SICK automation components

The German company SICK, founded in 1946, has more than 50 subsidiaries and equity investment companies as well as numerous agencies. SICK employs more than 9,000 people worldwide, with annual group revenue of nearly 15 hundred million euros. Main products: SICK sensors. From factory automation to logistics automation and process automation, SICK is a leading manufacturer in the sensor field. As a technology and market leader, SICK uses its sensors and industrial application solutions to create a foundation for safe and efficient process control, preventing personal accidents and avoiding environmental pollution.

SICK safety control solutions

The focus of intelligent machine design lies not only in improving production efficiency, but also in providing quality and safety. SICK sens: Control – safety control solutions meet these requirements. The product portfolio includes safety daisy-chaining, safety controllers, and safety relays. The product features easy commissioning, modularity, and integration into automation processes, enabling optimal human-machine interaction, and is therefore convincing.

SICK App Space

With the ecosystem SICK AppSpace, customer-specific requirements can be implemented flexibly and freely with customized sensor applications. This enables adjustable solutions in the field of industrial automation. The hardware consists of programmable devices. The software tools SICK AppStudio and SICK AppManager are used for developing and managing sensor applications. SICK AppSpace Developers Club provides support and promotes interaction.

SICK servo feedback encoders

In the past, three sensors were required to measure commutation, position, and speed; today, SICK servo feedback encoders integrate these functions into a single device. A unified mechanical interface enables high flexibility. It complies with electrical interface standards such as HIPERFACE® and HIPERFACE DSL®, and meets important requirements such as temperature resistance, high resolution, and multi-turn design. With SIL2 certification, it can execute machinery directives in accordance with EN ISO 13849 standards.

SICK photoelectric sensors

Intelligent sensors – thanks to advanced SIRIC® and LED technology, our sensors provide reliable service to customers even under significant interference conditions. The additional information provided by the sensors helps simplify modern production processes. Our comprehensive optical sensor solutions quickly and effectively solve numerous automation technology application problems for customers worldwide.

SICK optoelectronic protective devices

Optoelectronic protective devices are essential for achieving efficient production of machines and equipment. Compared with guardrails and safety doors, optoelectronic protective devices do not restrict personnel movement during operation and material transport, and ensure good visibility within the machine room. The diverse product range comprehensively meets your safety protection requirements for hazardous points, access routes, and danger zones. SICK proprietary interfaces (EFI) provide additional optimization of production processes.

SICK analysis solutions

SICK analyzer solutions propose forward-looking concepts for tasks in emission and process measurement. Typical application areas include emission and process measurement in power plants, waste-to-energy plants, cement plants, and the chemical industry.

SICK image solutions

Image solutions are suitable for automated inspection and measurement tasks. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional image cameras are suitable for many applications, such as measurement, positioning, inspection, and identification. Our image products are designed for industrial environments and have been carefully developed based on 60's many years of experience in the industrial sensor field.

SICK safety switches

Safety switches must be installed wherever human-machine safety is required. They can be used to protect movable physical guards, detect the position of hazardous movements, and implement safe stop functions. The product portfolio is divided into motorized and non-contact safety switches, safety locking devices, and safety command devices. Combined with safety control solutions, SICK offers ideal complete solutions from a single source.

SICK safety systems and safety solutions

For the safety protection of machines and facilities, SICK not only provides reliable safety components, but also offers solution-oriented services and certified, ready-to-install safety systems. During project implementation, experienced experts from SICK are trusted by facility operators, providing comprehensive and cost-effective safety solutions from a single source.

SICK proximity sensors

Proximity sensors identify different objects and media without contact. SICK sensors are optimally matched to various industrial applications and requirements. Advantages include long service life, robustness, high precision, and reliability. Technically, the products are categorized into magnetic proximity sensors, capacitive proximity sensors, and inductive proximity sensors. SICK sensors can intelligently and reliably solve specific and personalized automation tasks.

SICK identification sensors

They are widely used in automated production processes, such as packaging machinery, meeting high specifications for sensors. Typical applications include identifying print marks, recognizing labels, and identifying surfaces of different colors at high speeds. In addition, they can identify small objects or be used for precise item placement. SICK offers a wide product range, including color mark sensors, contrast sensors, color sensors, fluorescence sensors, and fork and line-light sensors, to solve various problems and tasks.

SICK Gas Analyzers

SICK offers a diverse range of gas analyzers based on different measurement principles. Using in-situ and extractive measurement technologies, SICK provides solutions for various equipment and complex measurement tasks.

