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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
Book Corner
Products
SICK Tour
Know-how
Info
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IKEAs Customer Distribution Centres
Perfect despatch handling at amazon.de
The Exploratorium in San Francisco
15
Magnetic cylinder sensors
24
37
Museum
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SICK insight 2/2002
05 News in brief
insightBOOK CORNER
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emotionality (that all too often evaporates
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this book by Tony Buzan, the inventor of
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stimuli. Lost potentials are re-activated
with tips, exercises and tests. More
about this on page 42.
SMS screw on, connect, done!
Management change at SICK
SMS is not just a mobile telephone
service but also a safety plug & play
service from SICK the Safety Muting
System. It is an economical system
allowing the transport of material into
and out of monitored areas with unin-
terrupted detection of persons.
The Category 2 or 4 opto-electronic
muting sensors together with the mut-
ing indicator light can be mounted on a
stable carrier frame whose height can
be adjusted, providing savings in time
and costs during installation, adjust-
ment and commissioning. Suitable
brackets and optional protective equip-
ment round out the versatility of this
all-in-one solution for a muting safe-
guarding system. Users screw the sys-
tem onto the stable base plate, adjust
the height of the sensors according to
their requirements, and connect the
SMS to the machine control system.
Users receive a single system de-
signed to meet their needs instead of
numerous individual components from
a variety of suppliers.
INFO 201
With effect from 1 May 2002, Anne-
Kathrin Deutrich (Financial Executive)
is the new Spokesperson for the Exec-
utive Board of SICK AG. She follows
Volker Reiche who retired on 30 April.
He was at SICK for 18 years, and had
been Chairman of the Board since
1996. On 15 May Volker Reiche moved
to the Supervisory Board as Chairman.
In addition to Anne-Kathrin Deutrich,
the company is being managed by the
other Board members Dr. Robert Bauer
and Jens Hhne.
Visit us at the trade fair
This years SPS/IPC/DRIVES focuses on industrial
image processing systems a key technology for
automation. SICK has also recognised the signs of
the time and has already developed intelligent
vision sensors. The use of the ICS 100 image pro-
cessing sensor is intelligibly described on page 23
of this issue.
In addition to this state-of-the-art product, you can
see further highlights in action at our stand. There
is also an exciting competition for you to enter. Drop
in and see for yourself!
Hall 4, stand 117
The new Executive Board of SICK AG
(from left to right): Jens Hhne,
Dr. Robert Bauer, Anne-Kathrin Deutrich
Mechanical solution not
flexible enough
About a dozen different fittings for win-
dows or doors are cropped on two 160
tonne presses. The rear part of the ma-
chine is dangerous during operation,
as it is freely accessible for setting up
the collection containers. It is also ac-
cessed when the machine is switched
off to change tools or deal with prob-
lems. After the cropping process, the
fittings are transported to a waiting col-
lection container via a slide that juts in-
>> Opto-electronic safety systems pro-
tect machine operators from potentially
dangerous access to machines that
are in operation. At the same time,
however, production processes can
mean that part of a work-piece, inser-
tion or removal equipment can jut out
into the protective field. This is pre-
cisely the case at Winkhaus Technik in
Telgte. Depending on the production or-
der in hand, the C 4000 ADVANCED
can suppress single beams of the light
curtain (blanking) regardless of their
position.
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Safeguarding presses with mobile blanking at Winkhaus Technik 06 Applications
C 4000: suppression where it matters
With suppression of individual segments in variable locations, the
C 4000 ADVANCED safety light curtain offers maximum flexibility,
e.g. safeguarding presses for Winkhaus Technik in Telgte, a manu-
facturer of window fittings.
to the protective field of the safeguard-
ing light curtain. The height of the tools
in the press, and the size (i.e. the up-
per edge of the collection container)
and position of the slide all vary, de-
pending on the size of the part. Thus,
the slide juts into the protective field at
different positions depending on the
production order. This problem can be
solved either by installing two double
light curtains that are movable at a
fixed distance from one another, or by
means of a troublesome reconstruc-
tion of the slide with rotating joints
for adapting the height. Use of the mo-
bile blanking function of the C 4000
ADVANCED safety light curtain is, how-
ever, the far more elegant and econom-
ical solution.
The blanking areas are mobile
Programming of the blanking area is
carried out by directly teaching-in ob-
jects at the C 4000 ADVANCED using
the teach-in process. The blanking area
need not be tied to a position. Only the
number of C 4000 ADVANCED beams
that are to be blanked is defined; the
particular beams actually involved de-
pends on the application. This makes
the blanked area mobile: so depending
on the production batch, different posi-
tions of the slide can be blanked out
flexibly, without the safety function of
the light curtain being adversely affect-
ed. At Winkhaus the blanking is pro-
grammed in such a way that two beams
are always blanked out. Which two
these are is defined by the operator by
pushing a cover plate over the trans-
mitter optics of the C 4000 ADVANCED.
This achieves the safe definition of
those beams that are not to be affect-
ed by the parts sliding through, or the
vibrations of the slide. The hazardous
movement of the press is immediately
brought to a stop if any other beam is
interrupted.
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 202
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the customer at:
www.winkhaus.de
The fittings pass over a slide that juts into the protective field of the safeguarding
C 4000 light curtain
customers. This is made possible by
using a system that automatically re-
arranges the pallets according to the
customers demands.
Dynamic picking locations are the
keywords in the IKEA CDC warehouse,
says Nils Huss, Project Manager at
Accalon. The same picking location
can be used for more than one article.
With a powerful Warehouse Manage-
ment Software and with ultra-fast
cranes the articles can be transported
to the picking locations faster than
ever before.
Swisslog, leading in Supply Chain
Solutions is assigned to deliver the
>> Every year millions of young or still-
young customers discover witty ways of
living and smart furnishing details in
IKEA stores. But despite all IKEAs ef-
forts to make ones outing comfort-
able, not every potential customer can
or wants to take the time to visit the
furnishing store. Many of them would
rather surf the Internet for Barken
towels or a set of Marion sheets. And
while many appreciate the contents of
the flat IKEA packages some do not
want to have to transport them them-
selves.
IKEA comes to the customer
In response to this customer trend,
IKEA has already opened a CDC in
Jnkping, Sweden in spring, 2002.
This logistical centre, set up by the
company Swisslog and its subcontrac-
tor Accalon, is designed to handle over
4,000 articles, 190,000 picking orders
and 18,000 deliveries a day to end-
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Warehouse and commissioning plant with SICK sensors at IKEA 07 Applications
insightLINK
Swisslog builds IKEAs future Customer
Distribution Centres
The MLG Modular Light Grid at the Customer Distribution Center in Jnkping
Nils Huss,
Project Manager
at Accalon
In March 2003 IKEA opens a German Customer Distri-
bution Centre (CDC) in Dortmund. Those who use the
Internet to order, or who cannot take the goods home
from the furnishing store themselves, can have almost
everything from Hemlis clothes hangers to a com-
plete Faktum kitchen delivered to their house.
SICK sensors will ensure the smooth functioning of
warehouse and commissioning plants at the CDC.
new distribution centres in Sweden and
Germany, including its WMS. Accalon,
a Swedish automated materials han-
dling company, provides the centre with
the conveyor system and cranes. After
25 years in business, Accalon is now
one of the leading actors in Europe with
a crane program that is first class in
function and modularity.
IKEA-blue sensors
Blue as IKEAs printing, SICK sensors
provide a wide variety of operating in-
formation to the plant control systems
in Jnkping and Dortmund. MLG Mod-
ular Light Grids detect whether any
parts are jutting out into the path to
hinder the movement of the load-
bearing fork of any high-bay stackers.
DS 60 Distance Sensors check the cur-
rent occupancy of the double-depth
warehouse shelves. Thanks to the two
separate switching outputs, the device
can also distinguish a pallet loaded at
the front from one at the back. The
DME 3000 laser distance measure-
ment system determines the current
position of a high-bay stacker along its
route. Their high levels of precision en-
sure the vehicle stops with millimetre
accuracy in the 100-metre-long aisles.
Furthermore, countless blue photo-
electric switches are employed on the
roller conveyor systems or at the con-
tour-checking stations.
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 203
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the partners at:
www.ikea.de and www.swisslog.com
or www.accalon.com
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LMS Laser Measurement Systems are found in container terminals worldwide 08 Applications
Crash-free container handling
scanning angle of up to 180 and a
range of up to 80 m. If an object is de-
tected during operation as a collision
prevention system a warning signal is
triggered and the movement leading to
the collision is stopped. During use as
a positioning or classification system
the LMS makes use of the fact that the
scanner is capable of determining con-
tour, distance and angular data in addi-
tion to the presence of an object. This
makes it possible to calculate the ac-
tual position of a container or its exter-
nal dimensions with great precision.
Reliable under harsh
conditions
The LMS systems active, dynamic
measurement principle is of decisive
importance for its reliable functioning
in all its applications. The colour and
surface properties of containers,
ships structures, cranes or vehicles
are as irrelevant as the brightness of
the area. Supplementary software
modules also ensure reliable detection
in rain, snow or fog. Further evaluation
in the LMI or another external evalua-
tion unit allows the data to be used for
additional control purposes.
Thus, a variety of applications in-
volving container handling can be
solved with the LMS. At the same time,
the flexible setting of monitored field
parameters and the uptake of the data
in the terminals own control system
allows users to implement individual
system structures. >> The LMS has proved its capability in
a variety of applications in Algeciras
and Oakland, Dnkirchen and Bremen
Eurogate, Hamburg, Rotterdam and
Singapore and at many other contain-
er terminals.
Collision prevention,
positioning and classification
with the LMS Laser Measure-
ment System
A laser measurement system consists
of at least one laser scanner with inte-
grated parameterisation and monitor-
ing software and an optional evaluation
module: the LMI (Laser Measurement
Interface) for expanded area monitor-
ing. The scanner, with its enclosure rat-
ing of IP 67 and integrated heating, is
designed for outdoor monitoring tasks.
The monitored areas, e.g. the path of a
container crane, the operating area of
a crane jib, or the target position of a
container, can be individually adapted
by software for each task and, if nec-
essary, modified. The scanner has a
Almost 500 LMS Laser Measurement Systems have been in-
stalled in international container terminals worldwide to ensure
crash-free container handling. Of decisive importance for this
success is its long range, its precise measurement process that
is independent of local conditions, its flexible adaptation of mon-
itored fields, and the robust hardware and software designed for
outdoor use.
Successful use in the worlds ports: the LMS Laser Measurement System
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 204
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
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The deep-freeze high-bay warehouse at FFI Food GmbH The timber industry 09 Applications
Distance measure-
ment scores a
bulls-eye
>> The DMT 10 distance measurement
device aims for the bulls-eye namely
the middle of the faces of wooden
beams and laminated timber. And the
distance is measured using the time
that the laser beam requires to travel
from the scanner to the wood and
back. Over a measurement distance of
seven metres the timber is positioned
below the saw with millimetre accuracy
and cut precisely to length.
