>> The device is available in two versions that are specially optimised for pallets in automatic small parts stores and high-bay warehouses. The DME 5000 has been designed for an ambient temperature range of +55 °C to –40 °C. Thus this distance measurement device is also suitable for use in deep-freeze storage systems.

Store-specific versions for fastest possible positioning processes

The new DME 5000 offers approach speeds of up to 10 m/s, and with its two range-oriented versions (for 70 m and 150 m) takes the different requirements of automatic small parts stores and high-bay warehouses into account.The 70 m version is characterised by highly dynamic characteristics: an updated measurement value is provided every millisecond. A variety of improvements, including sensor temperature drift reduced to 0.1 mm/K, ensure an accuracy of +/–2 mm with a reproducibility of 0.5 mm. As a result, extremely rapid and precise positioning of storage and retrieval devices at container locations can be achieved. In high-bay warehouses, with their longer routes for storage and retrieval devices and larger pallet storage spaces, the 150 m variant of the DME 5000 is the right choice. It provides a measurement value every 2 ms with an accuracy of +/–3 mm. Thus particularly rapid positioning processes are possible here, too.