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1. Products New non optical sensors Revealed SICK presents new non optical sensors New ultrasonic capacitive and inductive sensors New products and Innovations in Inox SICK has further expanded its programme of non optical sensors for object detection All sensors offer users interesting potential advantages in their target applications gt gt There are a range of conditions in cluding in particular harsh environ mental conditions or lack of direct opti cal contact with objects in which non optical sensors are the better choice UC 12 an ultrasonic sensor in the popular W 12 housing The UC 12 is a compact ultrasonic sen sor that is ideally suited for operating conditions in which for example dust dirt or coloured vapours are present A further advantage of the UC 12 is the detection of transparent objects or liq uids With its teachable switching point and rotatable connection plug the sen sor offers the ease of installation and user friendliness for which SICK sen sors are so well known CQ 28 a flat capacitive sensor with long switching distances Detecting filling levels in tanks con tainers or pipe systems is the domain of the CQ 28 capacitive proximity switch With its long switching distance of up to 10 mm the sensor detects liq uids and bulk materials through non metallic walls As a result of its flat housing of just 5 5 mm the CQ 28 of fers numerous mounting options e g
2. Many com panies here want to attain world tech nical production standards as soon as possible using high quality foreign sensors 45 46 Book Corner The Book Corner is by Andreas Gehri Assistant in the Marketing Communi cation Dept gt gt While I was recently going for a walk with a colleague two grey brown ani mals were standing against a brown green background behind some brown black undergrowth on the opposite side of the valley It was already getting dark Can you see the two ponies over there he asked No but can see the two donkeys There followed a brief discussion about the differences between ponies and donkeys until on approaching we saw that there was ac tually one pony and one donkey But we agreed on how uniquely we can per ceive with our sense of sight alone our rich three dimensional world full of light shadows textures and colours with moving objects of differing sizes and at varying distances The perfect sensor But despite all this our perception can still occasionally play tricks on us In his book Incredible visual illusions author Al Seckel shows us three hun dred different optical illusions that make one doubt one s eyes First he explains just what an accom plishment our brains achieve when they collect complex information and interpret it without conscious thought to provide us with a complete impres sion of our Surroundings Then
3. H ay GR all tems as well as the safety equipment could be controlled via a bus infra structure says Carsten Schmitt from the external servicing and mainte nance service providers Solrod El for retning This brought about far more convenient installation and quicker commissioning and thus led to consid erable cost benefits for herb produc tion From the growing area to the despatch area After the herbs and salad plants have been matured to saleable size in the growth area they are identified with the help of the bar codes on their pots packed in pre printed plastic bags and inserted into a tray The trays are placed in boxes in the packaging ma chines The bar code on the box is in turn read by CLV 421 scanners and the information is used by the conveyor system control to transport it towards the automatic palletiser Its operating area is partly surrounded by a protec tive fence whose access doors are equipped with SICK safety switches The sides that are not fenced in are monitored by MSL multi beam photo electric safety switches All Sensors are in an AS Interface network AS In terface Standard and Safety at Work modules one safety monitor and sev eral Profibus gateways ensure a smooth control process says Carsten Schmidt Fewer cables and lower costs advan tages given a green light at Legro thanks to AS Interface insight INK E ou can obtain further product in
4. NDIR instruments represent nearly half of all gas measuring instruments in production and combustion plants System operators need reliable products with long operating times and low operating costs When it comes to emission monitoring in line with the environmental laws they are required to purchase analyzers and to monitor continually and as far as pos sible without interruption according to Product Manager Dieter Deggim Up until now the disadvantage was that the highly sensitive detectors often needed re adjustment usually with test gases or with a built in calibration cell For the operator this meant a lot of expense to keep the test gases ready at hand and ready to be deliv ered to the analyzer and maintain a high level of security explains the SICK MAIHAK Product Manager With a calibration cuvette on the other hand the analyzer was more expen sive and the high cost of testing with gases several times per day or as lit tle as once per week depending on the manufacturer led to high operating costs SICK MAIHAK however decided to thoroughly simplify and improve the measuring technology The main task Stabilisation of the measuring values Dust wear temperature influences or unwanted reactions to the materials used continued to cause erroneous measuring values The zero point and end point of the measuring range could drift In countless test runs the SICK MAIHAK Development Departmen
5. gt gt SICK MAIHAK system integration your advantages at a glance gt gt SICK MAIHAK has its own comprehensive range of analysis instrumenta tion products in situ or extractive gas analysis technology gt gt We offer different measuring principles depending on the requirements independent of one s own product portfolio gt gt Broad expertise in a variety of measuring technologies and applications in process measurement technology gt gt Focusing of system competences from all SICK MAIHAK facilities gt gt Complete handling from consulting and engineering to start up and service all from a single source insight 1 2005 Simplified better and really good value SIDOR sets a new standard for ohotometers Long term stability is bet ter than ever before and at the same time simple and inexpensive to buy and operate SICK MAIHAK sets a new stan dard with its brand new SIDOR infrared photometer The completely redesigned instrument measures NO CO SO and O according to the latest requirements of the revised 13th BlmSchV German Pollution Control Directive as well as CH and CO TUN approval will probably be completed mid year gt gt NDIR non dispersive infrared pho tometers determine gas concentration by evaluating light wave and tempera ture changes in a gas filled detector when it is exposed to infrared light The principle of measurement has been proven in use for more than sixty years
6. As a result CFG can not only optimise loading space and trans port capacities but also issue realistic invoices due to complete and accurate dimensioning of the actual goods trans ported At the same time billing for the service that we provide is more pre cise which also benefits our cus tomers says Noko Ngoepe The VMS 420 volume measure ment system at the heart of complete solutions The complete solutions commissioned at the Johannesburg superhub on 2 September 2004 were developed by the Danish company Caljan Rite Hite By integrating a bar code reader a weighing system and the VMS 420 vol ume measurement system we have de veloped a complete turn key system for courier express and package servic es with which all transport relevant in formation on the individual packages is insight 1 2005 determined and evaluated as actual data comments Stein Schierenbeck of Caljan Rite Hite As the VMS 420 is characterised by compact dimensions the integration of numerous functions and simple installation and commis sioning we could optimally combine it with the other identification modules Stein Schierenbeck cites further ad vantages Legal for trade version provides certified accuracy The VMS 420 volume measurement system installed at XPS already allows packages to be measured accurately to within a few millimetres The VMS 520 is available for those tasks in which calibrated accur
7. hand belong to the future as they have a positive influence on machine or plant productivity Save time with our new customer interface Standardised connector technology teach in and user friendly interfaces with 360 indicator LEDs contribute to wards rapid commissioning and the simple control of functions the possi bility of adjusting inaccessible photo electric proximity switches via data transfer either directly from the ma chine controller on site or via remote monitoring and thus independent of the distance saves a significant amount of time for machine and plant constructors The new Sensor Hub customer interface offers the unique advantage of remote diagnosis and re mote adjustment This enormously re duces costly machine downtimes Connect 3 the users are the winners with the third generation of photo electric switches from SICK insightLINK You can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 122 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en insight 1 2005 bk t e L e S Positioning drive SICK now offers format adjustment Positioning drive for rapid product changes HIPERDRIVE the integrated positioning drive consisting of a motor gears an absolute measurement system and performance and regula tory electronics allows rapid automatic product and format changes in for example printing packaging and metal processing
8. the same time the LD OEM detects the lateral position y axis and the coil height z axis The laser measurement system generates a 3 D image of the loaded wagons from this data and trans mits the positional data required for each coil to the crane PLC From here the data is transferred to the warehouse administration system which then gener ates the drive orders for the automatic crane Now automatic unloading can begin one by one off the wagon SSC ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 109 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en www novelis nachterstedt de www lase de and www msr online de insight 1 2005 k Li Medical technology h i The rolling table platform for patients in MRI scanners correctly positioned with the DME 5000 Laser distance measurement in medical technology Position detection in MRI scanners The great accuracy of the DME 5000 laser distance measuring device is also finding new applications beyond the industrial sector e g in med ical technology Such a system is now being used for positioning the rolling table platform for patients in a magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanner at the Radiology Department of the University Clinic in Essen The result highly precise whole body angiograms without over lapping or gaps gt gt This solution is based on the Angio SURF rolling table platform for patients made by MR Innovation GmbH i
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10. I are D ss it ar a a 13 Applications Pepped up with AS i Agriculture sensor technology in automated ber garden Experts in automated plant cultivation under glass are not only found in the Netherlands but also in Denmark The Legro Gartneri A S in Karls lunde has pepped up the transport and packaging systems for their herbs and lettuces with AS Interface thus achieving more reasonably priced production Lower installation costs thanks to AS Interface The transport and packaging plant for herbs and lettuces Fraea if if 14 gt gt 15 million plants of which far more than half are lettuces are produced and despatched by the Legro Gartneri each year The transport and packaging systems and the photoelectric switch es safety sensors and bar code read ers in the automated herb gardens meet the high technical and thanks to AS Interface economic demands AS Interface cost advantages for coriander chervil amp Co Whether sowing machines germina tion rooms seedling care or the growth areas herb and lettuce cultivation is largely automated This is now also the case for packaging palletising and despatch These areas have been re designed and in addition to the sen sors themselves equipped with AS In terface Standard and AS Interface Safety at Work components from SICK The decision to employ AS Interface was easy because the automation sys d a em DES
11. M 4000 with numerous new plus points in control and use The new M 4000 Standard multiple light beam safety device offers a stiff non distorting profile with three mount ing slots for variable installation LEDs on the receiver housing and an option al bus connection via an integrated AS Interface Safety at Work interface Configuration buttons on the device and the integrated laser alignment aid allow comfortable and reliable adjust ment Plant commissioning times are thus considerably reduced In opera tion the configurable status output of fers the possibility of transmitting oper ating information on the M 4000 Stan dard directly to the machine control system for diagnostic purposes A fur ther highlight is the separate connec tion for the reset button As signal evaluation takes place in the device it self there is no longer any need for the feedback of the signal from the switch ing cabinet to the hazardous area that iS required by other systems All ca bling costs are thus substantially re duced The new performance features long ranges and numerous beam com binations make the device a worthy successor to the MSL multibeam pho toelectric safety switch that has proven itself in the field over many years design owWwiaord 2005 Whether the C 4000 M 4000 or T 4000 safety may be the most im portant aspect of all these systems but it is not the only one It is the sup plementary advantages that mak
12. atures in the cowshed Adjusted to the cow s skin the ultrasonic sensors from SICK are installed above the lying stalls They were taught in on two distances by staff at the Institute for Agricultural Engineering Construction and Environ mental Technology at Bavaria s Agricul tural Institute In this way it is possible to determine whether a cow is stand ing lying or whether the pen is empty and the animal feels better elsewhere Now the scientists only need to com pare the collected weather and stall cli mate data with the lying behaviour and it becomes clear when the cows feel best and how this comfortable climate is to be achieved If they succeed in offering cows an optimum stall climate on the basis of their lying behaviour there will soon be ultrasonics in every cowshed LinsightLINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 112 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www LfL bayern de 19 Applications Machine tools Metal pipes for vehicle parts at TI Automotive Position determination at Polish machine constructor Zum SEH di Se e i U E Bi DW a F may E RB 8 Monitoring the pistons of differing pneu matic cylinders with RZT 6 magnetic cylinder sensors 20 The Polish machine producer ISKRA ZMiLS specialises in the production of special bearings as well as the manu facture overhaul
13. hicles before the cleaning process and thus generates an accurate 3 D model of the vehicle even in poor weather conditions The Fraunhofer IPA devel oped special rain filters for the evalua tion software to filter out the interfering measurements caused by heavy rain and thus allow measurement to be carried out with the laser scanners de spite poor conditions insight LINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 114 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www kaercher de www ipa fhg de 21 22 e Applications Automatic counting For more efficient use of space and greater safety Automatic counting of persons In public buildings ar BR eg t a k a How many people are present at an airport or station What is the flow of football fans like in the stadium What is the relationship between the number of persons in shopping malls and the amount of sales or turnover The LD PeCo People Counter system answers these and other questions Whether children or adults individuals or entire groups the non contact measurement system provides important information on building use and safety technology among other things gt gt The LD PeCo was jointly developed by LASE Systemtechnik in Bremen and SICK IBEO in Hamburg The system op erates considerably more accurately than conventional counting solutions as a result of its measurement and e