The DMT 10 scanning laser meas-
urement system is designed for long
distances of up to 155 m an unusual
range for a scanner. And up to 40 m is
possible for objects with low reflectivity
(6 %). The transmitter an infrared
laser transmits a light impulse. Even
the low 6 % remission, e.g. from a black
object, is nonetheless reliably detected
by the receiver. With millimetre accura-
cy the DMT 10 converts the length of
time between the emission of the light
and reception of the reflection to a dis-
tance. The measured value output in
this case for the saw control system
takes place via the serial RS-422 inter-
face.
Friction disk length estimate
eliminated, high repeat accu-
racy achieved
In the past, the position for cutting to
length was not measured but estimat-
ed on the basis of a value obtained
using a contact friction disk. The corre-
sponding measurement inaccuracies
and slippage on the wood surface did
not guarantee reproducible length
measurement and thus wooden beams
or laminated timber were not of identi-
cal lengths causing no end of trouble
to retailers or on building sites. The
use of the DMT 10, with which one can
simply pre-select any desired value,
now allows a high level of accuracy and
repeatability to be achieved. INFO 206
Ice-cold use of photo-
electric switches
Type WS/WE 27-2 photoelectric switches in tandem with the
LE 20 safety evaluation unit safeguard rotary pallet tables from
unauthorised access at 27 C in the deep-freeze high-bay ware-
house of FFI Food GmbH in Remchingen.
>> FFI Food GmbH is a member of the
TMF Food Industries Group and pro-
duces food, such as schnitzels, in fold-
ing cartons and pan-fry products, such
as paella or gyros with rice, in bags.
Purchasers are discount food retailers
like Aldi, Penny, Plus, Lidl, Rewe, Metro
etc. and bulk users, e.g. canteens, re-
fectories and restaurants. We also
supply organisations abroad, reports
Frank Pfaff, executive with responsibili-
ty for logistics, paella to Spain, gyros
to Greece, and fish to Finland!
Production and storage at low
temperatures
The new deep-freeze high-bay ware-
house put up by Westfalia Logistics
Solutions, based in Borgholzhausen, is
kept at a constant 27 C. Raw goods,
such as peas, and end-products that
have been mixed in Production are
warehoused in 4,000 pallet storage
spaces, explains Frank Pfaff. Up to
1,000 pallets are automatically trans-
ported per day via rotary pallet ta-
bles, among other equipment. It was
essential to safeguard access to these
units in compliance with Safety Cate-
gory 2.
The WS/WE 27-2 through-beam photoelectric switch with corner mirror
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 205
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the customer at:
www.ffi-food.de
WS/WE 27-2: integrated
heating, external testing
These requirements were solved by
WS/WE 27-2 through-beam photoelec-
tric switches. Two-beam monitoring of
the access area was achieved using
corner mirrors. We are very satisfied
with the technical realisation of the
specified task, says Mr. Pfaff. Per-
manent plant availability is very impor-
tant to us. The integrated heating en-
sures that the photoelectric switches
function properly even at 27 C. The
regular testing of the photoelectric
switches, stipulated for safety rea-
sons, is carried out by the external
LE 20 module. According to the risk
analysis, and the potential risk fre-
quency taken into account in it, Safety
Category 2 is sufficient nobody is go-
ing to hang around for long (or very of-
ten) at these arctic temperatures.
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The M 2000 on a strapping press at Sander 10 Applications
Safe and efficient: strapping
machines with multibeam
photoelectric switches
pallet intake area and another in the
output area. If even one light beam is
interrupted, the safety system sends a
signal to the strapping press control
system within a few milliseconds, via
the safe switching output, bringing the
hazardous process to an immediate
stop. This ensures that operators and
maintenance personnel are protected
against the consequences of uninten-
tional access to the running machine.
The new strapping presses with fully
automatic corrugated cardboard blank
insertion thus make a major contribu-
tion to improving safety at work as a re-
sult of safeguarding by the M 2000. At
the same time it also improves the ef-
ficiency of operation: because manual
insertion is no longer required per-
formance could be increased to up to
120 pallets per hour. This rationalising
effect, alone, leads to very quick amor-
tisation of the automatic strapping ma-
chines.
>> In the corrugated cardboard indus-
try the edges of the sheets to be
strapped are frequently protected by
a corrugated cardboard cover sheet
whose manual placement within the
handling system is both highly acci-
dent-prone and inefficient. For this
reason the packaging specialists at
Sander, in Wuppertal, have developed
the new 10481 WZA Power Master 6-
to-strapping press with fully automatic
corrugated cardboard blank insertion.
M 2000: machine safety and
rapid amortisation
Automatic operation of the strapping
press is monitored by one M 2000
multibeam photoelectric switch in the
Belt tensions of up to 4,000 Newtons, and heavy-load versions of
up to 5,500 Newtons, when machines palletise corrugated card-
board blanks and strap them with belts to secure the loads. The
M 2000 multibeam photoelectric switches not only safeguard
operation of the latest Sander strapping presses, but also im-
prove their efficiency: performance per hour could thus be in-
creased to 120 pallets.
Strapping press with fully automatic corrugated cardboard cover sheet insertion
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 207
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the customer at:
www.sander-druckguss.de
SICK insight 2/2002
AS-i at SICKs Logistics Centre 11 Applications
Short communication paths at SICKs
new Logistics Centre thanks to AS-i
quent addition of new lines is also pos-
sible, as is communication with further
control systems via the Profibus gate-
way. Thus, the important prerequisites
for any possible expansions of the lo-
gistics centre in the future have already
been prepared and allowed for.
>> Installation and commissioning
costs were cut by consistent use of the
AS-i and coupling to the higher-ranking
Profibus DP level. Moreover, AS-i not
only offers more rapid error localisa-
tion and diagnosis, but also provides
maximum possible plant availability,
and flexibility in dealing with future ex-
pansions.
Bi-directional communication
instead of one-way cable
transfer
The commissioning area, the six-aisle
automatic small parts store, and the
high-bay warehouse with three aisles
form the core of the new logistics cen-
tre. More than 1,300 sensors from
IM 30 inductive proximity sensors to
WTR1 accumulator roller scanners and
DS 60 distance sensors are em-
ployed here. More than 250 of them
transmit and receive signals via the
AS-i bus. The data reach the control
system via six AS-i Profibus gateways.
This is where the processing of the re-
ceived data and status messages
takes place. Simultaneously, new sig-
nals are generated here for sensors
and actuators and sent to the target
address in the field. Whether polling
states or diagnosing errors what in
the past could only be carried out lo-
cally can now be achieved remotely us-
ing data transfer in both directions.
Expansions made simple
Instead of several kilometres of con-
nection cable, twelve AS-i lines totalling
1,500 m pass through the area of the
logistics centre. New sensors and actu-
ators can be integrated along any line
by simply clicking them into the new
control concept. Similarly, a subse-
Shorter communications paths lead to shorter delivery periods
and higher delivery quality. So long cables between sensors, con-
trol systems and actuators at SICKs new logistics centre in
Waldkirch are a thing of the past. Binary signals from more than
250 sensors are collected and evaluated at the control system
via the bus connections of the AS-i Actuator Sensor Interface.
Sensors transmit and receive signals via the AS-i bus (at bottom in picture)
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 208
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
There is more about SICKs Logistics
Centre on page 39.
SICK insight 2/2002
Medicine storage at pharmacists from S&T-HMR GmbH 12 Applications
Bar-code readers improve advisory
efficiency at pharmacists
correctly, several CLV bar-code scan-
ners identify the Code 39 bar code af-
ter the medication has been placed on
a conveyor, separated from others, and
localised by a camera system. The da-
ta that has been read is transferred to
a PLC via Profibus DP and from there to
the storage system computer via
TCP/IP. Then the package is moved
along and stored in the appropriate
drawer.
When the customer hands over a
prescription, the medicine required is
typed in at the counter and automati-
cally retrieved and transported to the
counter. The scanners are the right pre-
scription for an optimum advisory serv-
ice and against the risks and side ef-
fects of no reads and mix-ups. Their
high level of read reliability ensures
that almost all packaging is immediate-
ly identified and stored in the correct
drawer.
>> S&T-HMR Automatisierung und
Prozetechnik GmbH in Weiskirchen
near Saarbrcken has developed and
constructed a fully automatic storage
and retrieval system in drawer technol-
ogy for up to 30,000 packages of med-
icine, especially for pharmacists. While
the pharmacist is informing customers
about, for example, the risks and side
effects, the system is automatically
looking for the requested medicine be-
fore transporting it ready to the sales
counter. At the same time, the system
takes over some of the stores account-
ing incoming goods, inventory, moni-
toring sell-by dates. Medicaments that
are running low can be re-ordered via
an interface to the goods management
system.
The right prescription: the CLV
bar-code scanner
In order to ensure that all this functions
One moment, please, says the friendly pharmacist at the
chemists shop and disappears behind the shelves full of drawers.
And while shes searching, the customer waits more or less pa-
tiently as do those standing behind him. Automated systems for
the storage and retrieval of medicines at pharmacists do away
with these long searches, providing more time for offering advice,
and shortening waiting times. SICK bar-code scanners ensure
that the right medicine is always in the right drawer.
Identifying medicines before storage in the drawers
Retrieving medicines
Available in the sales area
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www.sundt.de
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Colour sensors on cutting machines at Reinert Indumats ECO 13 Applications
PLS adapts to
dynamic driving
>> ECO is both: manually operable han-
dling equipment and simultaneously an
automatic transport vehicle that au-
tonomously bridges route sections.
New features of this vehicle concept
from Indumat, in Reutlingen, include its
three-phase drive that results in more
dynamic driving. The PLS safety laser
scanner ensures that safety is not neg-
lected, however dynamic.
ECO is designed as a low-lift fork-
truck or elevating platform truck, plat-
form outrigger or tractor. The integrated
CAN bus and the new three-phase drive
are fundamental features of the new
series. A high turning moment at low
r.p.m., precise positioning, highly dy-
namic control, and defined accelera-
tion and braking velocity heads, make
the ECO an extremely economical,
highly reliable, and comfortable vehi-
cle.
The PLS safety laser
scanner ...
... provides that safe feeling. During au-
tomatic operation it monitors the area
in the direction of motion of the ECO ve-
hicle. As a result of its long range, high
resolution, and rapidity of evaluation,
the protective and warning fields can
be appropriately adapted to the new
dynamic drive by software. In contrast,
mechanical systems, e.g. bumpers,
must be correspondingly larger in size
and would be a hindrance during manu-
al operation.
Present when necessary, unobtru-
sive when switched off in this way the
PLS ensures ECOnomic operation.
INFO 211
The CS 3 cuts
salami in two
green stripes of the logo. The opto-elec-
tronic executioner then gives the signal
for the guillotine, that drops immedi-
ately ensuring that the two ends of
the salami part ways.
First cut, then sandwich
And the cold meats that are awaiting
their fate in the smoking chamber can-
not hope for a last-minute reprieve: a
sensor breakdown and an end to the
cutting machine. Why? Because the CS
not only detects colours with un-
equalled reliability even if the green
stripe varies in shade, it is also unim-
pressed by regular cleaning with a hose
and brushes. For the Sommerwurst,
without exception, there will always be
little time between the cutting and the
sandwich.
