Leuze electronics, a provider of sensor solutions based in Germany, has announced relocating and expanding its U.S. headquarters operation to Gwinnett County, Georgia. The company’s decision to bring its operations from Michigan to unincorporated Duluth, Gwinnett County, centered around Georgia’s best-in-class business environment and access to diverse talent. The relocation represents a significant investment of…
Technology report: Methods for risk assessment
The European Machinery Directive requires a risk analysis should be performed for every machine before being brought to market. The convergence of IT and OT and the rapid technological development has made it necessary to revise the Machinery Directive. The result is the new Machinery Regulation: It will replace the Machinery Directive as the legal…
Leuze is turning 60 and continues its ambitious growth
In 1963, who would have thought that the fragile “Electronics” seedling, the new division of the Leuze Group, would become a technology and world market trailblazer in optical sensors? In 2023, Leuze is celebrating not only record growth, but also its 60th birthday. Leuze — a long-standing family business The creation of the electronics division…
Leuze technology report: Dynamic interactions made safe
During automated material transfer between robot cells and automated guided vehicles, people must not stray into the danger zone unnoticed. An innovative solution by Leuze secures the transfer stations by means of dynamic protective field adjustment. This makes additional safety measures such as barriers and fences unnecessary. Risk-free full automation In smart factories, the flow…
Leuze tower lights provide clearly visible light signals
Tower lights are indispensable in machine and system construction as well as in intralogistics: They make states, faults, and ongoing processes clearly visible from a distance. The new Leuze tower lights of the TL 305 series can do all of this extremely reliably. They light up brightly, uniformly, and fully. This enables optimum signaling —…
Leuze announces a change of management
By 2025, Leuze will have doubled its sales growth since 2020, and not for the first time. With a sales increase of 25%, Leuze took another big step toward achieving this ambitious goal in 2022. And the company is set to make further investments: in international structures as well as in its employees and new…
Stay flexible safely
By Matthias Bristle, Product Manager Safety Solutions Leuze electronic GmbH + Co. K,G Different material widths, varying material positions, or partially loaded pallets pose special challenges for transfer station access guarding. For this, Leuze relies on the concept of dynamic format adaptation. In this way, productivity and safety can be optimally harmonized. Variation becomes…
New TPE and PVC yellow sheathed cables for industrial applications
Leuze electronic has expanded its cable and connectivity solution offerings with the introduction of 75 new yellow sheathed TPE and PVC cables. These cables are perfect for heavy duty industrial and especially automotive related applications – welding robotic cells, ect. With inventory and technical expertise on site at its US headquarters, Leuze electronic presents tailored […]
Industry 4.0 smart sensor
Leuze electronic will showcase Industry 4.0 and Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) solutions at booth 7332 in the north hall of Automate 2019, collocated with Promat 2019. Leuze electronic sensors provide the foundation for Industry 4.0/IIoT by transmitting data via OPC UA directly to the Microsoft Azure cloud. The BCL 348i bar code reader and IO-Link…
Leuze electronic expands portfolio with new distance sensors
With the new ODS 110/HT 110 and HRT 25B L distance sensors, Leuze electronic is expanding its series of distance sensors and offers customers an array of different designs with extra large operating ranges and several switching points available. Due to their compact housing size and an operating range of up to 5 meters, they…
“Smart Process Gating” is reinventing muting
MLC 530 SPG, safety light curtains with “Smart Process Gating”, provides efficient access guarding without muting sensors in a compact, space-saving system design at entry/exit gates. The MLC 530 SPG also offers high security against tampering while allowing changes in transport material with no alignment of sensors needed. When safety light curtains are guarding a…
Optical Forked Photoelectric Sensors from Leuze electronic
The new GS 61 and GS 63 optical forked photoelectric sensors complement the successful GSU 14B and IGSU 14B ultrasonic forked sensors to create an outstanding performance portfolio. They are specially designed for the detection of non-transparent labels and, with their three millimeter wide fork widths, can be used for a wide range of applications,…