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IKEAs Customer Distribution Centres
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PLS Short Range
Short-range safety at an
interesting price
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2002
www.sick.com
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SICKs customer magazine
Kannegiesser Kleindienst
The WT 2, the smallest of
scanners detects clothes
hangers Page 17
Sensor technology from SICK is to be found wherever
materials and goods are automatically identified, assigned
and transported. In all areas of modern logistics and mate-
rial handling, and in all conceivable applications. Precise,
rapid and cost-effective. For lasting optimisation with
maximum safety for persons and material.
Find out more at www.sick.com
How we support
the world of logistics
Industrial Sensors Industrial Safety Systems Automatic Identification
SICK AG Sebastian-Kneipp-Str. 1 79183 Waldkirch Germany Phone +497681202-0 Fax +497681202-3609
SICK insight 2/2002
03 Editorial
insightTELEGRAM
++The new MZT6 Magnetic Cylinder Sensor
simple installation fits all pneumatic cylin-
ders with T-slots provides more reliable
switching more info on page 24 or at SPS
stand 117 in Hall 4++
++Hands-on science: SICKs participation
in the Science Days at Europa Park at the
end of September 2002 was a complete
success for those who missed the event:
www.science-days.de++
++An area of 6,000 m
2
1,000 stock move-
ments per hour up to 2,000 orders per shift
the central direct delivery in Europe will in
future be handled from SICKs new Logistics
Centre more on page 39++
On the up-and-up down-under
20 years ago Australia the country down under on the other side of the planet
experienced the founding of SICK Australia. I doubt very much whether at that
time all Australians were aware of this event, as one would now call it. What can-
not be doubted is that the SICK branch on the fifth continent has made a kanga-
roo-sized leap from just another supplier to the market leader for industrial
sensors, and the effects of this are now being felt by ever-increasing numbers
of Australians and New Zealanders. SICK sensors ensure that chocolate Father
Christmases are packed correctly and that gas concentrations are monitored in
Sydneys road tunnels. SICK products safeguard people from accidents at
machines; control luggage conveyor systems at Australias airports; and are
constituents of machines that are exported to the United States. SICK has thus
become part of Australias environment and, for those who are involved in
automation in its broadest sense, their awareness.
SICK is now no longer one of, but THE source of sensors and solutions which
applies to many parts of the world, but particularly for Australia and New
Zealand. I have described a couple of highlights of our development on page 41.
I wish you all a lot of fun reading this SICK insight 2/2002 and hope that we
are also on the up-and-up down-under in the years to come.
Best wishes
Peter Horman
General Manager/Director
SICK Pty Ltd Australia/New Zealand
SICK insight 2/2002 04 Contents
Applications
..................................................... 3
C 4000: suppression
where it matters ............................... 6
Swisslog builds IKEAs future
Customer Distribution Centres ......... 7
Crash-free container handling........... 8
Ice-cold use of photoelectric
switches at FFI Food GmbH.............. 9
The timber industry: Distance
measurement scores a bulls-eye..... 9
Strapping machines with
multibeam photoelectric switches .. 10
Short communication paths at
SICKs new Logistics Centre .......... 11
Bar-code readers improve advisory
efficiency at pharmacists............... 12
The CS 3 cuts salami in two . . . . . 13
PLS adapts to dynamic driving........ 13
Inspections using KT 5 contrast
scanners cut costs........................ 14
Bar-code reading bookworms
at amazon.de................................. 15
Zurich Airport: Hands-off handling
of flight luggage............................. 16
The WT 2, the smallest of
scanners, detects clothes hangers 17
Safexpert cuts CE-costs
by 70% at Siemens VDO................ 18
Sophisticated solution for precise
tolerance checks ........................... 19
Safe Camembert production with
IP-67 C 2000 light grid ................... 20
The ICR 850 Data Matrix Reader:
strengths in numerous applications 21
Labels on pharmaceuticals
under control................................. 22
Checking batch print labels at
ALTANA Pharma with the ICS 100