>> Reinerts Sommerwurst [Summer
Salami], easily recognisable from its
coloured logo, scores high in consumer
popularity ratings. And to ensure that
the cold meats always make a good im-
pression on the shelves and that cus-
tomers recognise them at a glance,
they must be correctly aligned in the
packaging.
Not all Sommerwurst is
the same
Not all cold meats look the same at
least not for the detection sensors of
the cutting machine. After many experi-
ments we have found that the different
structures of the salami surface and
skins (that take on different colour
tones as a result of smoking) mean that
there is only one solution: the CS colour
sensor, reports Werner Herkstrter,
Manager of the Electrical Workshop at
Reinert.
The CS 3 controls the cold
meats guillotine
On insertion of the victim Sommer-
wurst in the cutting machine it is turned
until the CS detects the continuous,
Its the same procedure every day at Versmold-based Reinert
meat products: first their CS 3 colour sensors check the orienta-
tion of a salami in the cutting machine, then they start the cut-
ting equipment and each half salami goes into its packaging in
such a way that the label always lies on top and is easy to read.
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SICK insight 2/2002
Inspections using
KT 5 contrast scanners
cut costs
Economic efficiency
increased by 50 %
Up to now Invensys has been using
their own contrast scanner solution for
this task. This became necessary 30
years ago because of the specific con-
ditions: including different types of me-
ters with different viewing windows
(made of glass or plastic) between the
scaling stars and the sensor, and scal-
ing stars in a variety of shapes and
colours. It had, however, various disad-
vantages, including high development
costs, long delivery periods for parts to
be purchased, high warehousing and
commissioning costs, and insufficient
user-friendliness.
These problems have been done
away with by the KT 5. The sensors
lens has been adapted for this task
otherwise it is a standard device that
Invensys can order from any SICK
branch worldwide. The sensor is suit-
able for all meter types and scaling star
designs so it is no longer necessary to
exchange testing station sensors for
different meter types. Thus the eco-
nomic efficiency of impulse detection
has been increased by more than 50 %.
The KT 5 opens up the world
of test equipment
This multitude of advantages are not
only convincing in Ludwigshafen: the
KT 5 will now be used worldwide at all
the other Invensys works, both in test-
ing stations at their own production
sites and testing stations constructed
for customers. And it is not only a cost-
cutter for water and heater meters
testing equipment for gas meters will
also be equipped with the PTB-
approved contrast scanner. >> It is the KT 5s task to detect the ro-
tation of small star-shaped wheels (so-
called scaling stars) within the meters
as part of the gravimetric testing
process. In the process, each impulse
must be given out via a signal adapter
card in the testing station to the ap-
proved testing software. The exact me-
ter value can be determined because
the number of impulses is proportional
to the particular amount of through-
flow.
Calibration of water and heating meters at Invensys 14 Applications
The KT 5 contrast scanner is used for taking optical readings at
Invensys Metering Systems, in Ludwigshafen, in state-recognised
automatic line testing stations for calibrating water and heater
meters. In many aspects the solution is considerably more eco-
nomical than a self-developed system previously used. The KT 5
has been awarded a separate approval for this use from the Fed-
eral Physical-Technical Institute (PTB) in Berlin.
The KT 5 inspects scaling stars
insightLINK
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the attached card under:
INFO 212
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the partners at:
www.invensys.com and
www.meinecke.de or www.ptb.de
SICK insight 2/2002
Despatch processes at amazon.de 15 Applications
Bar-code reading bookworms ensure
perfect despatch handling at amazon.de
generate several reading angles so
that the OPS can identify the Identcode
label attached to the packet in any
alignment.
Identcode starts despatch
labelling
The creation of the despatch label is
triggered by the Identcode. Then one
CLV 490 bar-code reader per line
checks whether the right despatch la-
bel is attached to the right carton. If
given an OK, the consignment moves
along to the despatch sorter and from
there to the customer.
New bar-code reading book-
worms for even more books
Since their commissioning, SICK scan-
ners have made a considerable contri-
bution to smooth commissioning and
despatch processes, even during peak
periods. Consequently amazon.de will
continue to rely on the blue bookworms
from Waldkirch. Thus, in Bad Hersfeld
a new commissioning and despatch
line currently under construction is al-
so being equipped with the OPS and
CLV 490.
>> amazon.de is Germanys main on-
line dealer in books, CDs, DVDs and
videos. Computer software, video
games and entertainment electronics
are also offered. Countless book titles
and CDs with all types of musical styles
are waiting for customers at the distri-
bution centre in Bad Hersfeld. And the
commissioning set-up is correspond-
ingly efficient.
Book despatch needs bar
codes and bar-code readers
Books alone are not the organisational
basis for commissioning processes
bar codes play an essential role. They
identify the article and the accompany-
ing papers. One of these is the invoice
that is placed in the despatch carton
by employees during the packaging of
an order. An OPS Omni-portal Scanner
system is installed above each of the
eight packaging lines, along which up
to 10,000 consignments per hour are
transported towards the despatch
sorter during peak periods. The individ-
ual bar-code readers of the systems
are installed on a supporting frame off-
set to one another. As a result they
One can order books, CDs, video cassettes, and other media, on-
line by accessing amazon.de on the Internet. SICK omniportal
scanners used during packaging of the orders, and CLV 490 bar-
code readers for checking address labels, ensure that consign-
ments arrive at the customer.
amazon.de first choice for bookworms and even more efficient with SICK sensors!
Bar-code readers check address labels
insightLINK
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attached card under:
INFO 213
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the partners at:
www.amazon.com and www.sit-de.com
or www.vanderlande.com
Successful co-operation with a
view to the UK
The short time required to set up the
system 4 months from the start of
the project to the beginning of trials
was a major challenge for all con-
cerned. Vanderlande Industries, based
in Mnchengladbach, as the main
contractor with their partner Sit-
SteuerungsTechnik

, 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

also praised the quick reac-


tion time and the overall good co-oper-
ation of all those involved in the pro-
ject. The same successful project team
has been brought together again to
equip the amazon.co.uk distribution
centre in Great Britain.
SICK insight 2/2002
Zurich Airport with fully automatic baggage-loading robots 16 Applications
Hands-off handling of flight luggage
Suitability inspection by the
VMS Volume Measurement
System
But in addition to the destination, the
size and shape of the luggage is also
determined by the VMS 200 Volume
Measurement System. This ensures
that those suitcases and bags that are
not suitable for the automatic baggage-
loading robot are diverted out of the
flow of luggage that can reach 60,000
units per day. Simultaneously, the
shape and weight of the accepted
pieces of baggage, from which a load-
ing plan is prepared for each container,
are transferred to the robots control
system.
The LMS 200 determines
contours and checks loading
plans
At the end of the conveyor system the
ONERO loading robot is already waiting
for the accepted pieces of luggage.
Cases and bags are distributed on the
individual flight baggage containers ac-
cording to the pre-calculated loading
plan. When the robot (that travels
along rails) has reached the container
in question, the Laser Measurement
System first checks the available load-
ing contour before loading the piece of
luggage.
Already loaded before
passengers board
So when ready for boarding comes
up on the information boards in Zurich,
flight passengers can be sure that their
luggage is already on board ultimate-
ly thanks to SICKs laser systems.
>> When passengers have handed
over their flight baggage at the check-in
desk it passes through one of the nu-
merous ALIS reading gates (Airport
Luggage Identification Systems) at the
start of the conveyor and sorting equip-
ment. They scan the bar codes on the
luggage labels and ensure smooth des-
tination control all the way to the
departure gate.
Whether Business or Economy Class: while passengers have to
board planes themselves at Zurichs Kloten Airport, their bag-
gage is loaded with first class service by a fully automatic lug-
gage-loading robot from ONERO (a subsidiary of ABB Innovisions)
using information supplied by SICK laser systems.
Fully automatic baggage-loading robots await OKed pieces of luggage
insightLINK
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the attached card under:
INFO 214
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the partners at:
www.zurich-airport.ch and www.abb.com
SICK insight 2/2002
The WT 2, the smallest of scanners,
detects clothes hangers
>> The WT 2 is one of the worlds small-
est series of photoelectric switches. A
laser-like light source and optics have,
for the first time, been accommodated
in a sub-miniature housing made using
extrusion technology. Users do not have
to compromise: the WT 2 is extremely
robust and provides excellent perform-
ance. This is ensured by, among other
things, metal-reinforced drilled mount-
ing holes and an enclosure rating of IP
67. The laser-like light source gener-
ates an extremely precise light spot
that allows reliable detection of parts.
Without the WT 2:
minimum mounting space
versus maximum range
Via clothes pressing machines and
shirt presses the Kannegiesser com-
pany has become a complete supplier
and technical partner to the laundry
sector since its founding in 1948. With-
in the Group, Kannegiesser Kleindienst
in Augsburg is responsible for the de-
velopment and production of appropri-
ate conveyor systems, including cloth-
ing output systems for working clothes.
It is vital that clothes hangers are reli-
ably detected in these machines.
Mounting space or range? This dilem-
ma remained impossible to solve for a
long time. Smaller, non-optical sensors
did not need much space but had in-
sufficient range and switching reliabili-
ty. Opto-sensors available up to now
have required too much mounting
space for the required range. A visit to
a trade fair turned up the solution: the
WT 2.
With the WT 2: minimum
mounting space and maximum
range
The narrow design and range of 50 mm
were exactly what was needed. Con-
nected directly to the PLC of the output
system via a coupling module, the sen-
sor reliably detects every clothes hang-
er. The high level of immunity to ambi-
ent light prevents mutual interference
between devices that have been
mounted parallel to one another a
further advantage of the WT 2.
Thanks to the W 2 sub-miniature
series, lack of space is no longer a
problem when it comes to integrating
photoelectric switches in the optimum
position on a machine.
Detection of clothes hangers at Kannegiesser Kleindienst 17 Applications
Small size and a long range this was what mattered for detect-
ing clothes hangers at Kannegiesser Kleindienst. Great detection
results are achieved in the smallest of spaces with the WT 2 sub-
miniature photoelectric proximity switch.
The WT 2 sub-miniature photoelectric
proximity switch allows reliable detec-
tion of reflective wire clothes hangers
insightLINK
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the attached card under:
INFO 215
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the customer at:
www.kannegiesser.de
SICK insight 2/2002
Safexpert at Siemens VDO 18 Applications
Safexpert cuts CE-costs
by 70% at Siemens VDO
>> The machines from Siemens VDO
are largely in-company developments in
which the companys specialised ex-
pertise is also reflected in the produc-
tion of electric motors. The spectrum
ranges from equipment for measuring
and calibrating the axial backlash of a
drive, to transfer belts and semi-auto-
matic testing stations for product char-
acteristics, right up to entire production
systems including robots for loading
and unloading work-piece carriers, re-
ports Matthias Ziegler, from the Actua-
tor CE/Documentation Dept. As a
result of the relatively homogeneous
production programme the individual
machine types often have similar safe-
ty requirements, comments Zieglers
predecessor, Peter Estenfelder. Thanks
to Safexpert we dont have to keep -
reinventing the wheel, so to speak,
every time we carry out a safety con-
sideration.
