Vision 2024: SICK presents portfolio of varied and smart options

At Vision 2024, held from October 8-10, 2024, in Stuttgart, SICK (Hall 10, Booth D41) showcased its complete range of 2D and 3D vision sensors, along with intelligent camera systems for quality control and robot guidance. Highlights include the new Ranger3 high-speed 3D camera with color function, 3D cameras from the Ruler3000 family, and Visionary-T Mini 3D ToF snapshot sensors. Many of these are ready-to-use systems featuring hardware-specific solutions from SICK.

3D image processing, especially high-speed, and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming essential tools for advanced automation. Easy setup, operation, and evaluation, even for those with little experience, are critical for maximizing these technologies. They enhance product and process quality, improving machine and robot performance. Sven Sattler, Team Leader at SICK Vertriebs-GmbH, explains that this leads to greater efficiency, flexibility, reduced downtimes, and optimized resource usage for both novice and expert users. The portfolio presented at VISION 2024 addresses these needs directly.

Ranger3: outstanding high-speed performance in color and 3D

The Ranger3 High-Speed Color is the latest variant of the successful Ranger product family of 3D cameras from SICK. Developed for production environments with high throughputs, the streaming camera features an optional 2.5 Gbit/s network interface, 3D profiles at up to 69 kHz, 2D line scans in 5120-pixel RGB color and grayscale, and 3D, reflection and scattered light measurement data all from one device. Responsible for the exceptional image quality is a CMOS sensor with ROCC (Rapid On-Chip Calculation) technology from SICK that is distinguished by its outstanding 3D performance. The camera determines the true 3D shape of an object regardless of its contrast or color, thereby helping ensure the higher quality of many products. The next generation Ranger3 enables even higher speed and RGB high-resolution line scan functionality. A standardized, Gigabit Ethernet Vision-compliant communication interface is available for data transmission.

Ruler3000: 3D streaming camera in a modular industrial design for diverse applications

With its new compact Ruler3002, 3004 and 3010 cameras, SICK is presenting at Vision 2024 high-resolution 3D streaming cameras for demanding image processing applications in the industrial and electronics sectors. Thanks to their fine height resolution in the micrometer range, they extend the possibilities of the Ruler3000 product family by enabling even the smallest details to be captured, as required when inspecting electronics and consumer goods assemblies, printed circuit boards and semiconductors. Thanks to ROCC (Rapid On-Chip Calculation) technology, the 3D sensors can capture object details even at high speeds, which enables inspection tasks to be performed on objects in a time-saving manner, measured values to be made available for process control, and throughputs to be increased accordingly. Further highlights of the new factory-calibrated generation of 3D cameras are their compliance with the GigE Vision and GenICam image processing standards, which enable them to be inexpensively and easily integrated into systems and machines, and their ease of commissioning and high level of user-friendliness.

Visionary-T Mini: cost-effective 3D machine vision in a compact format 

The compact Visionary-T Mini 3D snapshot cameras from SICK are setting standards for 3D vision sensors of their kind in regard to design, data quality and cost effectiveness. Furthermore, with their excellent data quality they are meeting the essential requirements of industrial 3D machine vision. The advanced 3D time-of-flight technology delivers precise depth and intensity data for each pixel – even with strong light-dark contrasts and a wide snapshot capture area. Thanks to the very short image capture time, the Visionary-T Mini delivers extremely precise data even for moving objects. A clearly structured configuration software makes it easy to parameterize the device and flexibly adapt the data to the specific application. Freight measurement for storage space optimization, position monitoring for robot guidance, collaborative man-machine scenarios in smart factories, or driver assistance for collision avoidance are just a few examples of the types of industrial applications that can be solved with the Visionary-T Mini.

No expert knowledge required: AI-based image processing with SICK Nova

Rule- and tool-based machine vision combined, if necessary, with AI-assisted deep learning for which the user requires no expert knowledge – with this combination SICK Nova is opening up new possibilities in machine vision. As a software basis with an intuitive UX design for configuring customized 2D and 3D vision solutions, SICK Nova makes it possible to simply and easily implement demanding applications for presence monitoring, quality control, and intelligent inspection even without specialist knowledge. SICK Nova is available for a variety of vision sensors from SICK – including also the Ruler3000 and Visionary-T Mini – as well as their different image processing technologies in the form of hardware-specific SensorApps. SICK Nova enables applications in the area of machine vision to be implemented with ease in a web browser using a point and click configuration. This gives users the flexibility to combine image processing tools and integrate them as needed to solve applications. You can also download additional tools or even develop your own. This makes it possible to quickly and conveniently extend the functional scope to suit the particular application. As a scalable software toolkit for custom image processing applications, SICK Nova ensures the solutions are cost-effective and future-proof and ideally support the digitalization efforts in a wide variety of industries and application areas.

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