AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement
Sales and order situation stable in Q2

The AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement surveyed its approximately 450 members on economic developments in the second quarter.
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AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement

The AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement surveyed its approximately 450 members on economic developments in the second quarter.

The digital flow switch of the PF3A8#H series from SMC fulfills a wide range of requirements.
Acoustic inline quality control

Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme has developed a new technology for in-process quality control in machining under the name SonicShark.

Cameras are now often more than just providers of images - they can recognize objects, generate results or trigger subsequent processes. IDS demonstrated the possibilities offered by modern camera technology at Vision.
Not every product can be manufactured fully automatically. Automated production is often not practical, especially for complex, varied products in small quantities.

Planar systems offer enormous potential for a wide range of industrial segments. With ctrlX Flow6D, Bosch Rexroth presents a new solution for high performance non-contact conveying and positioning.

Ganter is expanding its range of indexing plungers with the GN 817.7, which is pneumatically actuated and detects both end positions with just one sensor. It is therefore a further development of the manually operated indexing plunger GN 817.

Advanced communication at field level
Gefran is expanding its range of solutions for Industry 4.0: the new pressure sensors in the KS-I series have a digital IO-Link 1.1 output and advanced diagnostic functions. They measure pressure and temperature at a high sampling rate of 1,000 s/s. This allows them to communicate with the IO-Link master at the maximum available speed for IO-Link communication of 230.4 kBaud or COM3.
The 40th Motek will take place from October 4 to 7 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Center at the airport. It is flanked by the Bondexpo bonding technology trade fair.

EtherCAT combines the advantages of Ethernet-based communication with the simplicity of classic fieldbus systems.