Every year Siemens VDO in Wrzburg produces, among other
things, not only more than 10 million motors for electrical window
lifters, but also up to 150 machines and function modules for
their production. Projects must be completed in good time to en-
sure that the machines that are required for worldwide production
are produced within deadlines. Each of these units successfully
gained CE-certification with the help of SICKs Safexpert. The
comprehensive consideration of safety using network software is
not just absolutely up-to-date and complete it also allows the
parallel throughput of up to 60 projects and thus saves up to 70%
of the usual CE-costs.
Matthias Ziegler from Siemens VDO and Heike Haarmann from SICK
The user is guided to the CE-label in
seven steps
60 parallel projects:
quicker project start and
70 % lower costs
Depending on the orders situation,
more than 60 machines in the most
varied of sizes are developed in parallel
via SAFEXPERT. Fewer project meet-
ings during construction, and dialogue
via the network, mean less time taken
for the risk analysis during the first con-
struction of a machine. And only an ad-
ditional week is needed instead of a
few months if there is a second ma-
chine of the same type, explains
Matthias Ziegler. In the process, a sim-
ilar project is copied and, if necessary,
adapted and passed on to the con-
structors for the risk analysis within the
network. Moreover, the use of the li-
brary database, that also prevents un-
necessary duplication of work, also
contributes to being able to reduce the
work costs for CE-certification by up to
70 %. Comfortable search and filter
functions provide rapid answers to
questions regarding standards and di-
rectives. The latest version of SAFEX-
PERT 4.0 offers even more
advantages. The possibility of creat-
ing the operating instructions in a sin-
gle step with the CE-designation saves
more time. Expanded functions in the
program also support teamwork, con-
firms Matthias Ziegler.
Optimum solution:
CE-certification in a network
As a result of the advantages of SAF-
EXPERT, CE-designation in networks
has also proved to be an optimum so-
lution, says Peter Estenfelder. 25
people from a variety of departments
use the safety software during the me-
chanical construction, for construction
of control systems, and for the docu-
mentation and safety at work.
insightLINK
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the attached card under:
INFO 216
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the customer at:
www.siemensvdo.de
SICK insight 2/2002
Inspecting files at Usines Metallurgiques Vallorbes 19 Applications
Sophisticated solution for
precise tolerance checks
body while the test piece is rotated
around its own axis.
Expanded functionality with
the ODC evaluation unit
An ODC evaluation unit is connected to
each sensor to evaluate the technical
measurements involved in this task.
They take the measured maximum and
minimum values for each test piece
and compare them with the taught-in
>> Each month UMV produces approx.
525 km of files in several thousand de-
signs for more than a billion customers
worldwide. And they expect a high-
quality product from us so that they, in
turn, can meet their own quality re-
quirements. So it was of prime impor-
tance for us to monitor one of the most
important quality criteria the bending
or non-bending of all the file bodies we
produce with greater accuracy and
with the possibility of documenting it,
explains Arnold Aebischer, UMV Works
Manager.
100 % testing with the OD 25
The processed blanks are individually
inserted into the inductive hardening
equipment, briefly heated until red-hot,
transported through an oil-bath by a
chain conveyor and cooled, and finally
dried in a heater unit. They then reach
their lines testing station. Three OD
sensors are installed in each of these
testing units. They carry out a continu-
ous distance and height measurement
on the tip, middle and handle of the file
Precision files from the Swiss company Usines Metallurgiques
Vallorbe (UMV) are precisely measured to within a few tenths of
a millimetre with OD 25 displacement sensors. In this way only
files of perfect quality reach the hands of watchmakers, jew-
ellery-makers, or model and mould constructors.
target and tolerance definitions. Units
that exceed these values (measured in
tenths of a millimetre) are diverted out
by an expulsion mechanism.
Teach-in: three at a time
In order to be able to run different
types through the same testing equip-
ment we have combined the individual
teach-in inputs of the ODs and put a re-
volving switch on the control box of the
testing unit, explains Denis Bertin,
the electrical engineer responsible.
Whenever there is a batch change, we
can quickly define the new process pa-
rameters by inserting a master file in
the testing station and setting the re-
volving switch to teach-in. The meas-
ured values are then saved as the new
maximum and minimum target values
in the particular ODC. Then the system
is switched to testing mode and can
start operation, adds works electri-
cian Angel Gonzales.
In addition to checking files at UMV,
with their simple operation and high ac-
curacy OD 25 sensors provide sophisti-
cated solutions for reliable object de-
tection and measurement for many oth-
er tasks.
Above: Testing unit with OD 25,
Top left: Theodor Strasser from SICK
Switzerland, Angel Gonzalez and Denis
Bertin, Usines Metallurgiques Vallorbes
insightLINK
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the attached card under:
INFO 217
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the customer at:
www.vallorbe.com
SICK insight 2/2002
The C 2000 in an IP 67 protective housing at cheese producer Lactalis 20 Applications
Mature performance: safe Camembert
production with IP 67- C 2000 light grid
Cheese producer Lactalis was looking for a non-contact machine-
safeguarding system to operate in conditions characterised by
high air humidity and regular wet scrubbing. They chose the
C 2000 light grid with an IP 67 protective housing. It not only ful-
filled the requirements for availability and safety, but also those
for ergonomic operation and productivity.
>> As the leading European producer
of milk products, the Lactalis Group
employs approx. 16,000 employees in
about 80 French works. At its Fro-
magre de St. Maclou works, in which
Le Petit Camembert is produced, a
safe solution for preventing crushed
hands, without hindering the produc-
tion process, was sought for a batch
collector with set-down grids.
Availability despite dampness
Apart from productivity and ergonomics
at the workplace both achievable by
allowing free access to the batch col-
lector when switched off the protec-
tive system would have to be adapted
to survive the difficult conditions of the
cheese dairy. For one thing, the humid-
ity at the plant is about 85 % -- with an
ambient temperature of 25 C. For an-
other, the equipment must be lathered
once or twice a day with alkaline or
acidic detergents, and then washed
and cleaned with cold water at between
5 10 C and 40 Bar pressure. Instal-
lation of the C 2000 in an IP 67 pro-
tective housing proved the ideal solu-
tion that could consistently withstand
the great demands placed upon it.
Light interruption stops batch
collector
The C 2000 is a non-contact safety de-
vice that fulfils Type 2 demands ac-
cording to IEC 61496. The parallel light
beams generate a flat protective field
in front of the hazardous area of the
machine. Unauthorised or unintended
access to the running machine leads to
the interruption of one or more light
beams. The evaluation electronics of
the C 2000 detects this within a few
milliseconds and immediately stops
the batch collector via the Emergency
Stop circuit. Consistently reliable safe-
guarding has been ensured despite the
harsh environmental conditions by inte-
grating the C 2000 in an IP 67 housing.
The C 2000 light grid with its IP 67 protective housing (detail below)
The IP 67 enclosure
rating according to
IEC 60529 ensures
devices are watertight
and dustproof
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 218
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
More about the customer at:
www.lactalis.fr
SICK insight 2/2002
The ICR 850 now in serial production 21 Applications
The ICR 850 Data Matrix Reader:
strengths in numerous applications
production control, quality assurance
and traceability. In order to achieve
this, each circuit board is provided with
a 4.5 x 4.5 mm
2
data matrix label. The
codes, however, are sited in very dif-
ferent locations, depending on size,
component density and installation pre-
requisites. Unlike matrix systems, the
ICR 850 must not be adjusted for each
circuit-board-specific code attachment
location. The line reader finds the mini-
labels within the 80 mm wide reading
field itself without any supplementary
adjustment or searching. A one-off, sin-
gle setting is sufficient for all read situ-
ations.
ICR 850 a device with many
advantages
Not only the 2-D data matrix code ECC
200, but also all common 1-D bar
codes can be identified with the ICR
850. While conventional Matrix CCD
readers require a precise positioning
of the code, a code-related trigger sig-
nal and sometimes flash illumination,
the ICR 850 needs none of these. It
has a considerably wider reading field
of 80 mm thanks to the linear CCD
sensor. Illumination is integrated in
the code reader in the form of a laser
line. Reading requirements with sever-
al codes in the reading field or even
combinations of linear and 2-D codes
can be solved with a single reading re-
quest, as triggering takes place on the
object and not on the code itself. A
scanning frequency of 15 KHz, image
capture resolution of 2,000 pixels,
and SMART decoding for 1-D bar codes
are further highlights of the ICR 850
code reader.
>> One of the main areas of use is for
identifying circuit boards, which the ICR
850 has been doing for weeks now to
the complete satisfaction of the end-
user. Other interesting tasks have been
solved in the pharmaceutical industry
and in the processing of documents.
ICR 850 finds 2-D codes with-
out having to look for them!
In one particularly demanding applica-
tion, approx. 500 circuit board types,
produced in batches of between 5 and
5,000 units, must be differentiated be-
tween and unambiguously identified for
Serial approval for the ICR 850 was given at the end of August,
and it has been in serial production since then. A lot of progress
took place between the first prototypes and the serial version.
New, additional functions, defined in consultation with our cus-
tomers in a variety of target branches, have already been inte-
grated and more will follow. The ICR 850 is already carrying out a
variety of tasks with greater reliability.
Circuit boards, photographed by
ICS 850 2-D reader, with enlar-
gement of the Data Matrix code
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 219
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
See page 36 for more about the
history of 2-D codes.
SICK insight 2/2002
Complete modular unit checking labels in Italy 22 Applications
Top: Complete modular unit with the CLV 410 bar-code scanner, connection box, an
operating unit with rotary switch and three LEDs
Bottom: CLV 410 bar-code scanners check labels on pharmaceuticals
Neither doctors nor chemists
had the right treatment ready it
was SICKs engineers in Italy. They pre-
scribed their customers a complete
modular unit consisting of at least one
CLV 410 compact bar-code scanner,
one connection box for signal transfer
and power supply (either 24 VDC or
230 VAC), an operating unit with a re-
volving switch and three LEDs, and an
optional trigger photoelectric switch.
Further bar-code readers can be inte-
grated in the system if bar codes are to
be attached to more than one side.
There is no need for the photoelectric
switch if the CLV 410s reflector polling
function is used to start the reading
process.
Unless otherwise prescribed
label checking begins by turning the
revolving switch on the operating unit
to Setup and teaching-in the appro-
priate label for the particular produc-
tion batch. Return to Run Mode and
now all the pharmaceutical packs are
checked even at high transport
speeds thanks to a scanning frequency
of 800 Hz. A correct bar code, i.e.
present, corresponding to the batch in-
volved, and legible, is shown by illumi-
nation of the green LED on the operat-
ing unit. The yellow and red LEDs
represent useful contraindications.
Yellow indicates that there is a wrong
bar-code on the packaging; red means
the label is missing or illegible. Both
lead to rejection of the package from
the product flow.
Areas of application for
checking labels
include food and cosmetic produc-
tion, among others, in addition to the
pharmaceutical industry. Regardless of
the branch no side effects or aller-
gies have as yet been reported by
users of SICKs complete system.
