One of the smallest and lightest safety-rated laser scanners on the market
Friday, February 03, 2012
Minneapolis, Minn. – SICK (www.sickusa.com), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, today announced the launch of the new S300 Mini Safety Laser Scanner. It is one of the smallest and lightest safety-rated laser scanners on the market, and offers a unique set of functional capabilities to help solve the most challenging safety applications. The S300 mini provides safeguarding for hazardous area protection, hazardous point protection and access protection.
In addition to its compact size and reduced weight, the S300 Mini has a 2 meter safety field range, a scanning angle of 270 degrees and up to 16 switchable field sets, and has an extremely low power consumption rating. The S300 Mini’s small footprint means it can be mounted in space constrained areas and is easier and less expense to install. In addition to the benefits associated with the scanner’s small size, its lightweight construction and minimal power consumption are ideal for the mobile vehicle market.
The S300 Mini comes in two variants - the S300 Mini Standard and the S300 Mini Remote, providing flexibility for users to select the scanner with the most appropriate features for the application.
Both variants have common features, such as a 2 m safety range, 270 degree scanning angle, triple field sets (2 warning, 1 safety), M12 connector, 80 ms response time and EDM (external device monitoring). The difference between the S300 Mini Standard and S300 Mini Remote is the number of field sets, the S300 Mini Standard has one and the S300 Remote can be configured for up to 16 field sets.
The S300 Mini Standard is a stand alone, one field set device. It is a good low-cost option for both simple mobile and stationary applications where multiple field switching is not required. The S300 Mini Remote requires the use of a Flexi Soft safety controller. The combination of the S300 Mini Remote and Flexi Soft create a powerful solution for mobile and stationary applications by providing the ability to not only do traditional safety laser scanner personnel protection, but also perform safety control logic for an entire machine.
About SICK
SICK is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems and automatic identification products for industrial applications. With nearly 450 patents, SICK continues to lead the industry in new product innovations. The diversity of its product line allows SICK to offer solutions at every phase of production in the logistics, automotive, packaging, electronics, food and beverage, and material handling markets. SICK was founded in 1946 and has operations or representation in 65 countries worldwide.
www.sickusa.com
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For more information please contact:
Tracie Manor
952-829-4728
tracie.manor@sick.com
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