HEALTH & SAFETY
THE NANOSCAN3
SICK
SICK Conquers New Frontiers with World’s
Smallest Safety Laser Scanner
SICK has launched the world’s smallest
safety laser scanner, the nanoScan3,
designed for easy and economical
integration into the smallest of machine
designs, particularly for automated guided
vehicles, carts, mobile platforms and
service robots.
The ultra-compact SICK nanoScan3 is just
eight centimetres tall, so it can fit snugly
into the spaces in machines where safety
laser scanners could not previously have
been located. Packing in all of SICK’s latest
safety laser scanning technology advances,
the nanoScan3 enables the highest level
of responsiveness when safely adjusting a
machine’s speed and direction.
The SICK nanoScan3 features a full suite of
programmable features such as multiple,
dynamically adapting protective fields and
contour detection. With SICK’s innovative
safeHDDM® (High Definition Distance
Measurement) scanning and evaluation
technology onboard, the nanoScan3
promises maximum reliability with the
option of precise data output for use in
navigation, even under difficult conditions
such as bright lights, sparks, dust and dirt.
Measuring just 101 x 101 x 80 mm, the SICK
nanoScan3 is also suitable for integration
into stationary plant and infrastructure
for hazardous point, area and access
protection applications, as well offering
opportunities for retrofitting into contour- or
tape-guided mobile vehicles.
A range of safe communication options
over standard interfaces allows for easy
configuration and diagnostics to be
performed on the device or over the
network, with minimal cabling. The SICK
nanoScan3 is a Type 3 device (EN 61496-3)
and can be used in safety functions up to
SIL2 (EN 62061) and PLd (EN ISO 13849).
“The nanoScan3 is a safety designer’s
dream in miniature form, opening the field
for integrating safety laser scanners in
all types of small-space applications with
easy and economy,” comments Dr Martin
Kidman, SICK’s UK product manager for
machinery safety.
“The nanoScan3 Core and the nanoScan3
Pro models offer a range of features to
allow designers, integrators and end-users
to incorporate safety laser scanning into
existing equipment and systems, where
they would not previously have fitted, as
well as offering compact build possibilities
for new equipment design.”
The SICK nanoScan3 features a protective
field range of three metres, with a
scanning angle of 275°. The device offers
a choice of eight (Core) or up to 128
(Pro) freely-configurable fields, including
navigation data and contour-detection
fields. More than 100 events can be
stored and analysed, helping to optimise
the configuration and avoid unscheduled
machine downtime. LEDs and clear text
displays provide instant operational status
viewing from nearly any direction.
SICK’s Safety Designer software enables
step-by-step configuration, as well as
access to detailed diagnostic information.
When the SICK nanoScan3 is combined
with SICK’s FlexiSoft Safety Controller,
Safety Designer ensures only one
configuration and diagnostic tool is needed
for the control of safety laser scanners and
plant-wide safety systems.
SICK nanoScan3 connectivity includes
micro USB for local configuration and
diagnostics with an Ethernet interface for
central configuration and real-time precision
data evaluation, as well as storage of
configuration information for easy device
replacement. Safe local I/O options enable
easy and flexible integration with different
controls including HTL encoders.
For more information on the SICK range of
products, please contact Andrea Hornby on
01727 831121 or email andrea.hornby@sick.
co.uk.
For further information, please visit www.sick.com
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