Labels on pharmaceuticals
under control
under certain circumstances, be
health-threatening, and considerable
damage to ones image. But only a
100 % bar-code examination that
functions reliably and that can easily
be set-up by machine operators can
provide 100 % security.
>> Is the bar code on the package, is it
the right one (corresponding to the
medicine) and is the bar code actually
legible? Anyone who cannot answer
these three questions positively risks
customer complaints, increased logisti-
cal costs, a product mix-up that could,
Product safety is the top priority in the production and packaging
of, for example, medicines. This is even more critical if different
products are transported along the same production lines. SICK
Italy has therefore developed, for a regional pharmaceutical com-
pany, a complete user-friendly unit that can quickly adjust to new
products and reliably detect their labels even at high transport
speeds.
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The ICS 100 camera sensor at ALTANA Pharma 23 Applications
also support maximum labelling (and
thus product) reliability in the packag-
ing of drugs and medical products, ex-
plains Volker Strk, Machinery and Pro-
jects Supervisor at ALTANA Pharma. So
the search began for a compact, user-
friendly checking system for batch print
labels that could be integrated in the
carton packaging machines produced
by the company Mohrbach. With the
ICS 100, the optimum solution for
checking print quality was found.
Compact, user-friendly, plug &
play solution
The ICS 100 is an extremely cost-ef-
fective concept for an image process-
ing sensor for industrial use. The cam-
era, optics, illumination and evaluation
are accommodated in a single compact
housing. Moreover, the sensor is de-
signed as a user-friendly plug & play
unit. Up to 16 inspection programs can
be stored. The ICS 100 operates as a
stand-alone device and switches like a
photoelectric switch. It detects labels
that are not in order. The resulting sen-
sor signal activates expulsion of the
packages in question.
Display module supports pixel-
testing
Observation of the live image on the
camera sensors external VSC 100 dis-
play module has proved particularly
helpful, making the task easier. Here
one can further optimise the pixel-ac-
curate camera function by making the
appropriate settings. As a result, inter-
ference caused by glare, reflections or
an unfavourable background are opti-
mally suppressed. After this, the cam-
era reports successful programming
and continuously saves values in an
EEPROM. After the teach-in process
has been completed the VSC 100 can
be removed again and the camera sen-
sor checks the Pharma-labels as a
stand-alone device.
>> ALTANA Pharma achieved a turnover
of almost 1.6 billion euro in 2001 with
therapeutics, diagnostics and products
for self-medication. That was 25 %
more than the previous year. But the
greater turnover of goods and in-
creased sales must not be allowed to
detract from process reliability, and
thus earnings. Apart from preventing
health risks for patients, cost argu-
ments in the form of preventable logis-
tical and processing costs for returns
ALTANA Pharma, ALTANA AGs pharmaceutical arm, relies on the
ICS 100 plug & play camera sensor to check batch print labels at
their Riopan Stickpack packaging line in Singen. Each package is
monitored for the presence of the correct pharma-code, and the
pixel-accurate batch print label is also checked. The ICS 100 plug
& play camera sensor contributes to maximum product reliability
and thus also minimises costs arising from errors.
Checking batch labels with the ICS 100
Checking batch print
labels at ALTANA Pharma
with the ICS 100 camera
sensor
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More about the customer at:
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www.altanapharma.com
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not be pulled out of the slot. Moreover,
the entire MZN1 (fixed by a screw) lies
in contact with the floor of the groove,
providing better switching properties.
By the way, these two aspects also ap-
ply when used in C-slots with different
dimensions, such as those found on
SMC or Festo-cylinders. The customer
now only needs to use a single sensor
for these different C-slots to benefit
from this, leading to increased flexibili-
ty in the use of MZN1 sensors and con-
tributing towards optimised stores.
SICK insight: Plenty of advantages,
probably making installation difficult,
particularly with pneumatic cylinders
that are already mounted?
Thomas Deutscher: No, and thats the
point. The MZN1, or its counterpart
with a reed contact the RZN1, are in-
serted into the groove from above. It is
not necessary to dismantle cylinder
caps to insert the sensor. And we have
also designed the fixing screw for easy
installation. Although they are extreme-
SICK insight: What is a magnetic cylin-
der sensor, and what is special about
the new MZN1?
Thomas Deutscher: Magnetic cylinder
sensors are used for determining the
position of the piston in a cylinder. Pis-
tons are detected through housing
walls made of aluminium, brass or
stainless steel. In order to achieve this
the sensor is mounted on a cylinder
body, e.g. in a C-slot. And here we
come to the first important advantage
of our new MZN1. As a result of its de-
sign it is not joined at just one point in
the groove, but along its entire length.
This provides a firmer, and in the case
of heavy vibrations, safer sit and it can-
Product Manager Thomas Deutscher in conversation with Dirk Heyden from SICK insight
Simple insertion of the sensor in C-slot
Magnetic cylinder sensors 24 Products
ly small they still have an M3 screw
slot. The MZN1 can be attached with a
standard screwdriver, the sort that a
works electrician always carries
around, for example, without the need
for any especially small equipment.
SICK insight: What other magnetic
cylinder sensors does SICK have in its
programme?
Thomas Deutscher: We are in a posi-
tion to offer our customers a complete
programme from a single source. This
now includes design-adapted magnetic
cylinder sensors for all common cylin-
der types. They are optionally available
as electronic or reed contact switches
and with a plug connection or cable.
For special applications, e.g. for weld-
ing lines in automobile construction,
we have a weld-proof design with a
Teflon coating. Thus keeping all options
open for the user.
SICK insight: Variety of cylinder de-
signs thus means variety of sensor
types. But what can be done if a user
wants to reduce the number of variants
in unit lists and in stock?
Thomas Deutscher: We can react to
this need with our mounting adapters.
Thus, for example, MZT1/RZT1 mag-
netic cylinder sensors that have been
developed for cylinders with T-slots can
also easily be mounted on pull-rod and
profile cylinders, round cylinders or
cylinders with dovetail grooves by
means of a suitable mounting adapter.
SICK has taken the initiative in magnetic cylinder sensors for
pneumatic cylinders whether pull-rod, profile or round cylinders,
or cylinders with C-, T-, or dovetail grooves. The complete pro-
gramme not only provides an appropriate solution for every task
the multitude of different types facing the user can also be re-
duced by means of intelligent mounting adapters. This is one of
the core statements of Product Manager Thomas Deutscher in
conversation with SICK Insight.
Magnetic cylinder sensors: a complete
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The mounting adapter for round cylin-
ders is characterised by, among other
things, a stainless steel band. Unlike
plastic mountings our adapters do not
drift and thus ensure a constant
switching point. An MZT1 with the ap-
propriate adapter can replace up to
four different sensors. This provides
our customers with a high level of flexi-
bility, and also allows storage costs to
be optimised.
Safety interlocks 25 Products
programme meeting every task
The complete programme of
magnetic cylinder sensors
Safe switching with SICK interlocks
SICK safety interlocks have
been designed for harsh indus-
trial everyday operation. High
enclosure ratings of up to IP
67, housings made of metal or
plastic, and a high resistance
to impacts and vibration en-
sure a long operating lifetime.
The complete programme cov-
ers all safety categories from 1
to 4.
>> Increasing numbers of users are
taking advantage of being able to ob-
tain safety interlocks as well as opto-
electronic devices from a single source
SICK. The interlock programme is
complete a variety of position switch-
es, solenoid releases, control devices
and safety sensors are available to
users. Complete system solutions can
be achieved in combination with a
range of relays and interface modules.
Monitoring mechanical protec-
tive systems
SICK safety interlocks are the ideal so-
lution for monitoring mechanical pro-
tective systems. They can be used in a
huge number of branches from A as
in the automobile industry to Z as in zip
production.
The complete programme of SICK safety
interlocks
SICK insight: SICK is exhibiting at
SPS/IPC/DRIVES in Nuremberg. What
new developments will there be in the
area of magnetic cylinder sensors?
Thomas Deutscher: In Nuremberg we
are presenting a further magnetic
cylinder sensor for T-slots. This new
MZT6 sensor is based on the same
product advantages as the MZN1
magnetic cylinder sensor for the
C-slot. We would be pleased to give
you more details on this new series
making our stand well worth a visit
and not just for this reason.
SICK insight: So off to Nuremberg, and
thank you very much for this conversa-
tion.
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New long-range photoelectric
data transfer switch
convincing. Firstly, its range of 200 m
which ensures reliable transfer of up
to 1.5 mbit/s even in long shelf aisles.
A ten-bar reception indicator simplifies
alignment of the transmitter and re-
ceiver. This advantage is particularly
appreciated during retro-fitting, as is
the control panel that is accessible
from above. The optical component
can be replaced individually if it gets
dirty or is damaged, so it is no longer
necessar y to dismantle and reassem-
ble device housings or re-adjust align-
>> High-bay stackers in warehouses are
a typical area of use for photoelectric da-
ta transfer switches. They allow online
communication between the vehicle and
the controlling computer without the
need for drag cables or collecting con-
ductors that suffer from friction, and
compared to radio systems they provide
high system reliability in the presence of
electromagnetic interference.
Numerous highlights
The new ISD 300s features are highly
The new ISD 300
with easily replaceable optics
The ISD 300 is principally used in high-bay warehouses
The ISD 300 Data Transfer Photoelectric Switch 26 Products
ment. Finally, the system can be con-
nected to a variety of field buses and
control systems.
The new ISD 300 is the top model in SICKs programme of photo-
electric data transfer switches. Its range of 200 m, interfaces for
Profibus, Interbus and Allen Bradley control systems, and its user-
friendly reception level display allow it to be used in a variety of
applications.
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SICK insight 2/2002
The PLS Short Range
up-close safety
>> Like its big brother the PLS Short
Range is used for the horizontal safe-
guarding of hazardous areas. Experi-
ence gained from countless applica-
tions involving short-range mobile and
stationary monitoring was taken into
account during the conception of this
device. The aim of this development
was also to promote the use of this
technical principle in those applica-
tions that are particularly price-sensi-
tive and can manage with performance
data that are well below those of the
standard PLS.
Other requirements are valid
at short range
The new scanner was designed specifi-
cally for this use: particularly notice-
able in the PLS Short Range protective
field range that has been reduced to
1.5 m and the lack of a data interface
for the Laser Scanner Interface (LSI).
These limitations are of no relevance
for the specified applications: function-
alities such as the connection of sever-
al scanners, their automatic selection,
or the activation of different protective
fields, are often unnecessary for use
on small vehicles or for monitoring
small stationary areas. For cost rea-
sons there is no restart interlock with
the PLS Short Range the user can
choose between an immediate restart
or a delay of two seconds. Finally, for
the same reason, the output current of
the safe electronic switching outputs
has been limited to 150 mA. On the
other hand, the warning field function
has been retained a tried-and-tested
advantage that can also be made use
of at close range.
