Sensors for digital transformation

140ACO03000 By building the Industrial 4.0 pilot demonstration Factory – SICK I4.0 NOW Factory, the members of the delegation saw smart sensors as the “eyes” and “ears” of data collection, as well as the brain and heart of high-end manufacturing, process control, and networked operation. The key supporting role in the wave of Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing. According to SICK staff, in fact, SICK’s smart sensors and related solutions, in addition to quality control, automatic identification, asset maintenance and other fields, also play a key role in real-time positioning, energy monitoring, artificial intelligence and deep learning and many other fields, bringing new value to digital transformation.

◉ Instant Location: Intelligent logistics is an important part of intelligent manufacturing. However, under traditional logistics management, it is often not clear which trailer the raw materials are on, where they are in the warehouse, whether they have been loaded, whether they are already in transit, or whether they have arrived at their destination. As a result, SlCK provides an integrated, real-time location solution to help eliminate grey areas in the supply chain and close information gaps by always knowing the location of identified objects, avoiding production line delays caused by material loss.

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SICK Instant Location Solution (Photo source: SICK internal data)

◉ Energy monitoring: SICK offers sensor products such as flow sensors, pressure sensors and air pressure sensors to monitor the energy consumption of energy-consuming equipment such as air compressors, so that production is as energy efficient and sustainable as possible.

◉ Artificial intelligence and machine Learning: With artificial intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning technology, it is continuing to help enterprises to improve their competitiveness in the new round of industrial cycle and radiate new vitality. SICK is also working to integrate artificial intelligence and deep learning into its sensor products. SICK provides its customers with AI hardware and software to unlock the full potential of smart sensors and the true power of automation.

140ACO03000 SICK’s inspector83x 2D vision sensor, for example, relies on advanced AI technology to enable non-expert users to quickly and easily configure the sensor for visual applications such as quality inspection, defect detection and sorting by simply teaching by example.