14. in the cowshed SOON everywhere ask NNN ENN ANEN 19 Magnetic and inductive sensors in grinding Machines 20 Mobile decontamination system for task force vehicles 000000000100000 21 Automatic counting of persons HY PUBIC DUINGING EN 22 Luminescence scanners inspect steel PIPES ANEN ANER ANEN ANEN 23 Underwater photoelectric switches optimise wafer handling 24 HMI Special 25 HANNOVER MESSE 11 15 APRIL 2005 SICK MAIHAK SICK MAIHAK bundles its system integration in Reute 26 SIDOR sets a new standard for photometerS cccccccsnescnsessesereces 27 sickinsight 1 2005 Products Photelectric switch news 28 Analogue sensor for 50 500 mm 30 Volume measurement system certified DY PTB E 30 New hand held scanner for mobile code identification 31 The Connect 3 march Cyle Ier 0 EE 32 Positioning drive for rapid product changes n ensenn 33 SICK sensors for all system environments ccccecseceececeeceaeeneess 34 Laser navigation extends the range of uses of free We laten e EE 35 Hologram detection on packaging 35 Maximum safety with more features 36 Improved measurement WS TONGS ornini 37 New sensors for colour detection 38 Revolution in the world of image tee 39 Profile sensor for quality GE ner 39 New ultrasonic capacitive and inductive SENSOSS ccsccceesaveseeeceans 40 Museum lronbri
15. it and demand its fulfilment We say our products are open for all system environments Cus tomers can thus integrate the sensors as they want because they can expect the interface options from us We Say we open up markets with innovative products and solutions Our customers 1 2005 know that they are knocking on an open door when they come to us with new sensor requirements We say our technological leadership allows us to create superior customer advantage Our customers know that they can rely on support from SICK if there are prob lems realising this promised advan tage Then there are the non technical aspects that can be grouped together under the term security Will the company still exist in ten years How dependable is the company What val ue do its employees statements have Can one rely on the entire pack age SICK The corporate statement communicates a clear answer yes And our we statements make it clear that we are actively working on the fur ther development of these values that are of such importance for our cor porate culture SICK insight Those are very clear strong statements How do we interna tionalise these demands Anne Kathrin Deutrich You have raised an important point there Our sub sidiaries are responsible for about 70 of sales worldwide and are ahead in many markets In the past our recipe for success was worldwide leadership with local expertise And t
16. jects and designs its sensors to be open for all system environments gt gt The best fieldbus is always the one that the customer uses in their ma chines and plant Good sensors must therefore not only detect reliably but also be able to participate in bus traf fic like the MLG automation light grid the KT 8 CAN contrast scanner or the sensors of the new AS I stainless steel field module SICK 5 MILO core Aree MLG the new bus stop for Profibus The Profibus in the proven MLG light grid is new What s so special The bus node is entirely accommodated within the sensor housing Doing away with the otherwise usual external gateway makes driving the Profibus with the MLG light grid particularly economical as the integrated bus connection saves about 200 Euros Whereby users need not wait long for departure of the MLG Profibus The MLG Profibus has its own PNO number to register the new participant in bus traffic in the machine E Open communication for all system environments controller The corresponding GSD file that allows the sensor s data output to be interpreted by the PLC can be down loaded at www sick de in the download pool The device specific parameters and application specific measurement functions can be selected via a menu so the MLG Profibus is ready for opera tion after just a few mouse clicks If re quired all device parameters can be transmitted to further
17. light grids via Profibus they are stored in the ma chine controller Accomplished scanning and communication with the KT 8 CAN Parameter download is also a key phrase for the KT 8 CAN contrast scan ner The CAN interface intelligently in tegrates the sensor in the control sys tem of for example a packaging ma chine The advantage the sensor settings stored for the various types of packaging generally with differing contrasts can be automatically down loaded as parameter sets for each new order This prevents spurious settings and reduces equipping times Process es can be automatically readjusted and thoroughly documented e g in the pharmaceuticals sector in compliance with CRF21 Part 11 Finally the CAN in terface allows rapid remote diagnosis via modem Automation with no sell by date promises the new AS Interface ASI S24261 field module in the IP 69K stainless steel housing It allows up to four sensors to be connected to the AS Interface bus in the harsh food amp bev erages sector There are also four digi tal outputs available for actuators High temperatures of up to 70 C and ag gressive cleaning regimes e g steam hoses have no effect on the function of the fully encapsulated interface module As a whole in addition to the above mentioned sensors SICK s range of products offers a wide variety of fieldbus enabled components for au tomation safety and id
18. means that even objects with an edge length of just 50 mm can be measured with calibrated accuracy Robust measurement gantry The VMS 520 volume measurement system consists of two sensor heads with mounting brackets and the soft ware for parameterisation diagnosis and visualisation of the volume meas urement system The sensor heads are mounted on a vibration proof gantry frame above a conveyor system moving at a rate of 2 m s They each emit a fan shaped laser beam with an angular resolution of 0 125 The time of flight of the laser beam is ac curately evaluated in each sensor head to within a few millimetres The sensor heads combine their measure ment values no supplementary evalu ation unit is necessary and thus de termine the length height and width of boxes or packages The real time transmission of the measurement da ta to the control system of the entire system can be carried out via the seri al RS 232 interface or an Ethernet connection As the VMS 520 is char acterised by compact dimensions the integration of numerous functions and simple installation and commis sioning it can optionally be integrated with other identification modules in a complete solution capable of cali bration insight 1 2005 Improved and transparent distribution processes Certified volume measurement sys tems are increasingly being used by courier express and packet services CEP in distribution centres They not only
19. modern construction tools and high integration density make this short design possible This functional design however not only saves space but also provides solutions that look good One example of this is the flush M18 mounting considerably simplified by a new type of plastic retaining clip The flush installation not only offers de sign advantages with its discrete inte gration it also prevents moving parts being damaged during the transport process or damage to the sensor itself VTB 18 cylindrical photoelectric proximity switches for demanding tasks The new VTB 18 with background blank ing rounds out the V 18 series the powerful family of photoelectric switch es in cylindrical M18 housings The de vice offers numerous advantages These include the particularly small light spot with which even narrow or dark ob jects can be reliably detected The oper ating range of the scanners lies between 30 mm and 130 mm whereby users can easily set their scanning distance by means of a potentiometer The ex tremely precise background blanking is of particular interest the unusually small transition zone between the scan ning range and the background allows precise object detection without interfer ence from any very close back grounds Thanks to the standardised M18 mounting concept as well as the proven connector technology an M12 device plug or connection cable the VTB 18 as indeed the ent
20. module width The IT 5620 on the other hand operates with linear imaging technology and achieves reading distances of up to 1 1 m Its intelligent algorithms also provide good reading results even with poor quality bar codes Both devices of fer high scanning speeds and are thus Superior to conventional laser scan ners Bluetooth and batch function Both hand held scanners are equipped with the latest Version 1 2 Bluetooth data radio module to transmit the iden tified bar code data Its integrated fre quency hopping process ensures maxi mum data transmission security The IT 2020 basis station can simultane ously communicate with up to seven hand held scanners If the IT 4620 or IT 5620 is in a silent zone or outside the basis station s radio range of about 10 m the devices automatically switch to so called batch function As the scanner can temporarily store up to 500 data sets e g commissioning steps the user can thus also continue to work during temporarily lost radio contact without interruption and lost time When the scanner is again de tected by the Bluetooth radio field the collected data sets are automatically transmitted to the basis station ac cording to the first in first out principle User comfort Handling of the new Bluetooth hand held scanner is characterised by a high level of ergonomy Thus the devices automatically switch to Presentation Mode when they detect a bar code or 2 D code in th
21. newly developed load carrying system for automatic high bay stackers for the direct double depth storage of cartons and containers weighing up to 50 kg As a result of its high accelera tion and speed values compact design and the possibility of double depth stor age the load carrying equipment has a very high device performance poten tial Josef Reischl from TGW s Inno vation Management Department quotes the most important advantages of the Twister VC During the initial project however there was an unex pected because previously unknown problem the sensor Because like the Twister VC itself the method of checking available storage bay space was also new No longer would the cartons be detected but the considerably larger free light path to the left and right of them The task of the sensors to transmit an In Order signal if the light path is free and to stop the handling process on reception of a reflection But suddenly we were getting inexplicable fault messages de spite the correct positioning of the car tons in the storage bay Josef Reischl remembers We also had to learn to see the steel structure of the shelves with new eyes Different suppliers de sign the shelving differently e g one might use galvanised steel and another powder coated metal In the ware sht 1 2005 house this leads to the most varied of reflections that are totally randomly de tected by sensors and this
22. permit improvement of sorting preparation and distribution processes but as a result of their great accuracy also offer transport service providers the opportunity to precisely measure and classify boxes packages and other transported goods Thus CEP com panies are now in a position to calcu late the actual transport services provided instead of relying on esti mates provided in advance by the con signors and can if necessary submit follow up invoices Depending on the actual amounts involved this can Products quickly lead to amortisation of the en tire system insight LINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 120 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en New hand held scanner for mobile code identification Grater freedom of movement thanks to Bluetooth With the combination of bar code or 2 D code reading and Bluetooth da ta transmission the new IT 4620 and IT 5620 hand held scanners liter ally bring movement to data acquisition gt gt Both devices have been developed for daily use in offices warehouses lo gistics or even in simple industrial ar eas Externally almost identical the two devices differ in their applications For differing tasks The IT 4620 has a 2 D image acquisi tion module and can thus detect both bar codes and 2 D codes omnidirec tionally The reading range is between 3 6 cm and 31 5 cm depending on the code its size and
23. to quickly set up the Decont Jet 21 for action Before the decontamination process begins first high pressure cleaning then hot gas decontamination with the exhaust jet of a 10 000 horsepower nozzle jet engine at temperatures of up to 450 C two Outdoor LMS 211 on the cleaning gantry determine whether the vehicle to be cleaned is a passenger vehicle truck trailer tank or another type of task force vehicle They also de tect whether aerials wing mirrors or other mounted parts could interfere with the washing process The control system determines a three dimension al model of the vehicle that also takes into account the parking tolerances and any lateral or longitudinal slanting This data is used to generate the nec essary robot arm movement pro gramme online according to the cleaning steps involved in the washing programme ee ew A Si fe 8 a Ac E GE Left The Decont Jet 21 mobile system in action Top Three dimensional measurement of a vehicle before cleaning Flexible maximum precision ready for bad weather The 2 D LMS 211 laser scanners tra verse a measurement angle of 100 in 0 25 increments and achieve a meas urement accuracy of about 10 mm at a frequency of approx 20 scan pro files per second Contour detection thus offers the possibility of precise three dimensional measurement of even unusual and unknown vehicle con tours e g that of special task force ve
24. type even more reliably with the KT 5 Display even on the most rapid machines with web speeds of up to 3 m s SOEN ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 104 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www bub hopsten de 09 10 Applications Not a flowery phantasy Agriculture Blue sensors as green fingers in the greenhouse The Dutch company Hawe Systems Europe B V specialises in producing flower and plant factories under glass From seedlings to potted plants SICK sensors are the green fingers within the sometimes highly com plex transport and inspection systems A wide variety of SICK sensors are used in potted Gerbera production gt gt Hawe and SICK have been system partners for automation in the agricul tural sector for many years JHL Pot plants s potted Gerbera production fa cility in Pijnacker and Bunnik Plants s five plant factories in Bleiswijk are among the most beautiful offshoots of this co operation Bouquets of flowers are always in season Bouquets are always welcome at chris tenings at weddings on Mother s Day on St Valentine s Day and for other cel ebrations It is therefore not enough to simply grow plants under glass all year round Production from seedlings to saleable plants is a complex process that must be sufficiently automated to be able to efficiently meet customer d
