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Sick’s miniature safety inductive is a snug

fit for the smallest machine spaces
Sick has launched the IQB2S family of inductive
safety switches to provide designers and
operators with a unique, cuboid-shaped non-
contact device – as small as a matchbox –
that can be fitted easily into the smallest
machine spaces. The Sick IQB2S inductive
safety switch uses non-contact activation by
metallic machine parts to achieve reliable, safe
position, presence and area monitoring in common
production and logistics safety applications.
The Sick IQB2S is therefore ideal for many applications
including, for example, checking the safe position of the axes
of rotating tables to ensure safe conveying of the goods, or for the safe presence monitoring
of a load on an Automated Guided Vehicle. It measures just 12mm x 26mm x 40mm, with a
sensing range of 4mm.
www.sick.co.uk

Multi-property Igus tribo-polymers increase
machine service life and efficiency

Assessing the service life of a machine must take
account of the costs of purchase, procurement and
WHAT’S NEW... costs but also the risk of unscheduled shutdowns
installation, as well as all the costs incurred in the
long term operation, maintenance and repair of the
machine. Using wear-resistant materials and low-
maintenance components reduces not only running
and extensive maintenance work.
Motion plastics specialist Igus has many years of
experience and knowledge in developing and
producing of wear-resistant solutions made of tribo-
polymers, and it keeps a large database of these products in its own test laboratory. Many
machines today are well engineered and work hard, often running constantly. With high
physical demands on machines, searching for the most tribologically optimised component is
time well spent for every mechanical engineer.
www.igus.co.uk

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