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Sensor Solutions for the Wood Industry
Sick offers you sensors, scanners, switches, cameras and much more for your business
Transport
Transport and scrap wood disposal
Saw line
Log sorting
Veneer peeling
Sorting & stacking line
Planer and
cross cut saw
Panel dividing saws, edge-banding
machine, machining center
Storage and conveying technology, packaging
and conveying technology

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Achieving More With
Intelligent Sensors
Product identification
Pallet tracking
reliably rule out risks to employees from
hazardous machines.
In the logistics automation segment,
Sick offers solutions for the automatic
identification of bar codes and 2-D codes,
as well as for the identification of objects in
logistical systems through the use of RFID
systems. This application segment also includes
the detection of height, shape and
volume with laser measurement systems,
that can be calibrated if necessary.
Barcode reading
As a leading developer and manufacturer
of intelligent sensor technology worldwide,
Sick plays a major role in enhancing
process optimization throughout the industrial
arena. On both a large and small scale,
their sensor solutions contribute to making
all production steps safer, quicker and more
cost-effective. Risks and sources of error
are systematically eliminated, and individual
production steps or complete processes
are accelerated significantly.
With their extensive automation expertise,
they are able to provide reliable
solutions for all phases of the production
process. The manufacturer looks for areas
to create efficiency, down to the smallest
detail – enabling the highest possible productivity
levels.
Track & trace - data management & identification
Factory automation includes products
and solutions for automation and safety
technology. The control of production
processes and quality assurance are the
most important areas of use of the noncontact
sensors for automation technology.
Sick sensors ensure maximum efficiency
in almost all sectors. The open standard
IO Link for the fieldbus-neutral pointto-point
dialogue between sensors and
controllers, initiated by the company and
supported by numerous sensor producers,
underlines the company’s technological
leadership.
The products, complete solutions and
services of the Industrial Safety Systems
Division ensure effective accident prevention
and personal protection in order to
In process automation, Sick is the
brand name for components and complete
system solutions for gas analyses,
dust measurement technology, throughflow
measurement, water and liquid analyses
and filling level measurement technology.
Whether planning, engineering,
production or quality assurance – a variety
of measurement principles from a single
source are combined to create total turnkey
concepts for a number of measurement
tasks in analysis and process measurement
technology to ensure that the
measurement technology matches the
production plant.
With openness toward more
quality of life
Thus, sensor technology is open to all
worlds – that also applies to automation
technology for interface variants, fieldbus
connections, and communications proto-
The activities of the German company
focuses on sensors and sensor solutions
for industrial applications. The company,
founded in 1946 and with more than 40 international
and national subsidiaries, numerous
representatives and several participations,
is a technology and market
leader in factory, logistics and process automation.
Sick employs 5,800 employees.
Path measurement
Package ejector
Board detection
Flexible automation - presence detection & measurement
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cols. The areas of use are myriad: without
sensors, the fridge would remain empty,
as there would be no bottling of beverages
or packaging of food, and none of the
items would reach the supermarket. Only
the openness of sensor technology to be
able to communicate with any machine
and to recognize any barcode makes the
everyday lives easier.
Safe control solution
Hazardous area protection
Cars, furniture, clothing, prefabricated
houses – barely any product can be manufactured
economically without refined automation.
No matter whether the issue is
initial installation or retrofitting – the decisive
point is just how much easier a photoelectric
switch or scanner makes life for
the site engineer or for service personnel.
In this context, it is sensor intelligence that
facilitates things – e.g. through cyclical
monitoring of functions, parameter memories
in the connecting plug, uniform installation
technology, simple user interfaces
– and through openness to systems, as
the sensor is capable of working with any
machine control.
Sick provides technology to respond
to the tasks involved in industrial automation:
measuring, detecting, monitoring
and controlling, protecting, networking
and integrating, identifying, positioning.
The development and industry experts
continually create innovations to
solve these tasks.
Enabling and safe locking
saw mill, engineered wood, veneer and
furniture industries. Sick offers a variety
of products and complete system solutions,
which lead to optimized production
results:
For log sorting by height measuring,
diameter detection and 3-D log measurement,
for cant measurement, board detection
and cant detection in saw lines,
for lumber sorting, distance measurement
and fine positioning in storage and conveying
technology up to technology for
transport and scrap wood disposal.
Distance measurement
Quality determination
Access protection
Safety - access guarding & area guarding
Volume determination
Transport and scrap wood disposal
Innovative solutions for the wood
industry
The demands on the wood industry
are diverse and sophisticated. Fast, safe
and efficient production processes are indispensable
for high productivity in the
Log measurement
³ ³ Flexible Automation: Reliable detection
with all types of sensors for tasks
such as leading edge detection, profile
detection, double detection, empty
detection, level detection, etc. support
stable and efficient processes
and boost performance. Maximum
Wane measurement
Quality control - inspection & verification
throughput depends on the perfect
tuning of all sensor tasks in the process
– and Sick provides optimum solutions
for all of these.
³ ³ Safety: Flexible processes and the interaction
between man and machine present
special challenges for safety technology
in the wood industry. SICK offers
the widest portfolio of safety solutions:
marked by a high degree of integration
in its controls and accompanied
by an extensive range of services that
includes consulting, commissioning,
training and additional education.
³ ³ Quality Control: Displacement sensors
for precise measurement of components,
vision sensors to identify components
and 3-D vision systems for highend
testing. This ensures that the high
quality level demanded is achieved.
³ ³ Track & Trace: With IDpro stationary
code reading and systems, bar code
scanners, hand-held scanners and RFID
interrogators with transponders, Sick
offers a complete portfolio for your
identification needs.
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