25. wants to gain an overview is looking for a particular product or is dealing with the topic of safety technology for the first time the new catalogue of fers the appropriate navigation and the appropriate content The catalogue is naturally also avail able electronically either as a CD or at www sick com INFO 131 SICK Training amp Education goes international Efficient practically oriented and dependable and enjoyable learn ing too these are the aspects that guided the conception of the new Training amp Education Pro gramme for 2005 with a wide range of product training and sem inars gt gt For the first time the offer includes course dates in several European loca tions such as Austria Switzerland UK The programme is available in German and in English Further information can be obtained on the Internet at www sick com training INFO 132 43 44 SICK Tour Accredited for Germany available for all countries safety Management for machines and plant Safety provided by SICK systems and services can be found on thou sands of machines and plants worldwide This is no coincidence but the result of the consistent implementation of an international Service Man agement for machines and plant gt gt Safety Management from SICK is based on the interaction between prod ucts and services Sensors integration technology and software advice on site services and training many
26. way wagons and their storage at the in coming coil warehouse which supplies the production process In August 2004 LASE supplied a laser measure ment system for determining the posi tion of the coils on the wagons MSR Service GmbH from Grossorner hand led implementation of the laser system and coupling of the laser measurement system to the controller and process management system Long range high resolution The LD OEM laser scanner used in the LASE measurement system operates a eee ee ee A 3 D image of the loaded wagons with a pulse frequency of 14 4 kHz and produces a laser impulse i e a meas urement value every 0 25 Data preparation in the scanner takes place in an application specifically program mable digital signal processor specially integrated in the device Data is then directly transmitted from the scanner to the system s LASE measurement PC One by one off the wagon The incoming warehouse fronted by the roughly 150 metre long platform has an area of 25 x 200 m2 The laser scanner was installed on the crane at a distance of 4 m from the centre of the platform providing an uninterrupted view of the wagons Before autonomous coil un loading begins the crane passes over the entire row of wagons alongside the hall platform at constant speed for measurement During passage a laser distance measuring device detects all the crane positions x axis and trans mits them to the measurement PC At
27. 0 lower compared to access protection with conventional muting solutions this of ten amounts to several thousand Euros A non contact RFID T 4000 Multi safety switch The T 4000 Multi with separate door signal outputs and tolerant response behaviour Whether reed switches inductive sen sors or transponders SICK is widely represented with non contact safety switches The latest development is the versatile T 4000 Multi system The familiar and proven principle of other products in the T 4000 family is ex ploited here too a sensor continuous ly reads out the fixed programmed number of the actuator a fully encap sulated RFID transponder Opening the particular protective door interrupts reading and leads to a safe machine stop The individual coding of the actu ator also ensures that the system is highly tamper proof Two different eval uation units are available for the simul taneous connection of two or four sen sors Often requested and now achieved with the T 4000 Multi sepa rate door signalling outputs with which each connected sensor can be as signed to the particular door and evalu ated The sensor s large response zone of 15 mm also offsets tolerances between the door and the protective fencing reliably preventing false alarms Integration of the reset and ex ternal device monitoring functions in the evaluation units does away with the need for external relays insight 1 2005 The
28. 01 insight SICK S CUSTOMER MAGAZINE 2005 www sick com TAEL First packaging machinejwith information sensors p Page 06 Sal For volumes and ID Format adjustment 600 pages on safety Package solution for the Positioning drive for Industrial Safety Systems Product Johannesburg superhub rapid product changes and Services Catalogue published Page 18 Page 33 Page 43 P INDUSTRIAL SENSORS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SYSTEMS AUTO IDENT f HANNOVER MESSE P l i ee 11 15 04 2005 f f RK Hall 9 Stand F 54 Connect secure your clear competitive advantages now with the third generation of photoelectric switches from SICK SICK SICK AG Waldkirch Germany 49 7681 202 0 www sick com Sensor Intelligence Dear Readers Editorial Quality and future oriented investment Have you ever been annoyed about a supposedly reasonably priced and inte grated compact stereo system When it becomes clear that the price of every thing from a single source is unpredictable quality and ultimately the worst components dictate the tune It s no different in industrial automation Here too the performance and future orientation of your investment depends upon all the components being state of the art and being co ordinated to meet the particular requirements involved Which is why under the heading Independence SICK places great worth on the products and solutions from our co
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30. Poten tial interfering factors such as a dirty foot or pallets piled up misaligned have no effect on the measurement The piles of pallets to be stored reach the depalletiser in a random order and with an arbitrary pile shape The position tolerance is checked after the contour of the pallet foot is detected If an In Order signal is generated the LMS travels upwards to check the height of the pile Then the stack is lifted and the lowest pallet is removed by a chain conveyor and transported towards the high bay warehouse The pile of pallets is lowered again the position of the new lowest pallet is checked and the height of the remaining stack of pallets is re determined When the last pallet has been reached and transported out of the depalletiser the next pile of pal lets can be transported in Leipzig also profits from the Zuffenhauser solution The entire plant has demonstrated very high availability since production started in January 2004 Kai Maring comes to a positive conclusion This is not only of benefit to the Boxster and Porsche 911s produced at the main works in Stuttgart but also advantageous for the vehicles of the Cayenne series and the Carrera GT super sports car assembled in Leipzig because their engines are also made in Zuffenhausen reen LINK n ou can obtain further product information on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www porsche com Wwww a s de O
31. SICK AG and the experi enced sales professionals Rolf Hammer and Karl Heinz Meisen As the spokesman for SICK Vertriebs GmbH Karl Heinz Meisen describes the princi ples of the new company We want to achieve even better market and cus tomer orientation of our sales and serv ice activities within the new structure And this also represents a platform for further expanding the solution orient ed range of products and services of fered by SICK gt gt Address SICK Vertriebs GmbH Schiessstrasse 56 40549 D sseldorf Germany Phone 49 211 53 01 0 Fax 49 211 53 01 100 e mail info sick de SICK Tour Greetings from Moscow New subsidiary founded gt gt SICK has re the gro Eastel subsic Gener sees INNOVi both j L i r anit _ F EE Ss SS 3 G i Konstantin Tsarev General Manager of SICK Russia Stable economic growth and in creasing automation in important man ufacturing processing and raw materi al industries the Russian economy is increasingly sending greetings from Moscow So SICK decided to transfer its sales operation from a representa tive to its own sales subsidiary Sales markets include the packaging ma chine food and semi luxuries mechan ical engineering automotive pharma ceutical and chemicals industries Managing Director Konstantin Tsarev believes that the petrochemical gas and metal processing industries of fer further opportunities
32. a new standard The LED in dicators separated according to recep tion channels show which channel is activated The bar display provides ma chine operators with information on settings such as colour quality colour tolerance and detection reliability Con nection compatibility with the CS 1 and CS 3 series allows simple conversion to the CS 8 CVS 2 the far sighted 2 D colour sorter Area colour detection is the strength of the new CVS 2 This color vision sen sor in its photoelectric switch sized IP 67 camera housing is capable of de tecting and sorting up to 15 colours over scanning distances of up to 270 mm within its large field of view 40 x 40 mm to 100 x 115 mm Digital video signals and important operating data and parameters supplied by the CMOS chip are displayed directly on the colour monitor of the CVS 2 To gether with programming of the colours to be detected via an interactive easi ly understood teach in menu this all makes commissioning particularly easy The CVS 2 also offers many op portunities on the outputs side In ad dition to two switching outputs the sensor can exchange entire data strings for colour detection with the connected controller via the serial in terface Moreover as many parameter sets as required for example can be downloaded to the device from a PC Whether CS 8 or CVS 2 the same applies to both on your colours get set go AEN E ou can obtain further
33. acy is required see below left Left The VMS 420 detects package sizes Top The superhub with a fully auto matic data acquisition solution insight LINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 111 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en Agriculture Applications Improved climate for happier cows urg superhub Ultrasonics in the cow shed soon everywhere Healthy cows are happy cows that produce more milk But in some cow sheds heat or high air humidity prevent milk cows enjoying feelings of happiness So at Bavaria s state Agricultural Institute the lying behav iour of cows in the shed was recorded with ultrasonic sensors as a measure of creature comfort gt gt Lying behaviour and the frequent ing of particular lying stalls in the pen provide important information on the wellbeing of milk cows But when does the cow feel really good When does the shed need airing When are which window areas to be shaded What is the relationship between the shed climate and the weather outside All questions to which the cows provide di rect answers with their lying behav iour Those who know the conditions af fecting this application also know that the sensors extremely precise temper ature compensation is of great signifi cance for it is only in this way that the lying behaviour can be accurately deter mined in the heavily fluctuating temper
34. amp play miniature sen sors of the W 100 and W 140 series detect individual plants and plant pots on the fixed transportation systems The automated guided vehicles moving between the various greenhouse de partments are protected with laser Efficiency under glass that s what matters scanners The devices are particularly agriculture friendly reports Erik Ver meijden They function equally well un der bright sunlight or in fog and are not phased by the bees or birds present in the greenhouses Vehicles for driving outdoors are equipped with heated and waterproof scanners Blooming in business business is blooming Ultimately size and the flowering state determine whether for example a pot insight 1 2005 MLG light grids assess plant height and flowering Transport vehicles with laser scanners Suitable for agricultural use ted Gerbera is ready for despatch MLG light grids measure the height of each plant and determine whether it is flow ering because the flowering of plants can vary by up to three weeks within a single batch depending on whether they flower early or late What is unique about the inspection process is that the sensor can distinguish be tween a pot and overhanging leaves says Erik Vermeijden Thus only plants that are actually flowering are delivered to retailers ensuring that they enjoy a blooming business You can obtain further pr
35. ansport and traffic Applications Mobile decontamination system for task force vehicles Laser measurement determines the washing programme Alfred Karcher GmbH amp Co in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA have developed the mobile decontamination system Decont Jet 21 for the decontamination of task force vehicles Two LMS 211 units installed on a cleaning gantry determine the contour of the particular vehicle The system controller uses this contour to generate the movement data for the 9 axle robot arm gt gt Decontamination sounds like some thing military like ABC weapons per haps though the reality is considerably closer to home Whether foot and mouth disease swine fever fowl pest SARS or avian flu spreading the germs can have catastrophic conse quences The mobile cleaning and de contamination system Decont Jet 21 was developed in order to prevent the task force vehicles of the army the THW an organisation providing techni cal assistance in emergencies or oth er aid organisations becoming uninten tional carriers of viruses and bacteria On site spraying decontamination and detoxification The entire mobile system weighs about 27 tonnes it consists of a truck with a semi trailer loaded with generator carriers hydraulic systems a 110 kW diesel generator a hot gas turbine a 9 axle robot and a decontamination frame Two men suffice
36. automation a Au uli Se bay 4 L KI 1 LI k La ja L 4 bk KI L t E z F omi aE The whole world of industrial automation is meeting again in Hanover from 11 to 15 April More than 6 000 exhibitors from 60 countries are presenting their new technological developments for all industrial sec tors at a total of eleven main fairs ei SICKIMAIHAkK Analyzers amp d Process Instrumentation S Sensor Solutions for Logistics Sensor Solutions for Manufacturing Sensors Solutiuons for Packaging amp j Small Part Assembly a m Information The new stand plan More about SICK at the Hanover Trade Fair www sick de hmi gt gt SICK is participating in the two main fairs Factory Automation and IN TERKAMA 4 with a wide range of prod ucts and applications In Factory Automation this year s emphasis is on manufacturing packaging small pa logistics SICK MA analysis and segment with TERKAMA tions for thre gas analy filling lev products and tions for all areas of factory automation This year s exhibi on signals vision sensors and smart cameras incremental encoders contrast scanners safety light curtains for the most varied of tasks a safety camera system for press brakes non contact safety sensors miniature bar code scanners hand held scanners laser volume measure
37. available whatever the weather thanks to its outdoor housing its scanning process that is independ ent of brightness and surface and its software algorithms for cutting out in terference If a toll relevant vehicle is detected its image is acquired three dimensionally in combination with oth er sensors in a special process This image is so detailed that the weight class the number of axles the vehicle type etc can be determined from it Si multaneously Vitronic cameras record the number plate and other details Great accuracy Whether at 30 km h 80 km h or at higher speeds the laser measure ment systems provide precise results Potential measurement errors amount to less than 150 mm for the width and only 100 mm for heights LinsightLINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 108 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www vitronic de The LMS Outdoor can be used in all weathers All vehicle profiles can be unambiguously classified 15 picture LASE 16 Applications Handling and warehousing systems Automatic unloading of coils at Novelis Deutschland Visual crane guidance with laser measurement system EN all Leg The warehouse for incoming coils with its fully automatic handling system The gantry crane at Novelis Deutschland GmbH in Nachterstedt unloads railway wagons coil by coil entirely au
