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Cognex presents new compact barcode reader

Logistics Business Magazine

manufacturing needs, allows users to read complex barcodes reliably while improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and throughput. Examples include decoding difficult DPM codes on challenging surfaces of automotive parts, reading and tracking small DPM codes on medical devices or reliably reading barcodes on high-speed packaging lines.

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Drive Systems at LogiMAT

Logistics Business Magazine

At the LogiMAT trade show in Stuttgart the drive specialist Nord will present its reliable and energy-efficient drive systems units for the industry. Special requirements are placed on performance, reliability and energy efficiency of the drive technology used.

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Automated Hand-Scanning Upgrade

Logistics Business Magazine

Hand-held barcode readers are still widely used to ensure the traceability of goods and packages, for example in retail, warehousing and parcel sorting operations. Hand-Scanning The SICK Lector654 reliably identifies and decodes all common 1D, 2D and stacked code formats.

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Robots Take Center Stage at MODEX 2024

Logistics Viewpoints

Examples of Supply Chain Robots at MODEX 2024 Several exhibitors at MODEX 2024 showcased their innovative solutions for supply chain robotics, demonstrating the diversity and potential of this field. Here are some of the examples that caught our attention.

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Liquid Lens Technology to Small Code Reader

Logistics Business Magazine

The SICK Lector611 image-based code reader reliably reads 1D, 2D and stacked codes even when they are low contrast, contaminated or of poor quality. As well as code-reading duties in fast-moving production and logistics, is therefore ideal for reading direct marks on electronics or automotive components, for example.

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GXO Logistics Tips the Scales with Technology Investments

Logistics Viewpoints

I was familiar with GXO as the former logistics segment of XPO and knew about select examples of its warehouse automation investments. Source: GXO Logistics Q3 2021 Investor Presentation. The GXO third-quarter earnings presentation summarizes the magnitude of its warehouse technology investments. Warehouse Automation Unbound.

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Digital Compressed Air Monitoring Cuts Costs

Logistics Business Magazine

They can make their production processes more sustainable, for example by reducing their CO2 consumption. By comparing compressed air data from each measuring point, machine, and production line, cost drivers or over-consumption have been identified, for example, by comparing a machine type with the same function on two production lines.