Packaging & Logistics FEATURE
SICK’s Roller Sensor Bar ends conveyor headaches
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ICK has developed a versatile and easy to install Roller Sensor Bar to tackle common conveyor downtime headaches for operators in wide-ranging materials- handling, parcel-sorting or logistics hubs. The SICK Roller Sensor Bar has been perfected to deliver high sensing performance when detecting the leading edges of varied, fl at or irregularly-shaped packages on conveyors. Mounted between rollers or belted sections (see image above), the SICK Roller Sensor Bar’s fl exible concept dispenses with the need to pre- qualify and stock multiple sensor types. Quickly mounted using spring-loaded end caps, a pre-confi gured SICK Roller Sensor Bar is ready to start work without needing to be aligned. Whether mounted during conveyor manufacture or fi tted to an existing production line, the time taken to install and set up a Roller Sensor Bar is minimal.
“Conveyor jams are a common headache for all sorts of logistics and materials-handling environments. The Roller Sensor Bar eliminates the unplanned downtime caused when conventional sensor setups cause jamming, package build-ups or misdirects,” said David Hannaby, SICK’s UK Product Manager for Presence Detection. “Jams can happen when packages catch on sensing holes in the conveyor walls, or on the sensor themselves.”
The Roller Sensor Bar can also be configured without blind zones at the sides of the conveyor. Installation and alignment time is reduced, and there is no need to purchase extra mounting brackets or reflectors. SICK has made it quick and easy to customise the Roller Sensor Bar to detect a wide range of package shapes and sizes simultaneously,
in any orientation and even when they have irregular or thin leading edges. It can therefore quickly be adapted for a broad range of detection needs, from non-transparent poly bags and jiffy packs through to totes or pallets. Users specify the sensor bar length ranging from 200mm to 1.2m, then set between two and eight sensing points spaced 50mm to 200mm apart. As a result, they achieve alignment precision and avoid detection blind zones. Positioned to detect from below, the SICK Roller Sensor Bar has excellent ambient light immunity so false trips and triggers (e.g., by reflections from high visibility clothing) are avoided.
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SICK (UK) Ltd
www.sick.co.uk
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