38. ble i e can be replaced by any conventional sensor when necessary e g the WT 18 2 predecessor series minimising machine downtimes if there is a problem On the other hand the entire sensor and Sensor Hub concept can be retrofitted in existing machines with a fieldbus infrastructure Further information sensors are already available e g for detecting small parts in the electronics industry or objects on conveyors in transport and warehousing systems see also page 12 LinsightLINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 102 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www meurer gruppe de Robotics More on LMS navigation Applications The way is clear for mobile security robots The MG 400 is the name of an autonomous security robot for detecting hazards and persons The LMS laser measurement system provides the necessary mobility gt gt The rolling security guard was developed by the Neobotix Department at GPS GmbH Its purpose monitoring buildings and open spaces such as warehouses company grounds pro duction plants office blocks shopping malls museums or trade fairs LMS navigation is that extra something special Ultrasonic sensors radar sensors CCD and heat imaging cameras with in tegrated web servers swivelling sen sor heads and intelligent software are all very well and undoubtedly neces sary for secu
39. ccidents have clearly pinpointed the main cause drivers taking a brief catnap exhausted by the hard work An electronic wake up call Now there s no more snoozing AS soon as the LMS measuring the distance to the posts alongside the lane detects that the vehicle is getting too close to them the HaulCheck system in the dri Ver e cabin gives out powerful optical and acoustic alarms Simultaneously other vehicles in the area are warned via radio and GPS Also assists alert drivers HaulCheck however is not just an elec tronic alarm clock but also an intelligent assistant Thus the system detects the posts arranged in a special geometry and informs the driver that he or she will soon reach a crossroads a dangerous stretch of road or a loading or unloading area HaulCheck and LMS wide awake day and night INFO 101 Wwww acumine com Trade fairs in April with SICK o HMI Industrial Trade Fair in Hanover from 11 to 15 April TOTEM Hall 9 Stand F54 MESSE 11 15 APRIL 2005 www hannovermesse de SEMICON EE SEMICON Europa in Munich from 12 to 14 April Hall B2 Stand 170 www semi org interpack in Dusseldorf from 21 to 27 April Hall 13 Stand C60 www interpack com Control in Sinsheim from 26 to 29 April Hall 7 Stand 7040 www control messe de News Software for risk analysis offers further developments in a double pack EN ISO 12100 Standards and the Check and Accep tance A
40. change of individual scanners can be carried out rapidly and without interruption of the sorting plant Word of the new sorting power in Pilsen has got around the other Czech Post centres Here too in the foresee able future the post should really take off again thanks to the OPS You can obtain further product N information with the attached card under INFO 105 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en The OPS 690 identifies packages with heights of between 15 mm and 500 mm Applications Material handling F The Twister VC telescopic gripper a load carrying system for automatic high bay stackers for the direct double depth storage of cartons weighting up to 50 kg Top right Thomas Damberger and Roland Hackenjos from SICK Josef Reischl and Michael Etlinger from TGW When sensors suddenly see the warehouse differently 12 As a leading producer of automated material flow and warehouse technolo gy TGW Transportger te GmbH amp Co KG in Wels Austria is a supplier of in tra logistical solutions active world wide We are actually the market leader in Europe for small part storage technology up to 250 kg load capaci ties says Michael Etlinger from the Marketing Department at TGW But having a lead in experience and tech nology does not always prevent surpris es from cropping up in projects or dur ing product development e g for the new Twister VC telescopic gripper This is a
41. chine control panel as well as from a distant control room and the particular settings and state data called up says Walter Schmidt For intelligent and compact pack aging machines The new sensor technology allows con siderable improvement in the design and operation of packaging machines Because remote settingS can be made and the sensors no longer need to be accessible they can now be inte grated in the machine at optimum loca Difficult to reach but easy to operate sensors in a Meurer packaging machine insight 1 2005 Left to right Wilhelm Schurmann from SICK Walter Schmidt and Ludger Richter from Meurer tions for the process despite limited Space and still be well protected against environmental conditions says Ludger Richter Whether device exchange changes in format or sen sors employed in parallel whatever the case parameters are no longer set or altered manually but are down loaded from the machine controller Moreover calling up status informa tion for example on the actual signal quality allows any problems to be dealt with in good time during planned ma chine downtimes On the way to standard technology Sensors with the new chip technology are well on the way to becoming the new standard in automation technolo gy This is not solely because of the technological aspects but also for rea sons of operational practice On the one hand the device is downwardly compati
42. d both during test commis sioning at the works and in situ at the plant the light reception can be as Vertical protection with the S 3000 No grounds for panic on the pallet paternoster The S 3000 came at the right time for the Swedish paper factory Edet Bruk An automatic pallet lift has recently been reliably protected with this safety laser scanner still the only one approved for vertical protection gt gt The S 3000 not only monitors a pre programmed protective field it also constantly checks its reference contour This contour would change if the device were misaligned during operation and the S 3000 would stop the machine This feature allowed the S 3000 to be certified for use in vertical applications and used at Edet Bruk Top in tissue papers 100 000 tonnes of tissue papers are produced each year on three paper ma chines and processed to finished prod ucts on more than a dozen upgrading lines This volume is equivalent to thou sands of pallets laden with toilet paper or kitchen rolls that leave the Produc tion area annually and have to be trans ported by a pallet elevator to another floor for wrapping Up to now however the elevator has proved resistant to au tomation at least from a technical safety point of view Too little space for light curtains not to mention protec tive fences the approved S 3000 solu tion came at just the right time Pallet yes person no The S 3000 was instal
43. dge Gorge Museums 41 SICK Tour Corporate statement cccccsceeeees 42 Industrial Safety Systems Product and Services Catalogue published 43 SICK Training amp Education goes International ek kk ENK KN NENNEN 43 Safety Management for machines and plant asssccessecnsen 44 To the Youth World Skills Competition with SICK training 44 SICK Central Sales Department now autonomous subsidiary 45 New subsidiary founded 45 Book Corner Incredible visual illusions 46 Info Imprint Service ccccececvesseaveceers 47 Trade fair dates cccceeeceeeeeeeeeeees 47 Night time safety Picture AcuMine No more nodding off AcuMine mining trans porters are now equipped with the HaulCheck warning system LMS the sensor that prevents nodding off In Australia inventive engineers have come up with something to prevent accidents involving trucks caused by their drivers nodding off The HaulCheck warning system detects when a vehicle is about to leave its lane On board the Outdoor version of the LMS laser measurement system The sleep warning system has been developed for mining trans porters that can weigh up to 290 tonnes If such a monster deviates from its lane it poses a considerable risk for its driver the vehicle with its load and any other traffic that may be present in the vicinity Investigations of some of the most recent a
44. e mand from January to December says Hans Lekkerkerk Senior of JHL Pot plants And he ought to know every day about 30 000 potted Gerbera plants leave his production site de signed and constructed by Hawe with wide ranging use of SICK sensors Apart from green fingers the au tomation of transport and inspection processes also plays a decisive role in Bunnik Plants s five works The compa ny delivers 300 000 trend oriented and seasonal plants every day Our cus tomers include small and medium sized businesses as well as large companies such as Ikea Aldi or Lidl Frans Bunnik describes the demanding clientele who place particular value on top quality at precisely calculated prices Efficiency under glass that s what matters Growth oriented transport systems Hawe is well aware of all this The com pany s expertise in automation in the agricultural sector is amply demon strated in the design of the transport systems among other things at both JHL Potplants and Bunnik Plants The plants are very close to one another during the potting phase explains Erik Vermeijden from Hawe They are given more room as they grow particularly on the transport systems Here they automatically move between the indi vidual processing stations as they near the final sorting and packaging sta tions The sensors each fulfil differing tasks depending on the application User friendly plug
45. e these safe sensors and systems such modern solutions The fact that despite all the functions available appearance need not be neglected is proved by the M 4000 it has won the IF Design Award 2005 SOEN ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 125 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en Distance measurement Products Ten fold improvement in precision Improved measurement in the urange The OD max the latest sensor in the displacement series sets a new standard The sensor s accuracy which has been improved by a factor of ten opens up undreamed of opportunities for automatically checking the presence of surfaces in industrial situations The optical head and evaluation unit of an OD max displacement sensor gt gt The OD max is available in three variants for operating distances of 30 mm 85 mm and 350 mm High end solution for demanding quality assurance Highly accurate quality inspections dur ing which even the lack of the smallest of parts or a fine application of materi al is detected reliably and with y accu racy can now be carried out with the OD max e g in electronics production or during surface inspections This has been made possible by a quantum leap in measurement accuracy which in this device has been improved by a factor of 10 compared to other systems to its current 0 1 of the measurement area The OD max can be operated in two dif
46. e read window The basis station is a combined radio and loading station It can also be used as a stand mounting for temporary stationary use The contacts point upwards to protect them from damage LEDs show the current state of the battery and read results The combination of ergonomy robustness reading power and modern radio technology make the IT 4620 and IT 5620 the ideal data acquisition solu tion in offices production warehouses and logistics insight LINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 121 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en 31 32 Products Third generation of photoelectric switches The W 18 3 success story continues The Connect 3 march triumphantly Can one construct photoelectric switches that are even more robust even more precise and even more intelligent gt gt What has already been successfully implemented with the W 18 3 has now been consistently continued with the W 4 3 miniature series and the W 27 3 all round family While on the basis of its dimensions and the detection of small transparent or highly reflective objects the W 4 3 is aimed at applica tions in electronics robotics handling and pharmaceuticals the W 27 3 se ries exploits its strengths robustness and a wide variety of types and func tions in handling and warehouse sys tems in the automotive industry and in the automation of doors and gate
47. e via two point teach in on the mark and on the back ground directly on the device itself Then the sensor autonomously acti vates the optimum transmission colour red green or blue of the three colour LED The current reflectivity of the tar get object and the switching threshold set by the device are shown on the dis play If required it is possible to carry out highly accurate manual fine adjust ment of the switching threshold via the tuning button After teach in the bar display visualises the quality of the cur rent contrast and thus detection relia bility The advantages convince its users B amp B Verpackungstechnik particularly appreciates these advantages The medium sized mechanical engineering company has been active in the con struction and manufacture of machines for flexible packaging e g watertight bags paper bags industrial sacks and bags for vacuum cleaners for over 25 years With the KT 5 Display B amp B now use a contrast scanner for print mark detection that also reliably de tects low contrasts on highly reflective foils as the sensor s automatic shini ness adaptation adjusts optimally to the target object The sensor s switch ing signal is used to control the pulsed web transport If necessary the ma chine operator can even optimise the switching threshold via the tuning but ton while the machine is running B amp B can now process bag materi als of every colour and surface
48. enly distributed over the object and the sensor s light spot thus always detects the correct area On the oth er hand tasks such as checking the degree of browning of meatballs or the presence of bottle tops and seals the detection of logos or checking the de sign of labels are examples where color sensors come up against their limits The reasons the colour informa tion required is not always located in an easily evaluated colour point the precise detection or for colour recognition on bot ti 1 sensors for both tasks at the Hanover rach COLORI Fil sensor s light spot does not always de tect the decision relevant area of an object And if the colour also has to be detected over longer distances then color vision sensors that detect and evaluate a roughly postcard sized rec tangular light field are the right choice SICK has developed new sensor so lutions characterised by improved per formance data and even simpler opera tion for both types of colour detection CS 8 colours brought to a point The new CS 8 is the top of the range of the CS series For the first time a choice of up to four colours can be sig nalled via the switching outputs with a short response time that also per mits rapid machine cycle times The high colour resolution and fine adjust ment of sensitivity and detection toler ance even allow differentiation of very similar colours Operation of the CS 8 also sets
49. entification technology LinsightLINK ea ou can obtain further product information on the Internet at www sick de insight en insight 1 2005 Products Precision optimises processes Laser navigation extends the range of uses of free moving vehicles A 360 field of view ranges of up to 28 5 m even in dark hall areas and a high level of accuracy thanks to a resolution of 0 1 make the NAV 200 laser measurement system an automatic navigator for automated guided vehicles gt gt The NAV 200 is an actively scanning highly precise laser measurement sys tem The measurement system s scan ner emits an invisible light impulse through 360 and measures the time to reception of the reflections from reflec tors Like a GPS global positioning sys tem the NAV 200 determines the cur rent vehicle position in the area as an LPS local positioning system Programmed for precise position detection The angular accuracy of 0 1 combined with precise distance measurement and knowledge of the position of the reflec tors provides a high level of position ac curacy Thanks to the NAV 200 the ve hicle always knows where it currently is even with strong illumination or deliber ate dazzling The high position data rate of up to 8 Hz simultaneously allows rap id orientation of the vehicle The meas ured values provided by the NAV 200 are transmitted via an RS 232 interface to the vehicle controller which carri
