Extremely accurate distancing, the maintenance of distances, the checking of presence – these tasks are ideally solved with the new DS30 distance sensor. As compact as a photoelectric switch, the device offers a scanning distance of 2 m and highly precise background suppression – regardless of the object’s colour.
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No steps, nothing to trip over – DKS40 incremental encoders ensure that the cabins from lift producer OSMA stop level with the floor.
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TNT Express has equipped its depot in Neuss with a fully automatic DWS (Dimensioning, Weighing and Scanning) system to increase productivity during the processing of packages. The calibrated VMS520 volume measurement system and the OPS490 omniportal reading system from SICK are operated as a “package solution”.
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The “tried-and-tested” EN 954 standard will only continue to apply for the evaluation of safety control systems for just under three years. Then it will finally be replaced by the edited version of the EN ISO 13849-1, which is already valid. EN 62061, however, also applies now – when the safe design of electrical controllers is concerned. What does the standards duo mean in practice? And why are there two standards for the “same” subject? Which standard should machines constructors and plant users employ? Dr. Michael Schaefer and Michael Hauke from the Trade Association of Industrial Safety (BGIA) provide SICK insight with a full explanation.
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