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Flexi Soft Designer: New tutorial videos available
The strength of the Flexi Soft Designer configuration tool is that it enables users to create easy and straightforward configurations for the Flexi Soft safety controller. Only three steps are needed...
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Continental: Hazardous area protection for tire curing presses
A flexible system for hazardous area protection on tire curing presses ensures optimum safety, efficiency, and ergonomics for the tire manufacturer Continental. As part of an international project,...
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Six steps to a safe machine: New edition of the Guide for Safe Machinery
The Guide for Safe Machinery from SICK is a practically orientated reference book for manufacturers, designers, system engineers and operating organizations responsible for machine safety. The new...
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Parking in the future: Intelligent sensors control autonomous parking robot
Drivers are familiar with winding around annoying curves in the parking garage until finally sighting an open spot. If the driver has a plane or train to catch, this can be especially unpleasant. This...
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Mobile robot tests dishwashers in continuous operation
Open the door, load the dirty dishes, add detergent, and restart the cycle: dishwashers have to complete hundreds of challenging test cycles before they can be relied upon to perform in day-to-day...
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Carton magazine: Making rigid housings a thing of the past
Requirements for protecting machinery have changed more and more with the increasing use of automation. In the past, protective devices in the work process were something of a nuisance; for this...
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The simple, safe way to increase productivity
Thanks to the PSDI (Presence Sensing Device Initiation) function in the Flexi Soft safety controller, it is possible to control the press cycle in manual insertion presses using a type 4 safety light...
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Customized solutions for flexible production
Flexibility and productivity are major trends in the field of industrial automation. However, increasing one needn’t mean decreasing the other. There are already some initial approaches, such as...
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Safety without the need for protective fences
With the help of safety laser scanners from the microScan3 product family as well as a Flexi Soft safety controller, DESMA guarantees the safe operation of a robot on an injection molding machine. The...
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Thinking ahead intelligently
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated guided vehicle systems (AGVSs) play a major role in increasing the flexibility of production and logistics processes. Used individually or in groups,...
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