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Article Excerpt
SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany, +49 (0) 7681 202-3873 (www.sick.com) and Minneapolis, MN, 952-941-6780, (www.sickusa.com), a key industrial sensor and factory automation company, reported an addition to its flagship product line, the safety light curtain. Founder Erwin Sick invented and registered a patent for his light curtain based on the autocollimator principle in 1951, and such opto-electronic safety systems have become standard on large automated assembly lines. The SICK C 4000 entry/exit safety light curtains use innovative technology to keep assembly lines moving and workers safe. The entry/exit is designed for applications where materials are automatically transported into the hazardous area of a machine and access by workers must be reliably...
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