The Hawk OptioLaser S200 distance/level sensor can be used for blocked chute detection, barrier detection, machine detection, stockpile monitoring and point level measurement.
While fixed-location, on-line near-IR moisture sensors have been used for some time in several industries, a portable device lets you make spot checks in processes to see where problems are occurring.
Based on the calorimetric measurement principle, Baumer FlexFlow flow and temperature sensors have IO-Link and either 2 switching outputs or 1 switching and 1 analog output, plus a stainless steel housing with integrated electronics and an evaluation unit.
Kevin Fitzgerald, a global solutions architect and Schneider Electric Fellow and representative of OPAF, answers questions on IIoT and the OPAF’s role in IIoT technologies.
The future of US manufacturing was the center of discussion at Forcam's Smart Factory Symposium hosted at the Digital Manufacturing Design Innovation Institute in Chicago.