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From the tech­no­lo­gy of in­duc­ti­ve sen­sors to the ope­ra­tion of laser di­stan­ce sen­sors and the de­si­gn of ma­chi­ne vi­sion ca­me­ras: The kno­w­led­ge col­lec­tion of tech­no­lo­gy and pro­duc­ts of­fers know-​how from many years of ex­pe­rien­ce in sen­sor tech­no­lo­gy and ma­chi­ne vi­sion. The con­ten­ts are ex­plai­ned sim­ply so that even com­plex to­pics are easy to un­der­stand. 

Tech­no­lo­gy for the Sen­sors Pro­duct Area

Laser Sen­sors for Di­stan­ce Mea­su­re­ment

Laser di­stan­ce sen­sors mea­su­re po­si­tions and di­stan­ces con­tac­tles­sly with laser light. They are pre­ci­se and can be used over long di­stan­ces, as well as in close range. 

Re­flex Light Bar­riers

Re­flex light bar­riers ena­ble object-​independent de­tec­tion by de­ter­mi­ning the di­stan­ce and in­ten­si­ty of the re­flec­ted light again­st any back­ground.

Fiber-​Optic Sen­sors

Fiber-​optic sen­sors de­tect ob­jec­ts and con­di­tions by di­rec­ting light to a test ob­ject and eva­lua­ting the in­ten­si­ty chan­ge of the re­tur­ning light.

Con­tra­st Sen­sors

Con­tra­st sen­sors de­tect con­tra­st and color dif­fe­ren­ces on a wide range of ma­te­rials and sur­fa­ces. They can ac­cu­ra­te­ly de­tect the po­si­tion of con­tra­st mar­kings even at high ma­chi­ne speeds.

Lu­mi­ne­scen­ce Sen­sors

Materials without natural luminophores
Lu­mi­ne­scen­ce sen­sors de­tect lu­mi­ne­scent mar­kings by shi­ning UV light on an ob­ject – re­gard­less of pat­terns, co­lors or sur­fa­ce fi­nish.

In­duc­ti­ve Sen­sors

In­duc­ti­ve sen­sors are ideal for con­tac­tless de­tec­tion and po­si­tion mo­ni­to­ring of me­tal­lic ob­jec­ts. They de­tect me­tal­lic parts de­spi­te con­ta­mi­na­tion such as dust and moi­stu­re and are in­sen­si­ti­ve to vi­bra­tions.

Ul­tra­so­nic Sen­sors

Ul­tra­so­nic sen­sors mea­su­re di­stan­ces in a con­tac­tless man­ner by using ul­tra­so­nic wave re­flec­tion. They de­tect trans­pa­rent, dark, glos­sy or com­plex ob­jec­ts as well as li­quids.

In­du­strial RFID

In­du­strial RFID rea­ders ena­ble con­tac­tless data ex­chan­ge with trans­pon­ders using elec­tro­ma­gne­tic waves. 

Tech­no­lo­gy for the Ma­chi­ne Vi­sion Pro­duct Area

Ma­chi­ne Vi­sion Con­trol­lers

Ma­chi­ne vi­sion con­trol­lers are eva­lua­tion units for data pro­ces­sing and re­sult out­put. Due to their ro­bu­st and fan­less hou­sing, they can be used in va­rious in­du­strial en­vi­ron­men­ts. 

Ma­chi­ne Vi­sion Ca­me­ras

Ma­chi­ne vi­sion ca­me­ras play a cru­cial role in vi­sion ap­pli­ca­tions. In com­bi­na­tion with ma­chi­ne vi­sion con­trol­lers and 2D image pro­ces­sing soft­ware, the high-​resolution image data is ana­ly­zed and er­rors as well as ir­re­gu­la­ri­ties in pro­duc­tion pro­ces­ses are iden­ti­fied.

3D Sen­sors

The three-​dimensional de­tec­tion of ob­jec­ts plays a cen­tral role in au­to­ma­tion, as the sub­se­quent pro­ces­sing step must know the po­si­tion, size and shape. The path to a 3D point cloud is a multi-​step pro­cess that can be car­ried out using dif­fe­rent mea­su­re­ment tech­ni­ques.

Smart Ca­me­ras and Vi­sion Sen­sors

Smart ca­me­ras and vi­sion sen­sors ena­ble easy setup of an image pro­ces­sing ap­pli­ca­tion as a com­ple­te image pro­ces­sing sy­stem in sen­sor for­mat. A wide range of tasks in in­du­strial image pro­ces­sing are achie­ved with in­tui­ti­ve ope­ra­tion and ma­xi­mum func­tio­na­li­ty.

Il­lu­mi­na­tion Tech­no­lo­gy

Il­lu­mi­na­tion is es­sen­tial for in­du­strial image pro­ces­sing. The type, color and in­ten­si­ty of the il­lu­mi­na­tion crea­te the con­tra­st that de­ter­mi­nes what is vi­si­ble in the cap­tu­red image. 

Tech­no­lo­gy for the Con­nec­tion and Net­work Tech­no­lo­gy Pro­duct Area

Net­work and Field­bus Com­po­nen­ts

Net­work and field­bus com­po­nen­ts ena­ble smooth com­mu­ni­ca­tion bet­ween de­vi­ces and en­su­re ef­fi­cient data ex­chan­ge and con­trol in the net­work. These in­clu­de IO-​Link ma­sters, junc­tion boxes, swit­ches and ga­teways that re­lia­bly tran­smit data via In­du­strial Ether­net or IO-​Link.

Tech­no­lo­gy for the Ac­ces­so­ries Pro­duct Area

Re­flec­tors and Re­flec­tor Foils

Re­flec­tors and re­flec­tor foils are re­qui­red for the use of retro-​reflex sen­sors and time-​of-flight sen­sors. They re­flect light back to the light sour­ce due to their micro or macro struc­tu­re.
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