50. er day New material flow for the new 911 series The reorganisation and modernisation of the intra logistics became necessary because of the parallel production phases of two vehicle types The con veyor system that transports the pal lets from the central incoming goods area to the transfer zone of the high bay warehouse for storage plays a de cisive role in this explains engineer Kai Maring the responsible Project Manager at Porsche Goods destined for production spend an average of just 2 1 days in the warehouse often even less It was only possible to guarantee continuous supply to the warehouse and thus to production by increasing conveyor performance This in turn re quired an automatic de piling of the stacks of pallets that can reach heights ia i gt i 4 4 d E el WW A d 7 EN I 1 P i D of up to 3 m The solution from Aber le a two lane depalletising system that removes the individual load carriers from below One LMS laser measure ment system from SICK is used per lane for determining the position of pal lets and for checking the height of the particular pile of pallets LMS one system for different load carriers The contour and position of numerous different load carriers had to be taught in to the LMS units at Porsche The on ly thing that they have in common is the pallet foot Standardised in line with DIN 15155 which is detected and checked by the particular LMS
51. es out a comparison of position and if neces sary initiates a change in the path tak en Alterations in routes for example be cause hall use has been redesigned can be taken into account by a simple software parameterisation in the on board computer NAV 200 rather fulfilled navigation than failed navigation INFO 124 Hologram detection on packaging Optoelectronic brand protection Holograms are increasingly being used for the forgery proof labelling of expensive branded articles in particular With the hologram sensor for the first time SICK is presenting a scanner at the Hanover Trade Fair that reliably detects holograms during attachment to the packaging or for subsequent inspection of authenticity gt gt The term holography comes from the Greek holos the whole and graphein write Holography is a tech nique found in physical optics with which objects drawn in three dimen sions are attached to two dimensional carriers e g packaging by means of laser light Hologram detection is very demanding Even though imprinted holograms sometimes light up in colours a colour sensor would be useless as the colour is not attached but only exists through the bending of incident light The de tection task is made even more com plicated because the hologram is frequently highly reflective as is the background But holograms can be reli ably detected by the KT 5 Display con trast scanner both dur
52. f a freely definable signal value A further highlight the basic functional parameters of the DT 10 are given fixed settings at the factory so the sensor can also be put into operation without a user manual Versatile mounting and connector technology The DT 10 offers the versatile mount ing and connection technology familiar from the W 18 series of photoelectric switches among others Thus there is nothing to prevent the rapid installation and commissioning of the distance sensor e g for detecting filling levels in hoppers or for regulating slack in loops or webs INFO 119 For courier express and package logistics Volume measurement system certified by PTB A certified VMS 520 volume measurement system The Federal Institute of Physics and Technology PTB in Braunschweig has certified the VMS 520 volume measurement system on the basis of the test parameters of the OIML R129 standard A complete system ca pable of calibration can now be developed for courier express and pack age logistics and approved by national testing authorities by combining a calibrated weighing system with bar code scanners gt gt Significant technical features led to the certification of the VMS 520 with test certificate number D 04 1 6 01 Thus for example both the scale value and the calibration error limit are 5 mm each based on a maximum conveyor speed of 2 m s The smallest distance to be measured is 50 mm which
53. ferent modes in Basic Mode for rapid use or in Advanced Mode for ap plications requiring special fine tuning Flexible sensor concept The evaluation logic of the OD max i e the processing of measurement values and a variety of fundamental arithmetic functions required for example for measuring thickness is located exter nally in a separate unit Thus the optics head could be kept extremely small and therefore also suitable for installa tion where space is limited A further advantage two sensors can be con nected to a single evaluation unit with settings made via its control panel Thus the OD max is precisely what is needed when small objects require highly accurate measurement You can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 126 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en 37 38 Products Colour sensors Specified for significant demands New sensors for colour detection Colour is an important decision making criterion in many processes Whether for high tles SICK i resen Trade Fair and at the Left the CS 8 color sensor Right the CVS 2 color vision sensor gt gt Containers crates of drinks and packaging are typical examples of ob jects that are identified transported or sorted in industrial applications on the basis of their colour Color sensors that operate with point based detection are mostly used here as the colour is rela tively ev
54. fools the system into perceiving the presence of a carton in the light path It is thus a challenge that requires a new type of problem solving the WT 18 3 photo electric proximity switch New type of sensor concept as shining solution The increase in passive sources of in terference in the areas of use of opto electronic sensors observed in recent years caused by mobile phones radio devices light sources drives highly re flective surfaces or other sensors etc has fundamentally influenced the development of the WT 18 3 It is the first device of its type with chip tech nology specially developed for scan ners with background suppression The new WT 18 3 has a scanning dis tance and scanning area that can not only be defined more quickly more pre cisely and more application specifically but also have a high level of repro ducibility confirms Josef Reischl Pas sive interference of all types in the area of operation e g highly reflective metal parts are electronically sup pressed and thus reliably cut out Unique a sensor s eye view of the warehouse And adds Josef Reischl with the WT 18 3 the days of iterative time con suming searching for the optimum sen sor adjustment are over With the WT 18 3 one can now gain a sensor s eye view of the warehouse With the help of appropriate visualisation soft ware the sensor s light reception can be displaye
55. formation on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www legro dk sickinsight 1 2005 So See Ae es eee SSS Transport and traffic E 3 eel e P gt s Fe e MK wi g E me he WR ve p ee ie Applications E e i 7 m Fi af al pi Mda f a rs gt H A em 4 CIE CH rer The number of LMS units installed on the lane spanning gantry depends on the width of the lane Electronic truck classification making toll evasion tough In the distance based motorway toll system for trucks introduced this year in Germany laser measurement systems ensure reliable invoice oriented detection of all vehicles with a load capacity over 12 tonnes gt gt In order to prevent toll evasion the TollChecker stationary checking sys tem from Vitronic in Wiesbaden among other systems checks whether passing vehicles are trucks that should pay the toll fee Detection takes place in moving traffic and with the LMS laser measurement system from SICK Lane width determines structure of the checking system Several LMS units depending on the width of the lane covered are installed on a gantry that spans the lane Evalu ation of the measured data generates large amounts of information that clearly classify the vehicles e g length width and the height of trucks and trailers and provide a characteris tic profile of the vehicle Active in all weathers The LMS is
56. he right place in the box of chocolates or the profile strip is kept in shape INFO 128 Products Profile sensor for quality assurance The professional for profile detection gt gt SICK presents the Profiler profile sensor for applications in which edges openings bulges or other geometrical shapes provide height information that is the measure of all things The Profiler is designed as a stand alone device with integrated evalua tion and operates like a light section sensor Laser optics generate a 30 mm long line of light over the target object e g a line of glue or an opening at op erating distances of 100 25 mm The Profiler s triangulation principle al lows distance independent profile de tection As a result fluctuations in the height of a band conveyor system for example have no effect on the Profil er s function and accuracy Professional profile evaluation The Profiler s colour display shows what the 2 D receiver element has de tected and thus permits precise adjust ment of the sensor Even difficult pro files can be detected with great accura cy as a result of the device s high resolution in the micrometer range The three switching outputs which signal for example the exceeding of taught in or programmed tolerance values and the 4 to 20 mA analogue output supply the downstream plant controller with the measured values required for a quality assessment INFO 129 40
57. he sur prises us with effects in which nothing is as it seems Here are a few exam ples have a go You won t believe your eyes Incredible visual illusions A brightness and contrast illusion Are the light and dark areas shown by the arrows different Believe it or not they are identical check it out with yes correct a con trast scanner A colour illusion Does it look as if the brown square on the upper face of the die is the same colour as the yellow orange square in the middle of the face that is in shade If you are not sure check it with a colour sensor but the colours really are identical Hin 533 Fe oe A TLL ZC ir 4 44 454 Seet tt AA e e e 5666654655445 A motion illusion If you let your eyes wander over the il lustration the inner part starts to sway luckily this doesn t happen to our 2 D code readers A perspective illusion These two tables are identical in shape and size You don t believe it These and many other examples show that even after several million years of development nature s error rate is not a perfect zero An incentive for us Because more often than one thinks one needs a good eye as well as Sensor Intelligence all elie W yk dur NL Incredible visual illusions is available from W Foulsham amp Co Ltd ISBN 0 572 03022 3 sickinsight 1 2005 Trade fair dates
58. his is re tained in the corporate statement Many employees in our subsidiaries have been actively involved in the IN the past our recipe for success was worldwide leadership with local expertise analysis and formulation of the corpo rate statement They contributed their ideas and now implement them au tonomously locally This will undoubted ly take place at differing rates and with differing intensities but the catalogue of joint values and the definition of joint aims have been formulated so that customers all over the world can treat the corporate statement as a promise and demand its application SICK insight Thank you very much for this conversation SICK Tour Safety on more than 600 pages Industrial Safety Systems Product and Services Catalogue published SICK presents its Sensor Systems and Services for Safety Technology on over 600 pages The new catalogue is available in German and Eng lish and is not solely limited to products and services but also provides valuable information on legislation in Europe and the USA Numerous de tailed application descriptions and a glos sary with all the important terms round out the scope of the catalogue gt gt A clear and well thought out naviga tion concept ensures that despite the large amount of information provided every reader is guided to the right prod uct or information as directly as possi ble Regardless of whether the user
59. ht curtain the new M 4000 Standard multiple light beam safety device and the non contact T 4000 Multi RFID safety switch are proof of this gt gt Automatic safety is no longer suf ficient Users want safe automation i e to design the safety in such a way that it does not impair machine per formance but actually improves it The new 4000s from SICK thus offer cor respondingly advantageous features They all offer category 4 compliance with IEC 61496 and SIL 3 according to IEC 61508 The C 4000 Palletizer lower costs greater availability The idea is simple by using one sensor pair instead of an entire Christmas tree of sensors the C 4000 Palletizer monitors the pattern of a pallet or goods on the pallet For this purpose the system has a dynamic self learn ing blanking function with which the system reliably differentiates between pallets and persons passing into a pro tected area This takes place either by evaluating the blocking of individual light beams or by detecting object or distance patterns The user friendly system concept also proves itself dur ing commissioning unpack install and the C 4000 Palletizer can already de tect common Europallets and grid box es No programming work is necessary And because there is little to plan specify add on structurally wire up and monitor the system Saves our cus tomers a lot of money installation and operating costs are up to 4
60. ic reflex switch that can reliably detect objects at distances of up to 6 m The detection of small objects of ob jects in front of interfering back grounds of coloured marks and trans parent objects are not the only strengths of the new WLL 170 2 fibre 1 2005 optic series The sensor family fully compatible with the predecessor se ries also offers longer ranges an en closure rating that has been increased to IP 66 manual sensitivity adjustment by potentiometer and a switching fre quency that has been doubled to 2 kHz for even quicker processes Three dif ferent reworked versions are available the standard type with red light LED a new device with a green light LED for improved detection of red sensitive ob jects and a version with a 10 kHz switching frequency for extreme high speed applications The WLL 170 2 has retained the connection system and user interface both serve to sim plify conversion to the new series MH 195 for short and flush automation Short housings and flush mounting ca pability the new MH 15 photoelectric switches and proximity switches unite both features in a single device series The sensors measure just 52 mm with axial light exit from the optics to the ca ble outlet and it s only 14 mm more for devices with 90 radial optics Thus this series is among the shortest pho toelectric switch families in this per formance class Improved production techniques
61. ile sections per second are combined to create a real 3 D im age This is also possible even if the test objects pass the measurement win dow at different rates This is no prob lem for the new IVC 3D because an in cremental encoder can be connected via an analogue input to measure speed and position Thus objects can be de tected with a high level of precision even at differing speeds Well known image processing expertise can be exploited The IVC 3D is available with measure ment areas of 150 x 50 mm with a resolution of 0 1 mm or 600 x 200 mm with 0 5 mm resolution The height in formation is encoded as grey values during evaluation of the image This al lows users who want to implement their Specific solutions with the 3 D smart camera to use the software tools famil lar from the IVC 2D Versatile use Freely programmable and suitable for a wide range of uses the IVC 3D is the ideal solution for numerous inspection tasks in the food and packaging indus try in production processes or robot and handling systems among others For users with expertise in image pro cessing the 3 D smart camera is a flex ible and thanks to the comprehensive library of image processing functions in dividually programmable alternative to conventional 3 D image processing sys tems as well as being extremely eco nomical The world s most beautiful 3 D chocs IVC 3D so that the confectionery is always in t
