Communiqués de presse

PNG//smart – this is the designation under which wenglor sensoric introduced a new generation of photoelectronic sensors (photoelectronic next generation) to the market at the beginning of October. In keeping with the motto “Making Industries Smarter”, intelligent sensors with five different functional principles were presented. Consistently equipped with IO-Link 1.1, they stand for thinking, networked, learning sensors for the future of Industry 4.0. The 1K miniature design was presented as the first representative of the product range.

With switching distances of up to 50 mm and magnetic field resistance of 200 mT, wenglor’s new inductive sensors with correction factor 1 boast top technical data in comparison with international competitors. A total of eight new welding-field resistant models with four housing designs offer impressive performance for the detection of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. And thus wenglor provides a comprehensive, high-performance product portfolio in particular for the steel and automotive industries.

Smaller, more intelligent, more efficient: with its new P1KY10x high-performance distance sensor, wenglor has introduced the smallest transit time sensor currently available on the market. With miniature dimensions of just 32 x 16 x 12 mm, an IO-Link interface and ranges of up to 1500 mm, the sensor offers a unique combination of compactness and performance.

wenglor sensoric GmbH is one of this year’s innovation leaders amongst Germany’s mid-sized companies. The company from Tettnang was honored by Ranga Yogeshwar, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke and compamedia with the TOP 100 seal which was awarded for the 24th time this year. Already during initial participation in the award competition, wenglor sensoric succeeded in placing second in the competitions largest category. During the course of the impartial selection process, the company was especially persuasive with its innovation success.