For the Royal International Miss 2020 Pageant, plans were in the making for several months and in spite of the COVID-19 virus, the state OK’d the … [Read More...]
FAQs
What does sensing above and sensing below look like?
This question certainly raises another, why do I need both? The answer to these questions starts with the goal of conserving water. The smart use … [Read More...]
Industry News
SICK to launch SICK AppStudio
Easily create individual SensorApps on your own–without programming skills– to solve new automation tasks. Starting at the end of the year, this will all be possible in the SICK AppStudio, part of the … [Read More...]
Students compete in second annual TiM$10K Challenge
For the second year, SICK, Inc. invited students from universities around the country to participate in the TiM$10K Challenge. The challenge started in 2018 to support innovation and student … [Read More...]
SICK adds light curtain line to U.S. production facility
As a sensor supplier for major manufacturers throughout the United States, SICK, Inc. has local United States production capabilities that enable it to better serve its customers to keep the supply … [Read More...]
TE Connectivity and affiliates donate $1 million to fight COVID-19
TE Connectivity, a world leader in connectivity and sensors, and the TE Connectivity Foundation, a private charitable foundation funded entirely by TE, have donated more than $1 million to … [Read More...]
Bringing smart logistics to life at MODEX 2020
Flexibility in production and logistics is possible by implementing smart manufacturing and industry 4.0 solutions, reliable safety sensors for human-robot collaboration, and accurate track and trace … [Read More...]
Winners announced in Switches & Sensors category for the 2019 LEAP Awards
Winners in the second annual LEAP Awards, celebrating the best components and services across the mechanical and electrical engineering design space, were unveiled on November 5, 2019. Across 13 … [Read More...]
TE Connectivity completes acquisition of Silicon Microstructures Inc.
Measurement Specialties Inc., a subsidiary of TE Connectivity Ltd., completed the previously announced acquisition of Silicon Microstructures Inc. from Elmos Semiconductor AG on September 30. SMI’s … [Read More...]
Heilind Electronics adds SSI Technologies to Amphenol sensor portfolio
Heilind Electronics has partnered with SSI Technologies (an Amphenol Company) to bring its customers a broad range of industry-leading automotive and heavy equipment sensor solutions. As an … [Read More...]
Capacitive proximity sensors with potentiometer adjustment from AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect’s line of sensors now includes capacitive proximity sensors with potentiometer adjustment for sensitivity. Capacitive proximity sensors allow sensing of metal and non-metal objects … [Read More...]
Alliance Sensors Group, Component Distributors partner on linear position sensors
H. G. Schaevitz LLC dba Alliance Sensors Group has announced a partnership with Denver-based Component Distributors Inc. to distribute its line of LVIT and LVDT linear position sensors and their … [Read More...]
TE Connectivity to acquire First Sensor AG
TE Connectivity Sensors Germany Holding AG of TE Connectivity Ltd. Will purchase First Sensor AG, a provider of sensing solutions based in Germany. TE Holding, TE, and First Sensor have also entered … [Read More...]
Pepperl+Fuchs announces portfolio expansion
The new F199 from Pepperl+Fuchs is optimized for high-accuracy inclination measurement. Like other inclination sensors, the F199 provides measurement feedback of the angle tilt of machines or machine … [Read More...]
New ultrasonic sensor from Pepperl+Fuchs
Pepperl+Fuchs introduces the new UCC*-50GK series ultrasonic sensor. Only two sensor versions are required for covering a range of applications. Intended for distance measurement, the UCC*-50GK uses … [Read More...]
Micro-Epsilon confocalDT IFS2407-0.1 sensor for maximum precision
The new Micro-Epsilon confocalDT IFS2407-0.1 sensor opens up new fields of application in precision, confocal displacement and thickness measurements. Resolutions up to 3 nm enable this compact sensor … [Read More...]
Rugged sensors for small-scale process technology
Balluff is expanding their range of sensors for media-contacting temperature detection, in hydraulic power units for example. New is a temperature sensor with display, a temperature transmitter as … [Read More...]
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