News 2008

Inclination Sensor with Approval for Use in Public Highway Traffic Applications

In Europe, industrial sensors that are installed in vehicles require the approval of the Federal Motor Vehicle Authority. The F99 inclination sensors from Pepperl+Fuchs received the e1 type approval in November 2008.

Simply safer: AS-Interface Safety Switches and Enabling Switches

These mechanical locking devices have LEDs for AS-Interface and fault conditions as well as separate actuators. With a width of just 40 mm they are perfectly adapted to current door profiles. The robust, rotating head in hardened steel guarantees flexibility and long life.

“Best Product Award 2008”: And the Winner is …

Readers of the magazine A&D (Automation & Drives) have decided: The Best Product Award 2008 goes to VMT Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbH for their innovations in image processing. The choice was made from all the products presented during 2008 in the image processing and ident technology category.

Universal Vision Sensors from Pepperl+Fuchs

Pepperl+Fuchs introduces VOS300 Series Vision Sensors. The multi-purpose VOS300 series combines a camera, illumination, digital outputs, process data and five powerful evaluation methods into a single, rugged sensor housing...

Greater Flexibility for RFID Identification Systems in all Frequency Ranges

In many industrial applications, RFID Systems must be small and adaptable. The new IDENTControl Compact interface unit from Pepperl+Fuchs is both! It supports all RFID tags with 125 kHz, 250kHz, 13.56 MHz, 868 MHz and 2.45GHz frequencies, and can be mounted to suit the application...

New Color Sensor Offers Unrivaled Performance

Pepperl+Fuchs introduces the new VCS210 Color Sensor. This powerful new addition to the Pepperl+Fuchs color sensor family enables users to program, evaluate, process, and display up to 255 distinct colors...

New White Papers Now Available

Visit our Literature section and click on the link 'Factory Automation White Papers' to locate a comprehensive selection of technical briefs...

F12 Series Ultrasonic Sensors Fit into Tight Spaces

Our F12 Series ultrasonic sensors offer simple pushbutton programmability, and feature user-selectable beam widths to provide reliable detection over a wide or narrow area...

Miniature Photoelectric Sensors for Perfect Printed Circuit Boards Detection – Series ML8

Printed circuit boards are inherent in the majority of machines and products people use every day. From household appliances to consumer electronics and even the cars we drive; electronic systems are used. These systems include one or more printed circuit boards...

Pepperl+Fuchs Invites You to The SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2008 in Nuremberg

November 25, 26, and 27, 2008 the theme of ‘Automation Technology’ comes into focus once again at the exhibition event. A brief overview of our Factory Automation products awaits you.

We invite you to visit our stand in Nuremberg – Stand 210, Hall 7A.

New Sensors Built to Overcome Mobile Equipment Sensing Challenges

Our new line of mobile equipment sensors are specifically engineered to overcome the environmental challenges common to truck, bus, crane, lawn mowing, forklift and other mobile equipment applications...

Interview with Dr. Peter Adolphs: Industrial Image Processing with System

Since the acquisition of VMT Pepperl+Fuchs offers a full range of image processing solutions for factory automation – from vision sensors to high-end systems. According to Dr. Peter Adolphs, Managing Director of the Factory Automation Division of Pepperl+Fuchs, the company will be able to take up a position as one of the few worldwide suppliers satisfying the various requirements for...

Vision Sensors – Sensing in Three Dimensions

The invention of the inductive proximity switch 50 years ago had a decisive impact on automation technology. Today our Vision Sensors extend those capabilites and meet the demands of advanced applications with hardware and software that is reliable, easy-to-use and an economic solution for many automation applications...

The New Vision Sensors in the Series VOS300

The VOS300 Series Vision Sensors close the gap between standard photoelectric sensors and expensive vision systems by employing a powerful and flexible solution...

MOTEK 2008 - Just Begun and Already Almost Past

Visit us until 25th September 2008 in Hall 6, Stand 6301, at the new exhibition in Stuttgart. Our staff will be happy to inform you of the new products available from Pepperl+Fuchs.