SICK Sensor Intelligence
Industrial automation is changing at an extremely rapid pace. As an innovation
leader on the vanguard of developing cutting-edge sensor technology, SICK offers
solutions today that are ready for the challenges of the future – with intelligent
sensors that collect data, evaluate it in real time, adapt to their environment, and
communicate in the network.
“Sensor Intelligence.”: A Tailored Solution
With all our solutions, we bear the individual
requirements of your processes in mind. “Sensor
Intelligence.” draws on all of SICK’s system
expertise, supplemented by our experience in
a variety of sectors. We combine our detailed
application knowledge with reliable software
architecture to optimally integrate our sensors
into your system – because intelligent is the only
way.
“Sensor Intelligence.” refers to the ability of
our sensors to use decentralized computing
power to complete tasks more reliably, more
comprehensively, or more efficiently, for example.
To achieve this, we take the intelligence required
to perform these tasks from the central control
system, and place it in our sensors.
Intelligent sensors benefit from the availability
of ever-smaller, ever-cheaper microcontrollers.
These controllers enable our sensors to process
increasing volumes of data directly, using ever
more complex algorithms. And this technology
helps you to optimize your production and control
networks.
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“Sensor Intelligence.” to Organize the Factory of
the Future
Networked production and control processes in
complex machine environments will determine
the industrial future. Our smart sensor solutions
already support dynamic, real-time-optimized, and
self-organized industry processes... Our sensors
record real operational statuses, turn these into
digital data, and share them automatically with
your process controller.
The degree of digitization, intelligence, and
networking is set to increase continually in
production and logistics systems, until these
systems can eventually control and optimize
themselves autonomously. The cyber-physical
production systems in the smart factories of
the future will organize themselves, using huge
amounts of up-to-date information to make
independent decisions. This information is
provided by our sensors.
With “Sensor Intelligence.”, we are making Industry
4.0 a reality – and we are doing it today.