| SOLID-4E Self-Monitoring Safety Light Curtains |
SOLID, means reliable, sturdy, durable and well-built. The new SOLID-4E self-monitoring safety light curtains from Leuze lumiflex could not be described more accurately. Application-oriented resolution and functions variants enable cost- effective safety technology of the highest level.
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| Yesterday's vision – today's standard |
Rising pressure to compete and increasingly shorter production cycles demand efficient and at the same time flexible production systems. These requirements also apply to safety sensors for legally-specified people protection, which is why the Leuze ROTOSCAN RS4 Safety Laser Scanner, the flexible multi-talent for people protection, is indispensable in today's applications. This is also demonstrated by current further developments.
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| Use of sensors in packaging technology |
For some years increasing pricing and cost pressures have been making themselves felt in the automation industry. Designers have to respond to this as early as in the development phase of new equipment, as well as when they are modifying existing systems, if they are to be able to count on remaining competitive.
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| Leuze lumiflex gives Peugeot shine with safety |
Based in Bietigheim / Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg, the company Dürr Systems GmbH Lackiertechnik [Dürr Systems Paint Technology Co. Ltd.] set up a number of assembly lines for the spray-painting of car bodies at the Peugeot works in Mulhouse, France.
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| Are you still housing, or are you living already? - High safety standards for IKEA employees |
The new central warehouse of the Swedish furniture giant IKEA in Dortmund exceeds all bounds. It is as big as 25 football fields and has room to store more than 40,000 Klippan sofas.
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| Intelligent MSI safety interface from Leuze lumiflex closes the gap between EMERGENCY STOP relays and safety PLC technology |
Not just in Europe but internationally as well, the introduction of the European Machine Directive has had a significant effect on the safety standards to which manufacturing plant has to conform.
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| Optical safety sensors on the bus |
In view of the flexibility they offer, optoelectronic protective devices like light grids and laser scanners are being used with increasing frequency in production plants where danger zones need to be protected while allowing free access. Because of their versatility they are often a cost-effective alternative to mechanical protective equipment.
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| For Blech InForm editor, Frau Weinzierl: |
What technical trends have been seen in the field of pipe and profile processing over the last ten years or so?
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| Safe logistics at VELTINS thanks to Leuze lumiflex |
Two warehouse systems dating from the years 1978 and 1986 respectively have been fully modernised in terms of the logistics and the safety aspects, with the help of the product specialists from Leuze lumiflex.
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| Safety sensors in automation - article II |
Competitive advantage, higher productivity and flexibility in relation to item quantity – these are key requirements today for the mechanical engineering and processing industries. Dreams of the automated factory running without human agency have long been abandoned.
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| Safety sensors for automation - article I |
Pressure of mounting costs, higher productivity demand and flexibility in terms of item quantities - these are the key factors today for the mechanical engineering and material processing industries.
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| Efficient paths to automation |
In consequence of globalisation, increasing price squeezes and costing pressures have been making themselves felt in the automation industry for years. Designers have to take these pressures into account even in the development phase of new systems, as well as in the modification of existing ones, if they are to remain internationally competitive.
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Flexible Work Protection with Safety Laser Scanners
ROTOSCAN RS4-4E |
With rising competitive pressure and everincreasingly shorter production cycles, the demand for flexible, quickly upgradeable and reusable production systems and equipment continues to gather momentum.
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