Sensors & transducers
DESIGNING INDUSTRIAL SENSING SYSTEMS FOR
THE FUTURE In the fast-paced world of industrial technology, staying ahead of the curve is essential. Futureproofing your equipment can help to ensure your operations remain up to date, but how do you achieve this? Here, Ross Turnbull,
director of business development and product engineering at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, explains how an ASIC can enable futureproofed design.
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hanks to increased digitalisation and evolving customer demands, the manufacturing industry has undergone significant changes in the last few years. But keeping up with such a rapid pace of change is not easy, especially within the industrial setting. Industrial
equipment is typically expected to offer a long
service lifetime, retaining functionality and efficiency throughout. And high upfront costs of new machinery mean that frequent replacement is not viable. Neither is the disruption that would be caused to production processes by removing or installing new equipment.
So how can you ensure machinery will continue to offer high performance for years to come, particularly when it’s not something that is simple to upgrade or replace?
EXPLORING INDUSTRIAL SENSORS To understand how we can futureproof industrial systems, we will need to explore these devices in a bit more detail. Automation technologies, often found in today’s manufacturing plants, will typically rely on a variety of sensors to ensure smooth operation. Assembly robots and pick- and-place machinery, for example, will use position sensors to ensure accurate movement. Quality assurance processes often feature optical sensors to carry out automated visual inspections. These sensors are crucial in providing the necessary sensing and feedback information for machinery to work as intended. To help improve the quality of these sensors and the data they can collect, we can take a closer look at the sensor interface. This is the bridge between the sensing element and the
August 2024 Instrumentation Monthly
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