camera sensor .............................. 23
Magnetic cylinder sensors ............. 24
Safe switching with SICK interlocks 25
New long-range photoelectric
data transfer switch.......................... 26
The PLS Short Range
up-close safety ............................. 27
Short and sweet the new inductive
proximity sensors from SICK.......... 28
The C 4000 Micro light curtain
offers maximum safety .................. 28
MHV cameras: more than
just bar codes in view.................... 29
Redesign of the W 160: more
power with unchanged size ............ 30
OMNI 2110 X-tra flexible
configurable scanners.................... 31
Capacitive proximity sensors made
of PTFE for aggressive media ......... 32
Intelligent interfaces for
safety-oriented automation.............. 33
Halogen-free PUR sensor cables
for enhanced requirements ............ 34
The IT 3875 hand-held scanner
with radio, display and keyboard .... 35
The history of the 2-D code............ 36
The Exploratorium in San Francisco 37
SICK takes over Stegmann............. 38
The international team for the
automotive industry....................... 38
A look inside the newly built
SICK Logistics Centre .................... 39
Training at VW Mexico.................... 40
Auto Ident: new orientation towards
the North American market............ 40
SICK Australia celebrates its
20th birthday................................. 41
The Power of Creative
Intelligence ................................... 42
Imprint/Service ............................. 43
Trade fairs..................................... 43
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Perfect despatch handling at amazon.de
The Exploratorium in San Francisco
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Magnetic cylinder sensors
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SICK insight 2/2002
05 News in brief
insightBOOK CORNER
The Power of
Creative Intelligence
10 ways to tap into your
creative genius, by Tony Buzan
Do you sometimes dream of being able to
consider things from a different perspec-
tive and re-awakening your creativity and
emotionality (that all too often evaporates
in the face of day-to-day stress)? Then
this book by Tony Buzan, the inventor of
Mind Maps
, in Ettlingen, con-
tributed to a high level of customer sat-
isfaction with their specialist compe-
tence and a smooth commissioning.
Clemens Blaha of Sit-Steuerungs-
Technik
be-
cause the brain is bored by the lineari-
ty of notes, that are only processed by
the left half of the brain (responsible
for intellect, learning and business ac-
tivities). These maps support co-opera-
tion between the hemispheres of the
brain, and the structuring of teaching
materials and work areas that sponsor
creativity, memory and other talents. In
this section of the book I could use the
word FUN to test for myself that it
works. It really was fun, too.
Chapters three and four describe
how I can become an artist or musi-
cian. Here it is important to overcome
limits and find the right attitude. All the
tips and tricks suggested are illuminat-
ed using exercises (I already sing in the
bath!).
Chapter five is given over to cre-
ative productivity, which is a product of
the quantity of ideas that are thought
up and the speed at which they are pro-
duced. Buzan uses famous people as
examples to show that people often
have masses of rather average ideas
until they come up with the one brilliant
concept. So dont give up, itll come to
you one day.
Two creative strengths, flexibility
and originality, are described in Chap-
ter six. A creative spirit considers
everything from an endless number of
viewpoints and can produce creative in-
terconnections. I also found the refer-
ence to the creative art of changing
ones mind interesting. In order to prac-
tice this, one should assume the oppo-
site of what is generally considered cor-
rect. Using examples of sportsmen and
artists, Buzan shows what this can
achieve. I spontaneously think of Jan
Boklv here, who revolutionised ski
jumping with his V-style.
The last three chapters describe
the brain as an association machine,
how I can become a poet, and that I
should revert to a child again to be-
come truly creative. I really liked the
numerous exercises and tests in these
chapters. They provide very good illus-
trations of what one can make of one-
self.
All in all a highly stimulating and
graphic book that does, however, have
one prerequisite: the will to change and
to find new potentials in oneself.
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