10 years' success in the Middle Kingdom - Sick

Single-source automation of three pallet
warehouses
SICK sensors dominate at
Hansen Transmissions
>> Hansen Transmissions produces
components and drives for wind-driven
power stations, among other things,
at the new factory in Lommel. Of decisive
importance in choosing SICK was
that Egemin, as system integrator for
the most varied of tasks, can always
offer the most suitable, technologically
high-quality sensor solutions from
a single source.
Detection and measurement
WL 27 series photoelectric reflex
switches detect pallets and transport
SICK insight 2/2004
SICK sensors in automatic pallet warehouse at Egemin in Belgium Applications 11
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Egemin, one of Belgium’s leading system integrators of automation and
safety technology, has equipped three new warehouses in Lommel for
machine and drive constructor Hansen Transmissions – entirely with
SICK sensors.
containers at a wide variety of points in
the material flow. Long range, simple
commissioning and reliable operation
characterise these devices. Elsewhere
in the warehouses and production area
it is important to reliably detect persons,
not pallets, to prevent the risk of
accidents. M 2000 multi-beam photoelectric
safety switch here meet all the
demands. Their particular advantage:
the machines to be protected are directly
accessible for maintenance work
or equipping purposes, for example.
The MLG automation light grid handles
Left: Equipped with SICK sensors by
Egemin: the new automated pallet
warehouse
Top: Safe maintenance work with
M 2000 multi-beam photoelectric safety
switch
measurement functions at Hansen
Transmissions. Checking for projections
and overheights, as well as inspecting
pallets for damage, are the
principal areas of use. As these tasks
were already known about when the
systems were ordered, the MLG units
could be pre-parameterised in advance
at SICK’s works and were therefore immediately
ready for use.
Identification and communication
Which pallet is where on the conveyor
system, and its intended destination, is
determined by CLV 410 and CLV 420 series
stationary bar code scanners. Compact
and easy to install, with a reading
distance of up to 400 mm and a rapid
frequency of 1.2 kHz, these are the right
devices in the right place. Finally, ISD data-transmission
photoelectric switches
handles online communication between
the storage and retrieval devices and
the appropriate aisle or plant control
systems at the three pallet warehouses.
Rapid installation of the ISD, with mechanical,
optical and electronic adjustment
aids, soon got storage and retrieval
devices ready for operation.
The all-round sensor package that
Egemin has assembled with SICK
products has proved to be an all-round
trouble-free package at Hansen Transmissions.
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You can obtain further product
information on the Internet at:
www.sick.de/insight/en
More about the customer:
www.egemin.com and
www.hansentransmissions.com