Controlling the wrapping process

After the pallet has reached its position, the stretch film is secured to the pallet and wrapped using upward and downward movements of the film. SICK's measurement technology products handle both the measurement of pallet dimensions and detection tasks for controlling the wrapping process. For this task, the IQ40 compact inductive proximity sensor is used as the end position switch. While two WL280-2 compact photoelectric sensors determine the position of the pallet, the AFM60 EtherNet/IP absolute encoder monitors the wrapping process.