wenglor's Transit Time Sensor with WinTec technology was nominated for the renowned technology prize Hermes Award 2011 and awarded "TOP 5 Product" by a jury of experts. The grand presentation of certificates took place at the Hannover Fair.
The WinTec Innovation
One of wenglor’s current highlights is a Transit Time Sensor for distance measurement which is decisively distinguished from other sensors by WinTec (wenglor interference-free technology), a technology developed by wenglor.
Thanks to the use of a complex software algorithm, the Transit Time Sensor is capable of performing optical detection tasks which were previously impossible:
- Color-independent object detection...
.... black plastic boxes, rubber in various colors, castings with various temper colors, patinated sheet-metal panels etc.
- Shape-independent object detection...
...sheet metal angles, hinges, deep-drawn packages, round parts etc.
- Material-independent object detection...
...plastics, metals (e.g. auto body parts), wood (e.g. wooden pallets with knotholes, flaws and heavy contamination), rubber materials (e.g. tires, rubber mats, door weatherstrips), plastic sheet materials, goods packed in sacks etc.
- Surface-independent object detection...
...machined and unmachined castings, matte Plexiglas, painted wooden parts, CNC milled and turned parts, rubber linings, oily axle and linkage components, glossy foils, anodized aluminum parts, rusty sheet-metal panels etc.
- Interference immunity...
...The Transit Time Sensor is protected against interference from ambient light and reflections from the background (e.g. high-visibility fluorescent vests worn be employees), and is uninfluenced by sensors mounted opposite or next to it.
The Transit Time Sensor is predestined for the following applications:
- Destacking of wooden and metal goods, as well as goods packed in sacks
- Protection against rear-ending and collision
- Depalletizing
- Sag control
- Shelf-full message for rack feeders
- Precision shelf positioning
- Fill-level monitoring
- Position detection
- Overhang monitoring
Conclusions:
In the automotive, electronics, woodworking, plastics, food and pharmaceuticals industries, as well as in the fields of conveyor technology, logistics and machinery manufacturing – there are innumerable applications for the new WinTec Transit Time Sensor. Applications which were previously monitored by means of complex mechanical apparatus or several sensors can now be implemented with a single sensor!