62. ing and modernisation of milling and grinding machines The machines newly developed for TI Auto motive employ both RZT 6 magnetic cylinder sensors and IM 18 series in ductive sensors The Tl machines tasks are to accept metal pipes for vehicle parts from a feed system check their lengths and if necessary process them mechanically before passing them on to a further transport system The RZT 6 sensors monitor the position of the pistons in the various pneumatic cylinders used in the machines during length inspec tions and processing The IM 18 sen sors detect the absence or accu mulation of pipes during insertion in the processing area and in the exit area of the machine In addition to pre cise position detection a high level of reliability is particularly important throughout the entire processing pro cedure This is because of the short machine cycle lasting only about five seconds and the fact that several ma chines are operated by just a single person The sensors have made a positive impression at ISKRA ZMILS which is why they are also going to be used in the new series of machines for pro cessing plastic vehicle components TUN You can obtain further product N information with the attached card under INFO 113 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www tiauto com www iskra zmils com pl sht 1 2005 Pictures ISKRA ZMiLS Pictures Alfred Karcher GmbH Tr
63. ing their attachment by machine and during a packaging process Special strengths This is possible because the device ex ploits its special strengths that are es sential for hologram detection Thus both the highly reflective hologram and the particular background can be very precisely taught in Visualisation and the fine adjustability of the switching lev el via the display allow extremely accu rate and reproducible setting of the holo gram sensor Automatic dazzle adapta tion also ensures maximum detection reliability and machine availability even with highly reflective carrier surfaces gt gt Facts Incidentally the first hologram was in vented as early as 1948 but it was only in 1960 with the invention of the laser that holograms could be pro duced by machines The inventor of holography Dr Dennis Gabor of Imper ial College in London received the No bel prize for Physics in 1971 35 36 Products Safety systems a The M 4000 Standard multiple light beam safety device and the C 4000 Palletizer safety light curtain Supplementary advantages are in greater demand than ever Maximum safety with more features Nowadays those who use safety systems naturally do not want to have to do without economic efficiency New solutions thus also offer new features with which processes can be structured not only more safely but also more efficiently The C 4000 Palletizer safety lig
64. ire V 18 se Products ries offers numerous opportunities for use regardless of the sector involved WL 11 UC the smallest universal voltage photoelectric switch With the WL 11 UC suitable for both di rect and alternating voltage supply SICK has rounded off its W 11 series with a robust photoelectric reflex switch designed for flexible use A range of 7 m a high level of detection reliability even for objects with highly reflective surfaces and the safe elec trically isolated switching output are among the most interesting features of this the smallest device in its class By fulfilling the CE standard for inter fering radiation EN 61000 6 3 the sensor is also Suitable for applications in residential and commercial areas of interest for example aS a sensor for controlling doors and gates LinsightLINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 118 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en 29 30 Products Analogue sensor for 50 500 mm Compact distance measurement gt gt SICK has rounded out its distance measurement portfolio with the DT 10 compact distance sensor in the proven W 18 photoelectric switch housing The device is designed for dis tance measurement at ranges between 50 mm and 500 mm Measured values are transmitted via a 4 to 20 mA ana logue output In addition the teachable switching output also allows transmis sion o
65. is is now possible with the WT 4 2 Teflon photoelectric proximity switch consid erably increasing handling reliability in the machine Of fundamental impor tance for the use of the sensors were the complete tightness of the sensor housing and cable encapsulation and the miniature design that permitted in stallation in the dipping pools which of fer limited space Two birds with one stone RENA was able to kill two birds with one stone with the WT 4 2 Teflon be cause in another machine type a de SENA tection solution used up to now could be replaced by precisely this underwa ter photoelectric switch Thus not only was another demanding application solved but the variety of sensor types stocked at RENA could be reduced At RENA they are already looking forward to the new generation of WT 4 3 Teflon devices This will allow scanning distance adjustment from outside the pool while the sensor is in an installed state SOEN ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 116 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www rena de A s E E be The WT 4 2 Teflon underwater photo electric switch in the dipping pool of the cleaning plant insight 1 2005 Pictures RENA HMI Special The Hanover Industrial Trade Fair HMI 2005 the technological event SICK presents products and solutions for all areas of industrial
66. led at a height of about 3 m directly on the frame of the pallet elevator The floor of the hall serves as the reference contour Two protective fields monitor the 1 3 x 3 3m lift opening When a pallet is loaded the S 3000 detects the geometry that has been taught in and allows trans port into the elevator A person hard ly likely to have the rectangular volume dimensions of a loaded pallet would be reliably detected because their geometry deviates from that known to the scanner The protective field is switched when a pallet is to be driven out of the paternoster so that move ment in this direction is permitted High tech from above vertical moni toring with the S 3000 INFO 107 Applications signed to the target objects or the envi ronment and adaptations of the sen sor settings can be carried out online SO compared to the difficulty of adapt ing classical opto sensors one saves a great deal of time in each project Josef Reischl praises the practical ad vantages of the new scanner The subjects of reflections and background suppression while monitor ing available space have now been sorted out at TGW as the sensor has become a firm component on the Twister s bill of materials insight LINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 106 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www tgw at 4 a Pre ee EEN
67. machines The advantage greater flexibility and lower equipping times reduce op erating costs gt gt Small batch sizes and frequent product changes affect the level of util isation of packaging and other pro cessing machines Numerous adjust ment and setting processes on rollers limit stops or other equipment are fre quently required before production can begin Equipping times are correspond ingly long if these are carried out man ually particularly for more complex ma chines with many axes that require ad justment Improved equipping with auto matic format adjustment Time savings the precision and repro ducibility of the setting fewer rejects greater quality and a high level of oper ating reliability the integral position ing drive HIPERDRIVE High Integrated Performance Drive offers all these ad vantages Its compact housing allows simple integration in new and existing machines Turning moments of up to 20 Nm and a drive rotational speed of up to 35 mint meet the constructional requirements of machines Absolute detection of the angle of rotation pro vides a clear absolute positional value for every axle position so no refer ence run is necessary on machine start up Integration of the positioning drive in the existing plant network takes place via a Profibus DP clip on module The high IP 65 enclosure rat ing allows use of the HIPERDRIVE po sitioning drive even under harsh envi ronme
68. ment systems m and much more besides And as it would be negligent to ignore the need to relax after busy days spent at the trade fair we would like to refer you to the now legendary SICK stand parties on 12 and 14 April from 6 00 p m onwards We would be delighted if you could find the time 25 26 SI Bundled system integration at Reute Department Head Thomas Grutzmacher Customers profit from time and cost savings and through focusing SICK MAIHAK bundles its system integration in Reute Since October SICK MAIHAK has had its own department for system integration in Reute next to the Management Board and the Sales Management Department This bundling of strengths offers customers distinct advantages gt gt Head of the new department Thomas Grutzmacher previously Pro duction Manager in the Meersburg fac tory knows The all inclusive package from the planning to start up of a sys tem is a winning factor for system inte grators and users alike They no longer want to be concerned about each analysis component and their integra tion into a system concept instead they are looking to buy a completely in tegrated system with clearly defined in terfaces It s much the same in the area of after sales Through centralized planning and execution of system orders incompati bilities and unnecessary costs are eliminated The focus is clearly on the selection and realisation of the best s
69. mpany not only being attuned to all common bus systems but also being back compatible thus protecting your investment So you profit doubly with a guaranteed future for your investment and with our technological lead that gives your plant that decisive extra harmony Our worldwide presence provides your investment protection we have recently opened our own subsidiaries to represent us in Turkey Russia Slovenia and India For you our network of over 40 subsidiaries worldwide means that we can support you with the same services and the same solution expertise wherever you are Best wishes E Anne Kathrin Deutrich Spokesperson Executive Board SICK AG insight TELE GRAM sa j pe e pame acer x WE i IE EE z 20 008 5 SICK AG was again as 2003 a one of the ten most attractive rs in Germany achieving position 10 fel and coming sixth in the category for mpanies with 501 to 5 000 employees eee ee LEE ZE ie a E ep mm Sa aa wn iil ideals a DD SC Ste special Lifelong Learning award for compre haa Na Ar GR D hensive further education concept SEER ESS g i www greatplacetowork de New subsidiary Juin India SICK Pvt Ltd started operations in KO SSES SES Si insight 1 2005 New Delhi on 24 February 2005 further locations are planned and should open in 2006 Career Academy student Torsten Dages awarded VDI prize S
70. n Es sen The company researches and de velops new techniques imaging strate gies and applications for magnetic res onance tomography MRT Seamless display of the body AngioSURF is a manually moved table platform that can be installed on the original patient table in SIEMENS MR tomographs This allows whole body MRT examinations in several wards with the good imaging quality provided by surface reception coils In a new process the patient is no longer passed through the tomograph bit by bit but continuously The new method eliminates artefacts between partial images In this way radiologists obtain a seamless image of anatomies ex tended as required considerably sim plifying diagnosis However an exact positioning or forward feed detection is necessary so that different passage speeds cannot lead to spurious or stretched images during image recon struction The DME 5000 for undistorted MR angiograms With an accuracy of greater than 0 5 mm and highly dynamic control behaviour a new measurement value is generated every millisecond it provides continu Applications ous information on the actual position of the table platform The speed of movement is displayed for the MRT op erator The particular positional values are transmitted in real time and contin uously taken into account during evalu ation of the individual MRT measure ments Non linear behaviour of the platform doesn t cause any dist
71. n the River Severn was the centre of the industrial revolution over 300 years ago In 1967 the Iron bridge Gorge Museum Trust decided to protect this legacy for future genera tions 21 years later the gorge has been declared a World Heritage Site It is best to start the tour at the Muse um of the Gorge where there is a mod el of the valley several metres long showing all its industrial production sites Then visitors to the Museum of lron can experience interactively how Abraham Darby was the first to smelt iron the starting material for bridges or locomotives among other things in 1709 with the help of coke By the way two of Darby s houses can still be seen Rosehill House restored as it was in 1850 and Dale House in which Darby s grandson planned the con struction of the iron bridge that visitors still use today to cross the gorge It is the largest individual exhibit In addi tion to mining and working iron the Severn Valley also supplied clay which was used for the production of ceram ics and porcelain The Coalport China Museum Jackfield Tile Museum and Brosely Pipeworks show a wide range of products e g clay pipes fine china and decorative tiles and explain how they were made The Tar Tunnel is a fur ther attraction originally intended to provide access between the Blists Hill mines and the River Severn it was found to be a source of natural bitu men which still seeps from the rocks there Finall
72. ne LMS laser measurement system is in use on each lane of the two lane depalletising system insight 1 2005 Packaging Reliable print mark detection with the KT 5 Display contrast scanner in B amp B s foil bagging machine Teach in tune up scan Better packaging with the Display contrast scanner B amp B Verpackungstechnik GmbH in Hopsten relies on the KT 5 Display contrast scanner for the detection of print or control marks in their foil bagging machines The reason the device offers maximum detection reliability and thus machine availability as a result of its ease of use its operational reliability and its automatic adaptation to shininess gt gt New packaging materials new colour designs and the ever growing range of products make great demands of powerful packaging machines and their sensors Whereby the reliability of a contrast scanner for example not only depends on its optical and evalua tion capabilities but also on reliable adjustability Ease of use means operating reliability The KT 5 Display is based upon the tried and tested device concept involv Applications ing a three colour transmitter LED 10 kHz switching frequency and two point teach in With its bar display and digital signal tuning on the device the scanner sets a new standard regarding ease of use and switching reliability Simple operation plays a very impor tant role Teach in of the switching threshold takes plac
