Leuze Electronic Presents SmartCable Solution to Predict Downtime, Allowing For Scheduled Maintenance

Press Release Summary:

  • Enables an innovative predictive maintenance measure for applications with moving cables (handling robots, welding robots and moving cables)
  • Cable contains a sacrificial wire that fails at approximately 80% of the cable’s lifecycle
  • Helps to increase system availability by preventing unplanned downtime

Original Press Release:

Intelligent sensor cable with Smart Core Technology

Leuze electronic presents an innovative predictive maintenance solution through an intelligent cable equipped with Smart Core technology.

New Hudson, MI, February 18, 2019 - Leuze electronic presents a concrete innovation towards powering Industry 4.0 applications with its new SmartCore cable. With the smart factory revolution on the horizon, the SmartCore cable enables an innovative predictive maintenance measure specifically for applications with moving cables (i.e handling robots, welding robots, moving cables). The cable contains an additional, special sacrificial wire that fails at approximately 80% of the cable’s lifecycle. The sacrificial wire is bridged with the supply voltage, and when the core breaks it gives an early warning of the impending end of the cable’s service life. Not only does this help to prevent unplanned downtime, but it increases system availability by predicting downtime and allowing for scheduled maintenance. With the future of smart automation already here, Leuze electronic presents a smart solution to a critical but often overlooked component of an application.

 

Contact address:

Leuze electronic
55395 Lyon Industrial Drive
New Hudson, MI 48165

Ph.: (248) 486-4466
E-mail:  info.us@leuze.com
Web:    www.leuzeusa.com

 

Leuze electronic is one of the world's innovation leaders in optical sensors and is internationally known as a leading manufacturer and solution provider in electrical automation. Its main focus is on the areas of intralogistics, packaging industry, machine tools and automotive industry as well as medical technology. The product range includes switching and measuring sensors, identification systems, solutions for image processing and data transmission and also occupational safety components and systems. Founded in 1963, the company, with headquarters in Owen (Germany), possesses specific application know-how as well as comprehensive industry knowledge. More than 1200 employees at 22 locations are involved in development, production, sales and service – supported by more than 40 sales partners around the world. Innovative product developments, tailor-made complete solutions and an extensive range of services stand for the "Smart Sensor Business 4.0" at Leuze electronic.

 

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