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Material Handling & Logistics industrial automation
IndustryMaterial Handling

Material Handling & Logistics

Modern distribution centres and intralogistics systems combine high-speed sortation, autonomous mobile robots, and dense racking systems in environments that never stop. Sensors must function through dust, vibration, and the electromagnetic noise generated by variable-speed drives — and they must be easy to replace during brief maintenance windows.

Long-Range DetectionAGV GuidanceSortation AccuracyIO-Link Diagnostics

Applications & Use Cases

Pantron ISM-8000 Pantron ISL-8000
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Pallet presence at warehouse dock doors

Pantron ISM-8000 long-range photoelectric systems detect loaded pallets at warehouse dock entry points, triggering dock leveller and restraint systems.

di-soric Distance Sensors di-soric Distance Sensors
02
Package dimensioning on sortation conveyor

di-soric laser distance sensors measure package height and width at the sorter infeed, providing dimensional data for chute assignment without mechanical contact.

Contrinex Ultrasonic Contrinex Ultrasonic
03
AGV obstacle detection and navigation

Contrinex ultrasonic sensors provide 360° short-range obstacle detection for autonomous mobile robots in aisle environments where airborne dust causes problems for optical sensors.

EGE Inductive Proximity EGE Inductive Proximity
04
Conveyor belt tracking and misalignment

EGE inductive proximity switches detect belt edge position on wide conveyor systems, triggering belt-tracking correction actuators before costly belt damage occurs.

Contrinex RFID Contrinex RFID
05
Carton barcode and RFID verification at merge points

Contrinex RFID read systems confirm carton identity at conveyor merge points, routing packages to the correct sortation lanes without line-of-sight constraints.

EGE Flow Rate Sensors EGE Flow Rate Sensors
06
Overhead conveyor chain tension monitoring

EGE flow rate sensors monitor hydraulic supply pressure to overhead conveyor chain tensioning systems, detecting chain stretch before it causes mistrack.

Murrelektronik I/O Systems Murrelektronik I/O Systems
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Fieldbus connectivity for conveyor distributed I/O

Murrelektronik I/O systems and fieldbus distributors connect distributed conveyor sensors and actuators via Profinet or EtherNet/IP, reducing cabinet wiring by up to 70%.

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