

Print marks yield to pattern
March 2012, Sensors & Transducers

New detection method from Sick makes it possible. Packaging without the need for print marks is precisely what the ML20 markless sensor from SICK Automation is designed to do. Used like a print mark ...

Retrofitting machines affects safety
March 2012, System Integration

When does a substantial and thus CE-relevant transformation apply? The EU Machinery Directive, MD 2006/42/EC, is addressed to all manufacturers and distributors of machines, including operators that ...

Photoelectric sensors for packaging and bottling
February 2012, Sensors & Transducers

SICK offers the solution portfolio for the world of transparency. Transparent plastic packaging, bottles made of glass or PET, ampoules and pipettes, flat, tubular and hollow glass, films for securing ...

Reliable detection of foil-wrapped packaging units
February 2012, Sensors & Transducers

In the most diverse industries, automation specialists wishing to detect shiny and uneven objects – foil-wrapped six-packs or shiny metal surfaces – by using photoelectric sensors, were faced with three ...

Combating counterfeit medicines
August 2011, Sensors & Transducers

A fast growing problem worldwide. Counterfeit medicine is a globally widespread and fast-growing problem. Driven by the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Federation ...