Sensors & measurement technology - the winners!
Which products made it into the top 3 in the 'Sensors & measurement technology' category and were able to impress our readers? Here is an overview of the winners.
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Which products made it into the top 3 in the 'Sensors & measurement technology' category and were able to impress our readers? Here is an overview of the winners.
With effect from 6 April 2021, VMT Vision Machine Technic Bildverarbeitungssysteme (VMT) is integrating Espace 6D, a specialist in mobile three-dimensional measurement technology and the digitalization of industrial and robotic systems.

With the Wilsen.sonic.level, Pepperl+Fuchs presents an ultrasonic level sensor that can be used to determine filling heights and filling and level levels.
One of the 'magic formulas' in the Industrial Internet is 'continuous information flow'. However, the installed base of production cannot be 'converted' as easily as business software. Instead, the migration must integrate different components.
The process industries are confronted with very specific situations, so Ethernet is only gradually becoming the basic technology for a digital future here too. Ethernet-APL is one approach to this.
IO-Link and Single Pair Ethernet
Single Pair Ethernet enables the transmission of Ethernet data via just one pair of wires and therefore promises to connect sensors directly to Ethernet communication. In this respect, SPE is entering the traditional territory of the IO-Link standard.
With an intelligent combination of optical sensors, identification systems and modern, process-oriented cloud software, Kanban-controlled production and material flows are raised to a fully digital level.

Pepperl+Fuchs is expanding its portfolio for factory automation by acquiring the 'USi' safety ultrasonic sensor from Mayser, the 'world's only' ultrasonic sensor with safety certification in accordance with EN ISO 13849 Category 3 PL d, according to the company.
With the Tab-Ex Pro, the Pepperl+Fuchs brand Ecom Instruments is expanding the existing Tab-Ex series and thus the range of mobile devices for hazardous areas.

SPS Connect 11/24 - 10:20 - 10:40 a.m.
In his keynote speech, Dr. Gunther Kegel, Chairman of the Board/CEO at Pepperl+Fuchs, will address the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the digital transformation.