73. ngineers all speak for SICK Safe ty sensors system integration training and all embracing services mean SICK Safety Management from a single source or from a web site www sick de de servicesupport SICK INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS SICK INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS MODERNISATION APPLICATION SUPPORT SICK INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS INSPECTIONS To the Youth World Skills Competition with SICK training Sonja Kury extends the string of successes enjoyed by SICK trainees in the World Skills Com petition gt gt The 21 year old won the national competition in technical drawing and has thus qualified for the 38th Youth World Skills Competition in Helsinki in May 2005 During the entire machine life cycle SICK INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS COMMISSIONING TRAINING amp EDUCATION SICK INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS PRODUCT SUPPORT SICK INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT SICK INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS STOPTIME MEASUREMENTS INFO 133 insight 1 2005 The German subsidiary in Dusseldorf Since 1 January 2005 SICK Central Sales Department now autonomous subsidiary SICK s Central Sales Department in Dusseldorf has been an au tonomous subsidiary within SICK AG since January 1 This step was tak en as part of the Group s international strategic alignment gt gt The Management consists of Dr Robert Bauer simultaneously a Board member of
74. no Poland Done 48 22 837 40 50 info sick pl Russia Phone 7 095 7 75 05 30 info sick auotmation ru Singapore Phone 65 6744 3732 admin sicksgp com sg Slovenia Phone 386 0 1 47 69 990 selanm sick com Spain Phone 34 93 4 80 31 00 info sick es Sweden Phone 46 8 680 64 50 info sick se Switzerland Phone 41 41 619 29 39 contact sick ch Taiwan Phone 886 2 2365 6292 sickgrc ms6 hinet net Turkey Phone 90 216 388 95 90 pbx info sick com tr USA Phone 1 952 941 6780 info sickusa com More at www sick com Accident prevention and personal protection are of top priority in automated production and logistical processes you too will always be on safe side with versatile safety solutions from SICK Whether laser scanners light curtains safety sensors or made to measure interfaces SICK offers you all embracing sector spanning expertise including first class services More on industrial safety at www sick com
75. ntal conditions such as those caused for example by paper and wood dusts sanding or the abrasion of rubber Differential toothed gears 3 phase DC motor Power electronics DSP and regulatory electronics Absolute value encoder Products Better than hand wheels though no replacement for servo drives on process axes Machines can be quickly readjusted to as many formats as necessary with HIPERDRIVE with highly accurate ad justment and repeatability It repre sents the optimum alternative to hand wheels regarding technical and eco nomic performance particularly in those machines with several adjust ment axes HIPERDRIVE is no replace ment for the classical servo drives on process axes on machinery but rather a reasonably priced alternative for au tomating the adjustment of auxiliary ax es Features such as its r p m range output performance high stopping mo ment or low cabling requirement have been specially designed for this appli cation insight LINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 123 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en System structure with HIPERDRIVE 33 34 Products Fieldous news SICK sensors for all system environments Open for almost every fieldbus Open communication is all important also or particularly in auto mation technology SICK is an active participant in numerous bus pro
76. oduct information on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www hawe nl CH Material handling Applications Improved package identification in Pilsen The technology update was neces sary because the system previously used could no longer keep up with the steadily increasing throughput rate of the tipping tray sorter at the distribu tion centre An OPS 690 omniportal reading sys tem with six CLV 490 bar code scan ners which transmit their data to the OPS control unit was installed The de vices are mounted in pairs perpendicu lar to one another As a result the OPS generates three optical reading cross es on the sorter with differing depths of field This allows straightforward identification of packages with heights of between 15 mm and 500 mm Moreover the evaluation algorithms of the bar code readers also permit the reading of bar codes behind a foil or in an envelope window The bar codes themselves are 13 or 18 digit Code 128 some of which have bars just 0 25 mm wide that must be read at speeds of up to 1 4 m s Provision of the reading data to the plant control system takes place via an RS 422 in terface that feeds the information into the sorter controller online Unlike the old system the Czech Post in Pilsen deliberately chose the modu lar system concept of the OPS 690 as the bar code readers are industry test ed serial products and device updates or the ex
77. oducts All repairs can be done locally another customer benefit Dr Z chbauer points out The compact 19 enclosure can house one or two measuring modules including an optional module for electrochemi cal or magnetic oxygen measurement A sample gas pump or a flow or mois ture sensor can be installed in the same housing Connection to the sys tem is simplified using a number of digital inputs and outputs INFO 117 27 28 Products Photoelectric switch news Numerous new developments for the Hanover Trade Fair All sensors are available for a wide range of applications in the classic in dustrial field as they offer great ease of installation and user friendliness In the case of the new W 14 2 series of photoelectric switches this involves a further development of the proven W 14 family The devices are a universal and reliable solution for standard industrial applications The two photoelectric prox imity switches are the highlights here They are available in two versions one is the WT 14 2 scanner with background blanking for ranges of 50 to 250 mm or 80 to 500 mm the other is the ener getic photoelectric proximity switch for 300 to 1 500 mm in which an integrat ed teach in function allows electronic ad justment of the scanning distance The series with IP 65 housings is supple mented with the WS WE 14 2 through beam photoelectric switch with a range of up to 15 m and the WL 14 2 photo electr
78. olution for the customers a fixed team of experts from different sites are involved with the system orders in Reute from order acceptance through to delivery from instrument cabinet to finished shelter The team designs to gether orders all the necessary com ponents tests and mounts the small and large analyzer systems in a large 100 m hall rearranged specifically for this purpose and for future expansion Thomas Grutzmacher is proud not even three months have passed and the young department is booming You can tell that the customers have confidence in us The centralised com pletion of system orders has become routine even in this area we compare favourably to our competition Sixteen orders have been planned built and finished in the period from October until the end of the year And more than twenty systems many for customers in the Far East are now in the pipeline a clear increase One example of a successful proj ect for the new department was a com plete measurement container with analysis and process control equip ment including climate control and of fice furniture for a munitions in cineration plant in the Russian Taiga This customer with his first system order at SICK MAIHAK was impressed by the uncomplicated order processing and the local site test They immediately ordered an additional container and are promising more or ders in the future said a pleased Mr Grutzmacher
79. ortion within the individual measurement seg ments explains engineer Michael Zenge of the Biomedical Imaging Sec tion at the University Clinic in Essen The individual measurement intervals of the MRT are evaluated equidistantly and combined to form segments and then finally to form a high resolution whole body angiogram Ultimately it is the position data of the DME 5000 that permits highly ac curate seamless whole body MR imag ing with maximum image quality through the use of surface coils insight LINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 110 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www uni essen de radiologie 17 18 Applications Material handling For volumes and ID Package solution for the Johannesb The Courier amp Freight Group a subsidiary of South African Post has equipped the Johannesburg superhub of its XPS express package serv ice with a fully automatic data acquisition solution from Caljan Rite Hite CRH to increase package processing productivity The VMS 420 vol ume measurement system from SICK is responsible for determining di mensions in this package solution For courier express and package logistics PTB certifies volume measurement system The Federal Institute of Physics and Technology PTB in Braunschweig has certified the VMS 520 volume measurement system on the basis of the test
80. out with maximum precision Seeing and sawing both are possible with the LUT SR EER ou can obtain further product information on the Internet at www sick de insight en 23 Applications The cleaning plant for silicon wafers Electronics CH A 2 BA gen WE EE Position detection in the dipping pool Underwater photoelectric switches optimise wafer handling Underwater automation the WT 4 2 photoelectric proximity switch with a Teflon protected housing and cable makes this possible The sensor Is in its element in the dipping pool of a cleaning plant for silicon wafers gt gt They came up with this effective so lution at RENA Sondermaschinen GmbH in Gutenbach RENA offers cus tomer specific solutions and standard plants for wet chemical processes un der clean room conditions The under water photoelectric switch was able to considerably increase process reliabili ty during automatic wafer handling in the wafer cleaning machine Multiple position detection In the machines a so called Horden lift is used to dip 300 mm wafers in car tridges among other containers into a pool containing super clean water From there a handling arm takes over transport of the wafer packets re moved from the cartridge through the various process pools of the plant In the past neither the cartridge position in the pool nor the end positions of the Horden lift itself were monitored Th
81. parameters of the OIML R129 standard A complete system capable of calibration can now be de veloped for courier express and package logistics and approved by national testing authorities by com bining a calibrated weighing system with bar code scanners gt gt Continued page 30 gt gt Improved performance capability at the superhub however does not just result from optimised processes but also from the possibility of invoicing each customer for the actual package numbers and volumes transported Actual performance has become measurable This so called revenue recovery i e the possibility of being able to issue follow up invoices for the actual per formance carried out is just one of the arguments with which Noko Ngoepe responsible for IT at the Courier amp Freight Group CFG justifies investing in the systems supplied by the Danish system integrator CRH There are also the improved sorting preparation and distribution processes at the super hub as well as enhanced process reli ability All packages have a unique identity as a result of their bar code their weight and their dimensions so that they can be both controlled and tracked With the data acquisition so lution that has been installed at the XPS superhub i e with the volume measurement system from SICK inte grated within it each of the several thousand packages handled daily can be measured accurately to within a few millimetres
82. product information with the attached card under INFO 127 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en insight 1 2005 Revolution in the world of image processing SICK IVP presents the world s first 3 D smart camera Three dimensional object inspection and checking of features the freely programmable IVC 3D industrial vision camera is suitable for the solution of the most varied of industrial tasks What in the past neces sitated expensive camera and illumination systems can now be simply solved with the world s first 3 D smart camera gt gt The enormous application experi ence of SICK IVP particularly in indus trial image processing has been consis tently exploited in the development of the world s first 3 D smart camera Integrated laser optics offer many advantages Unlike conventional image processing systems the 3 D smart camera is capa ble of detecting geometrical features re gardless of fluctuations in contrast The system operates with a line of laser light whose reflection is evaluated us ing a triangulation process The laser optics are integrated directly in the housing in order to avoid as far as pos sible the often difficult selection of the appropriate illumination This results in the further advantage of a stable and uniform geometry between the illumina tion and the camera throughout the en tire inspection process Precise detection even at varying speeds Up to 5 000 prof
83. rity purposes but the ex tra something special of the MG 400 is its navigation concept It is based on the highly precise LMS that provides the automatic accurate and almost drift free navigation of the small robot It is thus just as mobile as a real secu rity guard it can go on patrol au tonomously cover fixed routes at par ticular times as well as carry out ran dom checks or observe what s going on in its vicinity from a fixed location Thus the ever alert MG 400 offers nu merous new security opportunities The autonomous MG 400 security robot mobility provided by the LMS laser measurement system insightLINK You can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 103 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the customer www neobotix de Picture Neobotix Applications Automotive Laser measurement system improves intra logistics at Porsche Two LMS laser measurement systems allow fully automatic de piling of nu merous different load carrier variants in a new depalletising system at Porsche AG in Stuttgart Zuffenhausen gt gt The two lane depalletising system with the LMS for optical contour detec tion was constructed by general con tractor Aberle Steuerungstechnik GmbH from Leingarten This new plant has in creased transport volumes from the central incoming goods area to the high bay warehouse that supplies pro duction to 2 000 pallets p
84. s Greater self sufficiency in industrial use Factors involved in industrial use that are often not all Known during the plan ning and construction phase of a ma chine or plant can have a considerable effect on sensors during subsequent operation The new third generation sensors operate more self sufficiently in the face of such factors e g vibra tions active and passive sources of optical interference and electromag netic fields The sensors increased re Connect 3 W 4 3 W 18 3 and W 27 3 sistance to chemicals and high immu nity to temperatures from 40 C to 60 C play their part in guaranteeing the devices universal availability Trou ble free worldwide use no problem with all embracing approvals such as CE UL Gost and CCC Consistently implemented application expertise Our close contact to customers is used to integrate the continuously rising de mands made of photoelectric switches Thus new technological construction processes open up new application op portunities that could only be achieved with great difficulty in the past highly reflective or transparent objects and varying brightness or colour contrasts have no effect on the quality of detec tion and thus necessitate no special solutions or measures Blind zones in close range detection are a thing of the past thanks to the autocollimation prin ciple the substantially increased switching frequencies on the other