SICK Fluid Sensors

Optimal monitoring of key process parameters is the most important foundation for improving efficiency and making full use of resources. Regardless of conditions such as pressure, temperature, level, or flow, SICK always provides the most diverse solutions for process control, warehousing, and the monitoring of liquids, gases, and bulk materials. SICK places great emphasis on providing reliable sensors that are minimally affected by environmental conditions, meeting your measurement needs for all measured variables.

SICK Flow Sensors

Greater safety and reduced maintenance are core requirements for product suppliers. Intelligent traffic environment detection sensors are a prerequisite for modern traffic management. Through precision measuring devices for visibility, wind speed, and over-height detection, SICK provides solutions for measuring these parameters.

SICK Measurement and Inspection Solutions

Laser measurement technology LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) provides solutions for a wide range of applications. The acquired two-dimensional or contour data can be processed either externally or internally. This technology is suitable for indoor and outdoor applications, such as collision protection at ports, traffic classification, building automation inspection, or navigation and positioning.

SICK Magnetic Cylinder Sensors

Innovative SICK cylinder sensors. Simple operation, analog output, excellent switching characteristics, suitability for use in the food and beverage industry, state-of-the-art IO-Link technology, or the use of various connectors for extensive mounting options—all demonstrate that SICK magnetic cylinder sensors are suitable for any application location and scenario.

SICK Dust Measurement Devices

SICK has set new standards in dust measurement technology: robust and low-maintenance measuring equipment for verifying and monitoring dust concentrations. All dust measurement devices are easy to integrate into existing applications—via direct installation and commissioning through user-friendly interfaces.

SICK System Solutions

To realize our system solutions for plant, logistics, and process automation, we use equipment with leading-edge technology. SICK services cover a broad scope, from concepts and consulting to implementation and after-sales on-site service. The high quality of SICK products and the motivation and professionalism of our employees guarantee our brand: providing outstanding solutions for challenging problems.

SICK Encoders and Tilt Sensors

Path, position, angle—when precise positioning is required in industrial automation, encoders are undoubtedly your optimal solution. They are also the preferred choice for measuring rotation and rotational speed, velocity, and acceleration. High-resolution optical systems and robust magnetic encoders complement each other well, enabling precise measurements in different applications. Rotary encoders are divided into incremental encoders and absolute value encoders. In linear measurement technology, we offer draw-wire encoders and linear encoders. Non-contact tilt sensors for detecting angles in one or two axes complete the product range.

SICK Automation Light Curtains

Two-dimensional monitoring or counting is a core task in automation. SICK automation light curtains can be applied in various solutions such as object, person, and vehicle identification, presence detection, and over-limit detection. The diversity of tasks means that no single measuring light curtain can handle all application needs. SICK offers a wide and varied selection of automation light curtains, including different monitoring heights, housing sizes, scanning ranges, and resolutions, while simplifying integration.

SICK Identification Solutions

Reliable automatic identification is the foundation of product tracking and counterfeit protection. SICK offers you three mainstream identification technologies in the industrial sector: one-dimensional barcode laser scanners, image-based code readers for reading one-dimensional and two-dimensional codes, and radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers. Built-in interfaces enable integration into all relevant industrial networks, while intelligent convenience features simplify commissioning and operation.

SICK Ultrasonic Gas Flow Meters

Through various ultrasonic gas flow meters, SICK provides solutions for the most diverse measurement tasks and industries. These different devices share one common feature: SICK advanced ultrasonic technology. These devices are used for metering transmission applications in the natural gas industry, determining volumetric flow in processes, monitoring exhaust emissions from industrial facilities, and flow measurement in tunnels, among others.

SICK Distance Sensors

One of the most important tasks in industrial production is measuring distance. However, application scenarios here are complex and varied, and no single sensor is universally applicable to all tasks. SICK provides a comprehensive and rich product range for measuring distance to suit a wide variety of measurement tasks. Optoelectronic and ultrasonic sensing technologies are the operating principles for distance measurement.

SICK line guidance sensor

Line guidance is a simple and cost-effective navigation method for automated guided vehicles (AGV) and mobile platforms. Sensors on the vehicle detect and track lines on the floor and provide deviation values to the vehicle control system. Depending on requirements, optical or magnetic line guidance sensors can be used.

SICK software products

SICK software products offer more than just integration into automation architectures; they extend sensor functionality through comprehensive analysis and evaluation of sensor data, configure control solutions, and optimize processes. This opens up new possibilities in application areas.

SICK integration products

SICK integration products enable easy connection and networking of different sensors at the field level, and can also transmit sensor data to the cloud. In this case, data related to Industry 4.0 is provided directly or after preprocessing to manage processes such as predictive maintenance, traceability, or quality management.