The price enables replacement
of bumpers and small barriers
The PLS Short Range is a Category 3
non-contact safety device conforming
to EN 954 and Type 3 according to
IEC/EN 61496. Thus, the device does
not cut back on safety only on the
price. The laser module with reduced
transmission power, with application-
STOP smaller hazardous areas can be optimally monitored with the PLS Short Range
Monitoring small surfaces and detecting objects at close range
are the strengths of the new PLS Short Range and its interest-
ing price. Typical areas of operation include safeguarding small
automatic vehicles, and stationary plant where small areas are to
be monitored, or where gaining access from behind other moni-
toring systems is to be reliably prevented.
specific optimised optics, with cheaper
components because of the reduced
output current, and lacking the LSI in-
terface, offers cost benefits reflected
in its price. The PLS Short Range scan-
ner offers far-reaching advantages if
one compares its flexibility and its pur-
chase and operating costs with those
of tactile bumper systems or mechani-
cal barriers. So it is no wonder that we
have already received the first large or-
ders from customers during its mar-
ket introduction!
The PLS Short-Range Safety Laser Scanner 27 Products
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Short and sweet
the new inductive
proximity sensors
from SICK
>> A shorter design that retains long
switching distances and high switching
frequencies these are the most im-
portant features of the new IM 08, IM
12 and IH 06 Advanced Short-form
inductive proximity sensors from SICK.
As a result, the shorties meet the
demands of numerous users, such as
producers of handling systems and ma-
chine tools.
Adaptations for differing
applications
The housing of the IM 08 cable version
is only 35.5 mm long and offers a
switching distance of 2 or 4 mm with a
frequency of 3 or 2.5 KHz, depending
on whether it is installed flush or non-
flush. This allows metal objects or
switching flags to be reliably detected
in the tightest of spaces.
The IM 12 is also accommodated in
a robust brass housing. It may be
up to 30 % smaller than the standard
versions, depending on the type of
connection. The cable version is only
40 mm long, and it offers switching dis-
tances of 4 or 8 mm regardless of
whether the switch is fitted flush or
non-flush.
The IH 06 is the right choice wher-
ever housings with small diameters or
made of stainless steel are advisable
or essential. The size and switching
properties correspond to those of the
IM 08.
Lots in common
All three shorties have industry-ori-
ented features such as an enclosure
rating of IP 67, an LED on the housing
for indicating switching state, optional
PNP or NPN output, cable or plug con-
nection, and accessories for easier in-
stallations. INFO 226
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The C 4000 Micro light cur-
tain offers maximum safety
status message output and an RS 232
interface are integrated for configura-
tion and diagnosis. Moreover, there are
(further) inputs and outputs on the sen-
sor for Emergency Stop or safety inter-
locks.
The C 4000 Advanced fulfils even
greater demands. In addition to the
features of the Standard series it of-
fers the possibility of variable blanking
(suppression) ranges fixed blanking,
flexible blanking, and reduced resolu-
tion. These various types of blanking
can also be combined, and allow mate-
rial to be passed through the protective
field to the machine, and the blanking
out of tool parts or travelling cables
within the protective field.
Safety above all
Basic safety demands are fulfilled by
the C 4000 Micro. The device offers
resolutions of 14 mm or 30 mm with
ranges of 5 m or 6 m and protective
field heights of between 300 mm and
1,200 mm. An integrated electronic
alignment aid with a 7-segment indica-
tor simplifies installation. Restart inter-
lock and external relay monitoring func-
tions are integrated in the C 4000 Mi-
cro. The 7-segment indicator provides
user-friendly commissioning and status
diagnosis during operation.
Safety and more ...
... is offered by the C 4000 Standard
and Advanced versions. Thus, the Stan-
dard design has ranges of up to 19 m
and resolutions of 20 mm, 30 mm or
40 mm. The protective field height can
be up to 1,800 mm. Up to three sys-
tems can be cascaded (i.e. connected
in series) allowing protective fields to
be combined. Beam coding prevents
mutual interference between C 4000
units installed near one another. The
The key to more safety: Micro, Standard and Advanced the C 4000 light curtain is
available in these functional versions
Shorties The C 4000 Micro Light Curtain 28 Products
The C 4000 Micro safety light curtain is the ideal solution wher-
ever maximum safety is needed at hazardous points-of-operation
and space is very tight. Narrow design, simple installation, trou-
ble-free operation, comprehensive diagnostic functions and a high
level of user-friendliness are the strengths of this device, that
conforms to EN 61496, Type 4 and IEC 61508 SIL 3.
insightLINK
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MHV cameras: more than
just bar codes in view
>> This has been made possible using
code detection by camera, and power-
ful image evaluation that ensures high
first-read rates even under demanding
conditions. Companies that have to
sort packages and letters or detect
CDs and video films, for example, will
profit from this.
Strong when codes are weak
The strengths of MHV reading systems
are seen particularly clearly with codes
of weak print quality. Within a few milli-
seconds, image processing can pre-
pare the captured bar-code image in
such a way that all the information can
be evaluated. It can also reconstruct
partially illegible code information at
similar speeds. Finally the MHV is ca-
pable of reliably identifying very long
bar codes with short bar heights.
Versatile through camera
technology
The camera technology offers users of
the MHV many possibilities as it
records a complete picture of every la-
bel. Normal bar codes can be identi-
Rapid detection independent of code alignment
the MHV series of cameras
Flexible code orientation, rapid evaluation of labels even if only
partially visible, and suitability for bar codes and 2-D codes are
the main advantages of the MHV series of cameras.
fied in any orientation and position
within the camera window. The same
applies for 2-D codes, such as those
that are increasingly being attached to
parcels and letters.
From above or from the side?
Two device versions are available de-
pending on the application. The design
with a fixed focal distance is used
when there are only small distance
variations between the reading system
and the code itself. Examples include
the identification of CDs or videos on a
conveyor belt or reading package la-
bels from the side. The autofocus ver-
sion offers a large depth of field and is
thus also suitable for objects whose
distance to the MHV is variable, such
as mixtures of large and small delivery
units, e.g. at mail-order distribution
centres or the sorting plants of postal,
express and parcel services.
The MHV series of cameras from the USA 29 Products
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The redesigned W 160 series of miniature photoelectric switches 30 Products
Redesign of the W 160: more
power with unchanged size
>> For more than 10 years the W 160
miniature series has provided optimum
solutions for countless applications.
Substantial improvements mean that
this will also be the case in future
with the new W 160.
Improvements achieved
The following table provides details on
what features of the through-beam, re-
flex and proximity photoelectric switch-
es have been improved.
It is important for users that the
new W 160 can now be used for more
rapid processes. The increased ranges
and scanning distances not only pro-
vide them with additional signal re-
serves for even more reliable switching
behaviour they can also reduce the
number of different sensor types in op-
eration. The 3-pin plug connection now
available in addition to the 4-pin plug
and cable connections, reduces wiring
costs and simplifies connection to field
buses.
Proven advantages retained
Among others, the housing size, me-
chanical connection technology, and
position of the optical axes remain un-
changed. Thus users can easily con-
vert to the new W 160 when replace-
ment is necessary.
At first glance unchanged, the interiors of the new W 160 series
of photoelectric switches contain state-of-the-art sensor technol-
ogy. With scanning distances almost tripled, switching frequen-
cies almost doubled, and response times more than halved, it
sets new standards in many applications in automation technolo-
gy. Important mechanical properties have been retained making
it easy to replace the old W 160 with the new device.
Ranges/ The old W 160 The redesigned W 160
scanning distances
WS/WE 8.5 m 15 m
WL 3 m 6 m
WT Energetic 360 mm 900 mm
Switching frequency 550/s 1000/s
Response time 0.9 1.5 ms 0.5 ms
The new W 160
series of photoelectric
switches
now with more power!
The new W 160 in comparison
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The OMNI 2110 laser scanner from the USA 31 Products
The new OMNI 2110
OMNI 2110 X-tra flexible
configurable scanners
gets the precise reading configuration
needed for the application.
Operates without PLC and PC
The software of the OMNI 2110 is writ-
ten in C programming language. Se-
lection of this standard programming
language allows the user to run the
reading station with their own pro-
grams. The system can thus also be
used in stand-alone operation. The
user also gains maximum flexibility as
a result of eight digital inputs and eight
digital outputs. This allows a variety of
control information from the plant envi-
ronment to be used for identification or
given out to other machine control sys-
tems or display systems.
Maximum availability thanks
to constant self-diagnosis
Systems designed for high perform-
ance often cause serious costs if there
is a fault. This is avoided by the OMNI
2110 through comprehensive diag-
nostic functions. Thus, among other
things, label quality is continuously de-
termined and the reading rate is 100 %
evaluated. Moreover, the reading sys-
tem continuously gathers information
on the status of important compo-
nents, e.g. laser diodes or mechanical
parts, and thus allows preventive main-
tenance in good time and at a suitable
moment. The diagnostic data from any
number of OMNI 2110 can be gathered
centrally via Ethernet and a modem
connection, and used for decentralised
system maintenance and optimisation
from anywhere in the world.
>> Whether one, two adjacent, two op-
posite or a four-X reading window with
the OMNI 2110 all these optical config-
urations can be achieved with the
same housing. If you know the area in
which the bar codes on the objects are
to be read, you can choose the eco-
nomical single-X solution. With the
path widths and depths of focus to be
covered steadily increasing, the num-
ber of reading windows rises to a maxi-
mum of four. As a result of this modu-
larity within the same housing the user
SICKs OMNI 2110 is an individually configurable omni-reading
system that meets all tasks. The system, taken over as part of a
company acquisition (see also page 40), can reliably identify any
bar code in any orientation with up to four crossed (X) laser
lines. It also offers the user X-tra flexibility regarding software
and control.
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Applications with aggressive media
capacitive proximity sensors made
of PTFE
may occur. It is also suitable wherever
plants require frequent cleaning with
chemicals or at high temperatures. As
PTFE does not absorb any liquid it is
not possible for any build-up of the
medium to take place on active switch-
ing surfaces preventing spurious sig-
nals while checking filling levels or
presence.
IP 67, high EMC, and
adjustable switching distance
The use of PTFE has no effect on the
functional features of the CM 18. Like
the plastic version, the advantages of
the CM 18 PTFE include:
>> PTFE (polytetrafluorethylene) is re-
sistance against almost all chemicals
and organic solvents. As a result the
material is ideal for sensors that are
exposed to aggressive media and their
steams or vapours.
Filling level and presence con-
trol with the CM 18 PTFE
Using PTFE for the housing and the
M18 screws allows the sensor be used
for checking the filling levels of aggres-
sive media, e.g. hydrochloric acid, sul-
phuric acid, phosphoric acid, a variety
of alkalis and numerous solvents. The
same is true of object detection in en-
vironments in which these materials
The CM 18 PTFE capacitive proximity sensor 32 Products
Acids, bases and solvents frequently attack sensors in normal
plastic housings. But these chemicals have no chance against
the new CM 18 PTFE capacitive proximity sensors, making them
particularly suitable for detecting acids, bases and solvents.
At home in aggressive media:
the CM 18 capacitive proximity sensor
made of PTFE
p an enclosure rating of IP 67,
p high electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC), complying with device stan-
dard EN 60947-5-2
p a long switching distance that can
be continuously adjusted between
3 mm and 8 mm,
p PNP or NPN switching outputs,
p antivalent output functions, and
p a 2 m connection cable.
