Sensors Features

Sensing solution streamlines banding machines for sustainable packaging

Sensing solution streamlines banding machines for sustainable packaging

Bandall, a family-owned sustainable bundling and banding solutions company based in Heemskerk, the Netherlands, faced the challenge of using different sensors for detecting various product formats for its customers. Implementing OMRON’s optical sensor and a digital fibre amplifier in its standalone banding machines has enabled the creation of a single solution for meeting various needs.

How to choose high-performance sensors for occupational safety equipment

How to choose high-performance sensors for occupational safety equipment

Employers have a duty of care to protect the health, safety and welfare of employees, so it is vitally important to keep workers’ occupational exposure to harmful gases within permissible limits. For businesses that handle hazardous vapours, failure to comply with this duty can have disastrous consequences, so trustworthy sensing technology is necessary to protect industrial health and safety.

Piping light to the heart of machines

Piping light to the heart of machines

In 1854, the celebrated Irish Physicist John Tyndall observed how light could be made to travel in an arcing stream of water. The discovery established the principle of ‘total internal reflection’, that light energy can be ‘piped’ to a destination, through a highly refractive material.

How capacitive sensors shine in industrial environments

How capacitive sensors shine in industrial environments

Capacitive displacement sensors are still deemed to be primarily suited to clean, dry environments. However, capacitive sensors can also achieve peak performance in harsh industrial applications, explains Glenn Wedgbrow, Business Development Manager at Micro-Epsilon UK.

What does the Autumn Budget mean for the manufacturing industry?

What does the Autumn Budget mean for the manufacturing industry?

On 17 November, UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the Autumn Budget, outlining the Government’s plans to tackle the energy crisis, boost innovation, and ensure business survival. As another year ends, let’s take a look at how this will affect the manufacturing industry.

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