Guide To Suppliers

Just like most pieces of sophisticated electronic kit, laser measurement sensors, when first introduced, were costly and somewhat limited in their capabilities. On-going product development, coupled with improved manufacturing processes, has largely overcome these early restraints facilitating accurate laser measurement in both high- and low-end applications.

Most manufacturing companies are constantly balancing the desire to improve production against the return on the investment required to achieve that improvement. Industry 4.0 has the promise of facilitating great improvements. However, as with many emerging technologies, there is a shortage of expertise and experience.

In this advanced technological age machines continue to outstrip man in terms of speed and efficiency. Fully automated systems are commonplace but technology can also greatly assist in human based operations bringing vastly improved output.  Pick-to-light technology is a perfect example of machine aiding man in traditional labour intensive tasks.

Machine safety is the responsibility of all machine designers, manufacturers and end-users from both a legal and moral standpoint. In the past the desire to offer the very best protection has sometimes been tempered with the need to keep costs down, prompting the question – What price safety?

Working in close co-operation with a leading car manufacturer, Turck has designed a fully automated solution for moisture sensing based on RFID.

Turck Banner announces the availability of its Uprox3 series of inductive proximity sensors, now with a 50 percent larger switching distance.

The facility to monitor the interior of a control cabinet for certain parameters and to generate a warning of any deviation from the norm might not be new, but this recently launched system from Turck certainly is.

Launching the remarkable Banner Engineering Q3X and Q4X laser sensor ranges to the UK market, Turck Banner's Ian Manning takes a closer look at the differences between LED and laser based object and distance sensing technologies.