The CM 18 PTFE has a delivery time
that is as short as its operating lifetime
is long: the sensor is available from
stock.
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Intelliface intelligent interface components 33 Products
Intelligent interfaces for
safety-oriented automation
ing; as well as safety interfaces and
outputs up to Category 4. A variety of
supplementary functions are available
depending on the device and its appli-
cation-specific design, e.g. clock pulse,
Emergency Stop at the device, and log-
ical AND/OR linkages.
Modules for safety buses
The IP 67 I/O modules of the UE 1000
series are the bus nodes for demand-
ing requirements. The devices are de-
signed for machines and plant with
high levels of networking and program-
mable logic controllers. Bus technology
opens up many safety-related techno-
logical advantages, including:
p low wiring costs,
p bi-directional communication
between the field and control levels,
p high transfer rates,
p diagnosis for individual sensors,
p automatic downloading of the sen-
sor configuration and parameters
during first commissioning,
p the state of the 16 active and pas-
sive inputs for safety sensors, and
p the possibility of using auto-reconfig-
uration during plant operation when
servicing is required.
Differently networked control environ-
ments can be integrated almost every-
where in safety concepts with the com-
ponents of the Intelliface concept: the
UE 10, UE 100 or UE 1000.
>> With the Universal Equipment (UE)
components of the Intelliface concept,
users profit from quicker commission-
ing, simpler maintenance, and the un-
complicated replacement of sensors:
minimising operating costs and ensur-
ing highly cost-effective safety technol-
ogy and plants.
Modules for basic require-
ments and more
The basic requirements of safe au-
tomation are covered by the modern
safety relays of the UE 10 series. They
act as evaluation and test devices for
opto-electronic safety sensors and in-
terlocks complying with EN 61496,
Types 2 4.
The UE 100 series offer more logic,
more functionalities and more applica-
tion-specific variants. For machines
with low levels of networking they allow
the simple integration of safety tech-
nology into the machine control sys-
tem. Each of the various UE 100 mod-
ules has several parameterisable oper-
ating modes; an RS 232 interface for
diagnosis and setting device parame-
ters; LED and 7-segment function and
operating mode indicators on the hous-
With Intelliface, the family of intelligent interface components for
varying levels of networking, SICK has implemented a concept
that allows safety sensors to be integrated into relay, PLC and
safety field bus environments.
UE components of the Intelliface concept: above, the UE 10 series, right, the
UE 100 series and bottom right, the UE 1000 series
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three weeks. In drag chain tests they
achieved high acceleration and speed
values. And more than 2 million bend-
ing cycles with a bending radius of 10 x
D are guaranteed.
Various connection and length
options
SICK provides a comprehensive range
of connection technology. M8 connec-
tion plugs are available with 3 or 4
pins, M12 plugs with 4 or 5 pins. Each
variant can be selected with straight or
angled cable inlets. A variety of cable
lengths cover all distances between
sensors and control systems. The PUR
halogen-free cables are UL/CSA-ap-
proved and can thus be used world-
wide.
PUR connection cable 34 Products
>> This makes them ideal for harsh en-
vironments, such as those found in au-
tomobile construction, or on machine
tools, processing machines or robots
for example. M8 and M12 device plugs
with a differing pin numbers, straight
and angled cable inlets, and a variety
of cable lengths cover almost all instal-
lation conditions.
In response to varied demands
Fire protection directives stipulate that
halogens are not to be used, that
spraying processes in automobile con-
struction are absolutely silicon-free,
that conveyor, handling and robotic sys-
tems require cables that are flexible
and resistant to rubbing, bending and
torsion, and point out that boring oils
and lubricants attack conventional PVC
cables. In addition to the customary or-
ange-coloured PVC cables, SICK now
offers suitable black (and thus colour-
neutral) control cables that have under-
gone a variety of demanding tests for
inductive, magnetic and opto-electronic
sensors that are operated under such
conditions.
Passed tests with flying
colours
Resistance to coolants and lubricants,
for example, was proven by keeping ca-
bles in a test-bath heated to 70 C for
Non-flammable: the PUR-coated sensor
cables meet current fire protection
directives
Halogen-free PUR sensor cables
for enhanced requirements
SICK now offers connection ca-
bles for enhanced requirements
for almost all inductive, mag-
netic and opto-electronic sen-
sors. The polyurethane-covered
sensor cables are free of halo-
gens, PVC and silicon, are re-
sistant to coolants and lubri-
cants and, with their high tor-
sional strength, are particularly
suitable for drag chains.
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 233
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
SICK insight 2/2002
Mobile data detection the IT 3875 hand scanner 35 Products
always in reliable online contact with
the control level. Depending on the
system design, up to nine scanners
can be operated simultaneously with
up to four different application tasks
via a single base station.
Simple integration in the
IT environment
Smooth integration of the device in the
existing IT environment is possible
without modifying the software at the
control level. With the help of the op-
tional IQ App Designer software from
Hand-held Products the data sent from
the host can be converted in such a
way that it is easily understood when
displayed on the four-line display. If
necessary the operator can even ad-
just the size of the characters dis-
played.
Commissioning just remove
from the box
More than 90 % of customer applica-
tions can be solved directly by the fac-
tory-supplied integrated software mod-
ule. Incoming goods, the warehouse,
commissioning, despatch, stock man-
agement and inventory are typical ar-
eas of operation for the IT 3875.
>> The IT 3875 supplements the fami-
ly of robust and reliable radio scanners
offered by SICK. Bar codes, high-densi-
ty codes, or PDF 417 codes can be rap-
idly and reliably identified at long range
even if they are on large or un-
favourably shaped objects with the
various linear image-capturing mod-
ules.
Wide-band data radio for
reliable transfer paths
Data communication between the
scanners and the ST 2070 base sta-
tion takes place in the 2.4 GHz ISM
band. This transfer process can cope
with large data loads and has proved
extremely reliable in environments with
a lot of interference thanks to its fre-
quency stepping process. Thus, within
a radius of about 30 m, the operator is
The IT 3875 hand-held
scanner with radio,
display and keyboard
Mobile data capture becomes an interactive process with the
new IT 3875 hand-held scanner as a result of its rapid linear im-
aging module for bar codes and PDF; its four-line LCD display that
shows a lot of order or read information; its keyboard for data in-
put; and its integrated wide-band data radio module which
means that the operator remains in online dialogue with the con-
trol level within a working area of more than 3,000 m
2
-- without
requiring any software adaptations.
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 234
or on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight
SICK insight 2/2002
The development of 2-D codes 36 Know-how
The history of the 2-D code
since the late 80s. So-called batch
codes were developed bar codes with
short bar lengths that were shown one
above another. The use of additional
line indicators, such as start and stop
codes, led to the creation of a two-di-
mensional symbol. The best known
representative of the batch code is the
PDF 417 (see illustration). In contrast,
real 2-D codes are constructed like
matrices: there are black and white
cells, like a chess board, that repre-
sent the information. With additional,
redundant information that is also lo-
cated in the matrix, an enormous read
reliability can be achieved. Accordingly,
matrix codes are characterised by a
mostly square arrangement of square,
round or otherwise shaped data cells.
For identification or segmentation of
the coding from its surroundings, and
to determine the dimensions, most ma-
trix codes have so-called finder pat-
terns. These may be concentric cir-
cles, specially shaped corner markings
or particular margin designs. The best
known of these are Data Matrix, QR
code and Maxicode.
One-dimensional code
(1-D codes)
The development of computers during
the 1950s and progress in opto-elec-
tronics were the prerequisites for the
use of bar codes. In the course of time
a range of typologies, some of them
branch-oriented, were created some
of which are still in widespread use to-
day, e.g. Code 39, Code 128, 2/5 In-
terleaved and the EAN code, commonly
found in commercial use.
Two-dimensional codes
(2-D codes)
New codes have become established
New logistical concepts and a desire for increasing amounts of in-
formation required new labelling solutions. Starting with the bar
code, development led to the batch code and then the 2-D code.
This article explains briefly what the individual codes can do and
how development took place.
From bar to point:
Data Matrix ECC 200
The 2-D Data Matrix code ECC has a
clear lead. This is because of its:
p high information density,
p low space requirement,
p omnidirectional readability (360),
p high read reliability thanks to its
error detection and correction
algorithm.
But users can only take full advantage
of the Data Matrix ECC 200 with suit-
able reading devices such as SICKs
ICR 850. You will find an application de-
scription involving this 2-D reader on
Page 21 of this issue.
Data Matrix:
Pattern Finder:
L-limits determine
the size of the
symbol
B/W pattern
delineates cell size
white edges
on ECC 200
SICK insight 2/2002
The Exploratorium in San Francisco 37 Museum
A centre of learning for research, art
and human perception
The Exploratorium of San Francisco specialises in perception
and learning with multimedia and interactive exhibits. The
knowledge available in this somewhat different type of techni-
cal museum is used by 50 60 million people worldwide.
Learn and understand and experience is the motto of the Exploratorium
vantage of the knowledge of the Ex-
ploratorium.
Links all forms of learning
The various methods of learning are in-
terwoven at the Exploratorium. Three-
dimensional exhibits allow informal
learning through understanding and
experience. The whole range of me-
dia, from books to the Internet, are
available for formal, classical learning.
Parallel to these, there are a wide
range of educational events for 77,000
schoolchildren and students a year,
and the further education of more than
10,000 teachers. And every year about
a dozen artists are invited to develop
new exhibits to further enhance the
knowledge on offer.
The Exploratorium was founded by
physicist Dr. Frank Oppenheimer in
1969. 500 employees ensure that the
museum can continue to expand its
mission as a training centre for re-
search, art and human perception.
>> The Exploratorium is located in the
Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. It
considers itself a centre for both for-
mal and informal learning. Apart from
books and their own quarterly maga-
zine, they use all types of informative
media with their varying modes of ex-
pression, and more than 650 interac-
tive exhibits for access to and informa-
tion on research, nature, art and tech-
nology.
Numerous topics for countless
visitors
More than a dozen core subjects are
on offer to the 600,000 visitors each
year (almost half of whom are
teenagers or younger). A further five
million people learn from exhibits that
have been lent to other technical mu-
seums worldwide. And there is also the
Internet: the 12,000 pages available at
the museums www.exploratorium.edu
site are visited six million times a year.
Experts estimate that a total of be-
tween 50 60 million people take ad-
insightLINK
Find out more about the museum
on the Internet at:
www.exploratorium.edu
SICK insight is highlighting technology-
oriented museums from around the world.
This glance beyond SICKs direct areas of
interest is intended to provide you with
ideas on where you can gain technical in-
formation developed, displayed, used or
passed on by others, on location or via
the Internet. Thus our article on the Heu-
reka centre of knowledge in the Finnish
town of Vantaa was received with great in-
terest. Today we are presenting the Explo-
ratorium of San Francisco.
SICK takes over
Stegmann
>> With effect from 1 October 2002
SICK AG has taken over Max
Stegmann GmbH in Donaueschingen,
one of the leading producers of shaft
encoders and actuators for automa-
tion technology.
