SICK has announced the launch of its next-generation OD2000 distance sensor, which is said to combine ‘high-precision reliability’ with ‘outstanding economy’ to deliver an ‘all-rounder’ for packaging machinery and production.
The stand-alone and compact product, which has IO-Link as standard, has been developed to provide a ‘universal product family with minimal variants’, SICK explained, while making configuration and parameterisation ‘plug and play’.
With a measuring range up to 1,200mm, and a measuring frequency of up to 7.5 kHz, the OD2000 will offer a solution for positioning and quality control tasks in packaging machinery, including robotics.
“With the OD2000, SICK has introduced a brand new displacement measurement family that can be relied on by production teams to assure precision performance and consistent process quality, whatever the application,” said David Hannaby, SICK’s UK product manager for presence detection. “The universal concept will help to minimise inventories and ensure efficient ordering and delivery.
“The OD2000 is mounted in an instant and set up is completed in next to no time. Machine builders will particularly welcome the OD2000’s integration flexibility and communications versatility.”
