Water is everywhere, in most things living and not, and the amount of this precious resource is always important. 

Ingress Protection (IP) ratings, developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), are a standardized measure for manufacturers to specify and understand the level of protection that an enclosure offers against the intrusion of solid objects and liquids.

With more and more consumers setting their sights on ‘Drive Electric,’ manufacturers must prepare themselves for alternative solutions to combustion engines. 

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a critical metric for measuring the efficiency of manufacturing operations. 

Detecting metallic (ferrous) objects is a common application in many industries, including manufacturing, automotive, and aerospace.

By now we’ve all heard of IO-Link, the device-level communication protocol that seems magical. 

Standard industrial sensors can solve a lot of automation challenges. Photoelectric, capacitive, and inductive technologies detect presence, distances, shapes, colors, thicknesses, and more. 

The requirement for miniature optical sensors to meet the demands of medical and semiconductor automation equipment often exceeds the capabilities of standard self-contained optical sensors.

A guided changeover system can drastically reduce the errors involved with machine operation, especially when added to machines using fully automated changeovers.

Embedded vision is a rapidly growing field that combines computer vision and embedded systems with cameras or other imaging sensors, enabling devices to interpret and understand the visual world around them – as humans do.