With this acquisition SICK AG has
completed its product portfolio in the
area of factor y automation and at a
stroke achieved a significant market
position in the area of shaft encoders.
Max Stegmann GmbH has approx. 600
employees worldwide. Of these, about
200 work in the foreign subsidiaries in
the USA, Poland, France, Italy, Great
Britain and the Netherlands. Group
turnover was 52 million euro in 2001.
In addition to optical, inductive,
magnetic and capacitive sensors, cus-
tomers can now also obtain rotative
sensors (shaft encoders) from SICK.
The main consumer sectors both for
SICKs main areas of business and for
the rotative sensors are the packag-
ing machine industr y, handling tech-
nology and robotics, the automotive
industr y, storage and conveyor tech-
nology, the electronics and semi-con-
ductor industries, and printing and
paper. With this acquisition SICK also
enters the growth market of drive tech-
nology.
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New acquisition International branch management Automotive 38 SICK Tour
The international team for
the automotive industry
Optimising production processes, establishing services, the in-
troduction of innovative products theses are the aims of SICKs
sector managers as they visit leading automobile companies. As
a factory project is often a kind of pilot project for a whole group,
sector management is frequently synonymous with active, inter-
national project management.
>> Global partner SICK provides a sec-
tor team for the automotive sector as a
personalised centre of competence,
involving all SICKs product areas. And
equally important: it also ensures that
requirement profiles for production
methods are met. This is achieved with
the help of development input to create
adapted sensor solutions.
SICKs automotive sector manage-
ment team, active on five continents,
meets twice a year to improve the co-
ordination of projects. An international
Automotive Meeting has just taken
place in Elsass. The team, more than
twenty of them, discussed the opportu-
nities for employing the latest automa-
tion, safety and Auto Ident technology
at automotive production sites world-
wide.
Optimised performance packages
can be arranged through the interna-
tional sector team as a result of their
knowledge of the complete range of
products, systems and services avail-
able.
insightLINK
You can obtain further information with
the attached card under:
INFO 235
More about the Automobile Museum at
www.collection-schlumpf.com/schlumpf
A day out for the international branch team at the National Automobile Museum
in Mulhouse
This acquisition completes the factory
automation product portfolio
SICK insight 2/2002
SICKs new Logistics Centre 39 SICK Tour
A look inside the newly built
Logistics Centre
SICK AG has been able to further improve customer service and
delivery quality since completion of the new Logistics Centre at
the end of July 2002. After a planning and building period of al-
most two-and-a-half years the new Logistics Centre in Waldkirch
successfully went into operation on time.
6-aisle small parts store
Capacity: 32,000 containers
Performance: 136 dispositions per
hour per aisle
p Online printing of delivery notes
and address labels
p Automated despatch
p Commissioning by means of
numerical balance technology
p Pick-and-pack systematics
Logistics Service:
p Pre-fabrication
p Labelling
p Customer-specific packaging
p Special operations
3-aisle high-bay warehouse
Capacity: 1,700 pallets
Performance: 35 dispositions per
hour per aisle
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40 SICK Tour VW Mexico/Training New product portfolio with USA Auto Ident
Training at
VW Mexico
>> Mexico in March: more than 20 em-
ployees from the new VW works in
Puebla where the new Cabrio is built
and from SICKs partner SEPIA were
trained in the technology, method of
functioning, and programming opportu-
nities of SICK safety systems.
The event took place in Spanish
and received an entirely positive re-
sponse: necessary and important for
our work, good, thorough and inter-
esting and absolutely to be recom-
mended, because everyone involved
with them should know about the han-
dling and correct use of such devices.
Training programme with
worldwide orientation
SICKs Training & Education pro-
gramme not only offers training on
SICK products, but also on wider top-
ics. These include events covering
safety fundamentals, such as Funda-
mentals of machine safety, The func-
tion, selection and use of safety equip-
ment, Safe switching technology and
fluid technology, that are particularly
aimed towards specialist and manage-
ment staff involved in safety at work.
The programme will be expanded in
2003 and new courses will become
available at the end of November. Any-
one who would like more information
by Internet as was the case at VW
Mexico will find further details under
www.sick.de/schulungen.
Auto Ident: new
orientation towards the
North American market
sition of CI Material Handling. The
range of products of the three com-
bined units have been harmonised. In
the USA the reading systems of the CI
Material Handling unit that are estab-
lished there will be continued supple-
mented by the entire programme of
blue line scanners, OMNI systems
and laser measurement technology
from Reute.
Outside the USA the new product
portfolio will be supported by SICKs in-
ternational sales organisation. Thus
SICK has succeeded in being able to
offer users the appropriate device tech-
nology, with the appropriate services,
for every task worldwide.
A new product portfolio with
interesting potentials
A complete and powerful product port-
folio is the key to success on the mar-
ket. With the system products from
Canton and Reute, and the well-known
blue line scanner series, SICK can
now present itself worldwide with new
strengths.
www.sickusa.com
>> Lazerdata was taken over from the
PSC Group in July 2001. The CI Materi-
al Handling Division of RVSI was added
to it in December 2001. SICK Auto
Ident Inc. (with its headquarters in Can-
ton, Massachusetts) was created with-
in the framework of these acquisitions
in the USA. As a subsidiary of SICK Inc.
in Bloomington, Minnesota, SICK now
has its own direct sales, service sup-
port, development and production.
Strong in systems business
worldwide
With the takeover of Lazerdata and CI
Material Handling SICK now has a
dense network of application consult-
ants and service sites in the USA, the
worlds third largest market for Auto
Ident systems. This is the prerequisite
for being able to provide optimum serv-
ice to sectors such as postal and par-
cel services, airports, or logistics and
distribution, explains Martin Volkmar,
Market Manager for North America at
SICKs Auto Ident Division in Reute.
Development capacities have been
considerably expanded with the acqui-
The North American identification system environment has
changed considerably during the last six months. With the acqui-
sition of two companies, SICK has also become a major supplier
of complex scanner systems for conveyor and logistical applica-
tions with comprehensive expertise and a support infrastruc-
ture in the USA.
SICK insight 2/2002
20 years of SICK Australia 41 SICK Tour
SICK Australia celebrates 20th birthday
partner. Regardless of whether it is IVP,
Stegmann, Mayser, Murrelektronik or
Proxitron, the portfolio even provides
for customers in remote corners down-
under and in New Zealand with all the
advantages of one-stop shopping.
Today, the sensors sold on behalf of
other companies contribute approxi-
mately 20 % to SICK Australias annual
turnover.
An effervescent source
for sensors
SICK Australia really is a source for
sensors in both end-customer and
OEM terms. A wide product pro-
gramme, a complementary range, on-
site support, and the ability to fulfil
special needs especially well, have
contributed enormously to this suc-
cess. The source for sensors is still
flowing strongly as, on the one hand,
Australia has largely managed to avoid
being dragged down into the whirlpool
of the world economic recession and,
on the other hand, the food and asso-
ciated packaging industry are particu-
larly strong in Australia and SICK is
the number one source here.
Thus, SICK Australia will stay on
the up-and-up for many years to come.
www.sick.com.au
>> SICK has been active in Australia
from as early as 1970 in those days
only represented by a business division
of the Dutch electronics group Phillips.
In 1982 the time was ripe for founding
an independent SICK branch at that
time the seventh worldwide. Despite
tough competition from the USA and
Asia, SICK Australia developed from an
outsider to the market leader. Busi-
ness development also made enor-
mous leaps (like the indigenous kanga-
roo): from a US$ 56,000 turnover in
1982 to about US$ 17 million in 2001.
Direct customer contact and a
one-stop shop for sensors
Since 1984 the team of qualified appli-
cation and sales advisers, particularly
in external services, has undergone
continuous growth. Today about half of
the almost 50 employees are in regular
direct on-site contact with customers
whether at Ayers Rock, in Perth, in Tas-
mania or in New Zealand. Because of
this, SICK Australia are in turn, of inter-
est to sensor suppliers with comple-
mentary product ranges as a sales
Since 1982 SICK has been represented in Australia (and later in
New Zealand, too) with its own branch at Ivanhoe near Melbourne.
What was started by Peter Horman, the former and current
Managing Director, as a me-too supplier has since become the
source for sensors on the fifth continent in the immediate
vicinity of the Asian-Pacific Economic Area.
John Brock (Product Sales Manager), Sandra Watts (Administration) and Peter Horman (CEO) from SICK Australia
Australia at a glance:
Official Name:
Commonwealth of Australia
Capital:
Canberra (310,000 inhabitants)
Area:
7,682,300 km
2
21 times as
large as Germany
Population:
Almost 19 million of these almost
half live in cites
Populations of the three largest cities:
Sydney (approx. 4 m.), Melbourne
(3.6 m.) und Brisbane (1.4 m.)
Population density:
2 persons per km
2

this figure is 248 in Germany
SICK insight 2/2002
The Power of Creative
Intelligence
10 ways to tap into your creative genius, by Tony Buzan
Creative Intelligence 42 Book Corner
Book described by
Ingrid Rathfelder, Editor of
SICK insight online newsletter
The Power of Creative Intelligence
is available as an e-book, for exam-
ple, from amazon.com
ISBN 0-722-54050-7
>> PISA: for months this name has
been hovering over the German nation
like a sword of Damocles. Germany is
below the OECD
1
average in all areas,
and sometimes considerably lower.
Alright, the study refers to the situ-
ation in todays schools, but was it any
different in my time? So are the Ger-
mans just plain stupid or, to put it an-
other way, is there still hope? I say
YES. But there is no gain without pain.
I was looking for literature that
would not strangle my hope at birth,
but allow it to ripen to certainty, when I
came across this book by Tony Buzan
on the discovery of creative intelli-
gence.
The author invented the Mind
Maps

and is one of the worlds leading


authorities on more efficient use of the
brain. If anyone can help ...
To begin with I was given a short in-
troductory test to clarify my current cre-
ative capabilities, and found out what
creative intelligence actually is.
In the first chapter Buzan shows
which half of the brain is responsible
for what, and how the two halves com-
municate with one another. I was re-
lieved to read that if I cannot do some-
thing it is not because I lack talent, but
because I have to use my whole brain
to achieve success. And the right half,
in particular (that is responsible for art,
creativity and emotionality) must be
better trained. The author provides us
with tips on how we can get the two
halves of the brain to act as equal part-
ners.
The second chapter deals with Buzans
Mind Maps

. The author created the


thought instrument Mind Maps

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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Ident.de Wiesbaden 6th 08th May 2003
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SCAN-TECH Tokyo J 9th 13th Nov. 2002
PRO MAT Chicago USA 10th 13th Feb. 2003
ICA Guangzhou China 3rd 6th March 2003
Industrial Automation/NMW Chicago USA 3rd 6th March 2003
METALFORM Rosemont, IL USA 23rd 26th March 2003
SPTC BFEXPO Shengyang China 10th 13th April 2003
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Ever-faster, ever-better: The possibilities of microelectronics
are almost limitless. With ever-newer challenges for elec-
tronic automation. SICK, as one of the leading manufactur-
ers of sensors, is ever-present. Whether with miniature
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