85. s of luminescence scanners gt gt As the purchasers of steel pipes e g in the automotive industry make the highest demands regarding the quality of the products the pipes un dergo a 100 inspection immediately after the production process If defects are found e g cracks holes or ad sorbed material these areas are marked with a fluorescent paint LUT luminescence scanners then check that the markings are present and pos sess a defined luminous intensity The pipes are then stored and subse quently removed from stock on receipt of customer orders Any contamination of the pipe that may have occurred in the meantime caused by dust or han dling for example during which the marking may be exposed to impacts or gripping tools have hardly any effect on the detectability of the markings Invisibly marked reliably recognised The steel pipes are cut into sections on automatic saws according to the customer s instructions During this process the defect markings are again detected by an LUT unit As LUT sensi tivity can be adapted to the particular application by means of an adjustment element any convection in the pipes and its associated varying luminous in tensity of the luminophores within the transmitted light spot generated by the LUT has no effect on reliable sensor function The insertion of the pipe in the saw is controlled on the basis of the reliably detected signal the defec tive area is sawn
86. small and large wheels mesh with one another Safety co ordinated and tailor made International Service Management cov ers the entire life cycle of machines and plant During the planning phase during installation and commissioning during the entire operating lifetime during modernisation SICK Service knows the necessary safety solutions and measures as well as the stan dards and directives on which they are based Services available internationally The worldwide network with more than 25 subsidiaries provides global product support during the entire lifetime of a plant Help is quickly available on site if the worst comes to the worst In Ger many SICK is accredited according to EN ISO IEC 17020 for inspecting safety equipment in operation and carrying out stoptime measurements This means an objective inspection according to in dependently recognised methods Golden girl Why Safety Management why SICK Reduced time to market increased ma chine availability greater machine and plant productivity as well as minimised liability risks arising from the Machine and User Directives all these are fre quently quoted arguments for a thor ough and comprehensive Safety Man agement Our experience of several thousand applications our close co op eration with Trade Associations and standardisation committees knowl edge of the complex legal situation and the expertise of safety technicians and e
87. ssistant are integrated Version 4 2 of Safexpert the network enabled CE software for uniform safety considerations of machines and plant offers two important further develop ments the conformity process in line with the new EN ISO 12100 and old EN 292 standards and the Check and Acceptance Assistant Safexpert 4 2 thus also offers a smooth transition of the CE conformity process to the new EN ISO 12100 and a new service uniform safety and qual ity examinations acceptance of ma chines with just one tool Interested The complete article is available at www safexpert de insightBOOK CORNER Incredible visual illusions You don t believe in optical illusions See for yourself you won t believe your eyes on page 46 05 06 Applications Packaging Meurer presents the first packaging machine with information sensors Standard sensors now bus enabled Ay Sensors with fieldbus capability the WT 18 3 photoelectric proximity switch with special chip technology and a fieldbus connection module Meurer Verpackungssysteme is presenting the first packaging machine with fieldbus enabled WT 18 3 series photoelectric proximity switches at Interpack 2005 Remote requests and remote adjustment the exchange of parameters the monitoring of contamination and the identification of interfering signals all this has been made possible by two directional fieldbus communication be
88. sunken installation in a groove or fix ing with a clamp fitting Its IP 68 enclo sure rating and particularly high EMC ensure reliable function under almost all operating conditions The IM series inductive innova tion in Inox The inductive proximity sensors of the IM series in their Inox housings are of particular interest to the food and bev erage industries They are used among other things for detecting ob jects on accumulating conveyor sec tions and in filling or closing systems In addition to the fully encapsulated stainless steel housing in V4A 1 4404 the sensors special highlight is their triple switching distance which pro SICK e KR ef Urea rl The CQ 28 capacitive proximity switch The ultrasonic senor UC 12 ina W 12 housing A The inductive series in Inox housings vides a greater detection range and thus allows protected installation Together with appropriate plug connec tions and connection boxes the vari ous IM sensors form the Food amp Bev erage solution package with enclo sure ratings of IP 69K Optical or non optical SICK s com plete programme is proving optimal for increasing numbers of users insight LINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 130 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en insight 1 2005 Pictures lronbridge Gorge Museum The lronbridge Gorge Museums in England The gorge o
89. t led by Dr Michael Z chbauer reduced and optimised the many different materials used in the instrument A dual suc cess story Our developers were not only able to eliminate foreign influ ences but were also able to signifi cantly reduce the cost of materials emphasised Dieter Deggim The meas uring values are now automatically standardised with new up to date sig nal processing This enormously re duces the effect of interference The newly designed chopper wheel unit al lows the use of a second optical mod ule with an additional source so that two gases can be simultaneously and independently measured The result of the general redesign is a detector stability and simplification hitherto impossible This allows low maintenance operation of the pho tometer for many months without the need for test gas Even the built in cali bration cuvette is no longer required the SIDOR only needs a single point ad justment once a week which can easi ly be carried out with inert gas or ambi ent air Even the instrument repairability was dramatically improved The meas uring cuvettes are now symmetrically constructed and snap into the correct position No complicated alignment is necessary In the same way the ex change of all of the other components has been simplified As with our S 700 instruments a factory based temperature adjustment is not neces sary after repair unlike some of our competitors pr
90. tomatically This has been made possible by a laser measurement system from LASE Industrielle Lasertechnik GmbH The SICK IBEO laser scanner used in the system makes the coils on the wagons visible for the crane controller gt gt LASE with sites in Wesel and Bre men is a specialist in the industrial use of laser systems in the steel in dustry among others Its many years of technological expertise were just what those responsible at Novelis Deutschland s works in Nachterstedt needed as it was necessary to create a completely automatic handling sys tem for unloading coils using an exist ing largely automated crane at the coil warehouse Novelis aluminium for automo bile construction Novelis is Europe s leading supplier of aluminium sheet and its Automotive Division is an innovative and compe tent partner of automobile manufactur ers and their suppliers At the heart of The LD OEM laser scanner the Nachterstedt production site is the continuous throughput annealing and Spraying plant with a capacity of ap prox 100 000 tonnes per year Strips with thicknesses of 0 6 to 3 0 mm and widths of up to 2 200 mm dimensions of relevance in bodywork applications are soft annealed or solution annealed cleaned pre treated and coated in this plant The strips are then accurately prepared for use on cut to width and cut to length lines It was necessary to automate both the unloading of the coils from the rail
91. tween the sensors and the control system gt gt In the case of packaging machines for the food or pharmaceutical indus tries in particular the WT 18 3 infor mation sensor opens up completely new opportunities regarding valida tion says Ludger Richter Meurer s Sales Manager Sensor adjustment is no longer described in written form but stored as a reproducible parameter set in the machine control system itself and is called up from there when nec essary via the Sensor Hub a fieldbus connection module explains Walter Schmidt the Works Manager Complete information to and from the sensor The sensor owes its fieldbus capability to a chip technology specially devel oped for photoelectric proximity switch es and to the Sensor Hub The new chip consists of a receiver with 16 ele ments with a programmable virtual separating seam for the electronic ad justment of background blanking Not only are the scanning distance and scanning range of the WT 18 3 now more rapidly more precisely and more application specifically definable but also highly reproducible The fully elec tronic sensor concept is a prerequisite for two directional communication the Sensor Hub to which up to four WT 18 3 units can be connected via an un shielded 4 pin standard cable provides the physical basis In this way the sen sors can be visualised and contacted as fieldous participants with distinct addresses from the ma
92. ubject of thesis Creating software for the analysis storage and visualisation of data from a Volume Measurement System Prize consists of 1 000 Euro and one year s free membership of VDI 03 04 Contents Bus enabled the first packaging machine with information sensors a SE WW Blue sensors as green fingers in the greenhouse a e d Z ail a Hanover Industrial Trade Fair 2005 the technology event a t SS d Re g ia J Maximum safety with more features Editorial 03 Applications First packaging machine with information Sensors s 06 More on LMS navigation 07 Laser measurement system improves intra logistics at Porsche 08 Better packaging with the Display contrast scanner 5 09 Blue sensors as green fingers in the greenhouse cccceeeeeeeees 10 Technology update at Cech POSE E 11 TGW new scanner for new telescopic gripper KKK NN K ANEN 12 Vertical protection with the S 3000 Sne Eete Ee 13 Sensor technology in automated herb garden sescs n 14 Electronic truck classification making toll evasion tough 15 Visual crane guidance with laser measurement system ssssccceces deem ences 16 Position detection in MRI scanner 17 Package solution for the Johannesburg superhub 18 Ultrasonics
93. valuation possibilities in use for ex ample in the Kaiser Passage in Worms in the Sudring Centre in Berlin by the Metro Group in the Schloss Ar cade shopping centre in Heidenheim What does such detection offer The evaluation of flows of persons possible with path widths of up to 26 m provides information on for ex ample the best advertising areas in shopping malls or in public spaces But air conditioning equipment can also use this data as a control value to adapt current temperatures to the number of people present And another very important aspect the relationship between persons and existing safety Reliable counting of persons thanks to 26 m range sickinsight 1 2005 measures such as escape routes can be continuously monitored and im proved over the long term Motto measuring means monitoring Monitor ing means being able to introduce con trolled measures if necessary Measurement with double curtain The LD PeCo is an actively scanning highly precise laser measurement sys tem The scanner emits two invisible parallel fan shaped light impulses and measures the time to reception of their reflections Regardless of the size and geometry of a Space or a passage the LD PeCo can be adapted to every room structure e g columns or electronic goods security portals A person pass ing through the light curtain changes the time of flight of the emitted light im pulse The person is counted When se
94. veral people pass through the moni tored area even if they are of differing sizes they are also reliably detected and counted Simultaneously the LD PeCo detects which of the two cur tains is passed through first and de rives the direction of motion of the per sons from this information Can be installed almost everywhere The maintenance free LD PeCo offers almost no restrictions regarding instal lation The system can be installed out side passages or beyond any possible access thus protecting it against dam age or tampering People can be reli ably counted even in high arcades in shopping malls or in arrival and depar ture halls at airports thanks to its range of 26 m LinsightLINK e ou can obtain further product information with the attached card under INFO 115 or on the Internet at www sick de insight en More about the LD PeCo www peoplecounter de www lase systemtechnik de Picture Domino Amjet Metals and steel Applications Luminescence scanners inspect steel pipes LUT quality defects seen and sawn Steel pipes that are integrated into automobiles are subject to the high est quality demands In order to ensure that only goods of top equipper quality leave the works a major supplier relies on quality assurance and process control based on luminescence marking This permanent invisible labelling is detected during production and in the warehouse by SICK s LUT serie
95. y at the Blists Hill Victorian Town visitors are taken back in time to over one hundred years ago they can pay with pre decimal token coins listen to conversations between costume clad characters going about their daily business see how medicines and pills were prepared in the pharmacy or hear gruesome tales around the dentist s chair and in the doctor s surgery Museum The newest museum Enginuity is far removed in time but only a short dis tance from the Victorian lifestyle Ac commodated in a period restored facto ry hall the interactive design and tech nology centre provides information on today s technology Electricity genera tion robotics electronics vehicle tech nology and many more topics show where the industrial path has led from the early days of the lronbridge Gorge Q Further information on the Internet at www ironbridge org uk A 41 42 Corporate statement Independence Innovation Leadership and Sensor Intelligence SICK Board members Dr Robert Bauer and Anne Kathrin Deutrich spokesperson for the Executive Board Why does SICK make a corporate statement and what is its general aim We have not simply provided ourselves with a corpo rate statement but analysed the long history of our corporate culture and for mulated our identity and aims in this statement Whether independence in novation or leadership SICK has only been so successful during the last 50
96. years because these values have been active components of the corporate cul ture So the statement did not need to be invented but merely analysed supplemented by the long term aims of the company and succinctly formulat ed The intention is to harmonise em ployees and the environment with the company now and in the future Simul taneously of course it also serves as a confident positioning of SICK in the automation technology market What significance does the slogan Sensor Intelligence have in this context The slogan unmistak ably shows our customers what they can expect from us intelligent sen sors We are sensor specialists who employ new technologies in their inno vations come up with new solution possibilities become increasingly intel ligent through sensor technologies consistently extend the state of the art and thus display active leadership All this of course only works when like SICK one also has the necessary independence to act autonomously and exercise free will within the market So you see the technical content of our corporate statement and corporate cul ture are closely interwoven with one another Whether purchasers sys tem integrators or plant operators what does SICK s corporate statement offer customers Independence inno vation and leadership are values that play a major role for many customers Our corporate statement promises that customers can rely on

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