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From production line assistants to transparency providers in production processes and safety solutions in potentially explosive atmospheres—get to know our products and their wide range of possible uses. Our application reports give you insights into the high quality of our products.

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  • Water and Wastewater
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  • Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems
  • Robotics and Assembly
  • Mobile Equipment
  • Renewable Energy
  • Pharma and Life Sciences
  • Oil and Gas
  • Mining and Metals
  • Waste and Recycling
  • Conventional Energy
  • Aviation
  • Entrance Automation
  • Sensorik 4.0
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  • RFID and Optical Identification
  • Ultrasonic Sensors
  • Photoelectric Sensors
  • Positioning Systems
  • Vision Sensors
  • LiDAR Sensors
  • Rotary Encoders
  • Inclination and Acceleration Sensors
  • Signal Conditioners
  • Purge and Pressurization Systems
  • Remote I/O Systems
  • Wireless Sensors
  • Fieldbus Infrastructure
  • Intrinsic Safety Barriers
  • Fieldbus Infrastructure
  • Proximity Sensors
  • Level Measurement
  • Connection Technology
  • Industrial Ethernet
  • Tablets
  • Radar Sensors
  • IO-Link
  • Ethernet-APL
  • Displays and Signal Processing
  • Power Supplies
  • Smartphones
  • Ethernet-APL
  • Industrial PCs and Monitors (HMI)
  • Surge Protection Barriers
  • Terminal and Junction Boxes
  • Control Units and Control Stations
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WILSEN.valve mounted on hand lever valve in plant

Smart Position Feedback from Hand Lever Valves

The WILSEN.valve wireless IoT sensor solution wirelessly provides status data from hand lever valves.
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Loading of a ship in a harbor

Independence Through Better Warehousing

A large agricultural cooperative in South America markets produce from 30,000 farmers and offers temporary storage of raw, intermediate, and end products to sell when market prices rise.
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Various WILSEN IoT sensors utilized in intralogistics

Autonomous Sensor Unit for Automated Material Provision

Industrial-grade battery-operated IoT wireless sensors enable distance measurement, fill level monitoring, and various other detection tasks.
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Vibration Sensor Ensures Continuous Condition Monitoring for Indoor Crane Motors

Continuous Condition Monitoring for Indoor Crane Motors

Indoor cranes move heavy loads and therefore play a central role in production logistics in numerous industries. Read how Pepperl+Fuchs' VIM3 vibration sensor ensure their proper functioning as an essential prerequisite for smooth processes.
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Correct Orientation of Container Spreaders on Port Cranes

Correct Orientation of Container Spreaders on Port Cranes

In port facilites, the dynamic inclination value of crane spreaders must be reliably recorded. The F99 inertial measuring unit provides clear data regardless of its position and orientation—even in extreme weather conditions
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SmartRunner Matcher in ready-meal production

Ensuring Reliability in Ready-Meal Production

Plastic trays divided into several small compartments are often used when producing ready meals in the food industry. Read how the SmartRunner Matcher ensures correct filling of these compartments.
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SmartRunner Matcher skid bolt position monitoring

Reliable Profile Comparison on Skids

In automotive production, car bodies are transported through various stations on skids. Read how the SmartRunner Matcher laser profile sensor ensures reliable profile comparison on skids.
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SmartRunner Matcher laser profile sensor reliably ensures automatic detection of vibration damper

Automatic Detection of Vibration Dampers

The SmartRunner Matcher enables reliable detection of multiple objects with a single device, regardless of surface, color or contrast. Read how the laser profile sensors ensures automatic detection of vibration damper.
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Several tanks on company premises

More Transparency and System Availability

The extension of the digital communication with Ethernet-APL components significantly enhanced the availability of a recycling plant and the monitoring of the devices.
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Reliable Collision Protection for Automated Guided Vehicles

Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are increasingly shaping the landscape of production and warehouse logistics. Read how the SmartRunner Explorer 3-D vision sensor uses time-of-flight (ToF) technology to detect obstacles in the path of AGVs …
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Cable pull rotary encoder in mobile crane

Rugged Position Detection of Support Struts and Booms

Construction machinery such as mobile cranes and truck-mounted concrete pumps are secured with support struts during their operation. Read how the cable-pull rotary encoder ensures rugged position detection of support struts and booms …
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Identification and Positioning Data for Battery-Module Manufacturing with the VOS Sensor

Identification and Positioning Data for Battery-Module Manufacturing with the VOS Sensor

During the manufacturing of battery modules for electric vehicles, several prismatic battery cells are welded together. To do this, the cells must be positioned correctly. Read how the VOS sensor performs multiple tasks with precise detection …
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