Non-contact is better – Machine safety in dust Ex zones
Safety switches used in explosive environments have to meet two different complex sets of requirements: those for explosion protection, and those for machine safety. Engineers have the choice between different designs and different active principles. At the Powtech, the steute business division Controltec will be demonstrating the various available technologies – one of which plays a particularly prominent role.
Source: CITplus (09/2025)
Bin surveillance
MATERIALS REQUISITION – An automated wireless material requisition system (AMS) maintains an accurate overview of all stock in e.g. materials supermarkets and stations used in automotive manufacturing, as well as other intralogistics applications. Within this system, a range of wireless sensors developed specifically for such use cases detects pallets, load carriers and fill levels.
Source: GO>>ing (eMagazine Nr. 4/2025)
Keep on running… – Heavy-duty switchgear at the POWTECH TECHNOPHARM
Belt misalignment, belt rips or danger to persons: bulk goods conveyor systems harbour multiple potential risks that users should be aware of. At the POWTECH, steute will be showing highly efficient solutions and beneficial innovations.
Source: SCHÜTTGUT & PROZESS (04/2025)
Industrial Wireless for retrofit projects – Switches and sensors made easy
The greatest effort required when installing e.g. position switches or sensors on (already) existing machines is usually the laying of power and signalling cables. Read on to find out how wireless switching devices can make this task a great deal simpler.
Source: MY FACTORY (04/2025)
Robot-controlled tool construction for precision casting – Production of turbine blades
A wireless connection to a rotating robot gripper – the industrial engineers at Doncasters Precision Castings in Bochum have now single-handedly realised this type of signal transmission. Their chosen solution deploys a wireless sensor from steute: it signalises the operational status of a gripper which removes clusters from a suspension track. Here an overview of the technology.
Source: GIESSEREI (05/2025)
Mechanické, bezkontaktní, bezdrátové – Monitorování polohy ventilů pro vodíkovou infrastrukturu
Zřízení vodíkové infrastruktury, od elektrolyzéru přes distribuční síť až po spotřebitele, vyžaduje vhodné ventily i ovládací prvky pro sledování jejich polohy.
Publikováno v: CHEMIE TECHNIK (05/2025)
Bezdrátové připojení k uchopovači – Praktická alternativa ke kabelovým spínačům
Bezdrátová spínací zařízení a senzory používané v robotice mají přínos zejména tam, kde jsou vykonávány pohyby v prostoru prováděné v krátkých taktech. Výhodou je vysoká flexibilita a nízké opotřebení. Společnost steute proto nabízí osvědčený rádiový systém jako praktickou alternativu ke kabelovým spínačům.
Publikováno v: INDUSTRIELLE AUTOMATION (01/2025)
Bezdrátové Ex senzory pro monitorování polohy ventilů – Budování vodíkové infrastruktury
Bezdrátová řešení mají mnoho výhod, a to i pro monitorování polohy ventilů ve vodíkové infrastruktuře. Výrobci ventilů si mohou vybrat mezi elektromechanickými koncovými spínači a bezkontaktními senzory v Ex variantách, které komunikují pomocí průmyslově kompatibilního bezdrátového spojení.
Publikováno v: fluid 01/2025 (zkrácená verze)
Track stock levels in assembly and logistics processes
With a wireless-based automated material requisition system, material flow becomes transparent, even for parts which are not inventory-managed. The nexy system from steute is ideal for this purpose. At the LogiMAT, the manufacturer will be showing how the latest nexy version can also perform other tasks.
Source: IT&Production (02/2025)
Down to the last metre – Material requisition in a wireless network
How can automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems be integrated in a digital visualisation of material flow – even with parts which are not inventory-managed and even with AGV from different manufacturers? The answer is a wireless automated material requisition system.
Source: f+h (01/2025)
Why it makes sense to integrate devices via SDC
Internet of Medical Things | In the future, medical devices in the OR or ICU could communicate and exchange measurements with each other, and also forward data to the hospital information system (HIS). Practicians are in favour. First devices are already entering the marketplace with this option – and service providers can help by equipping other devices in the same way.
Source: medizin&technik (01/2025)
Monitoring material flow in real time
A wireless-based system facilitates uninterrupted automated material requisition and can also integrate mobile transportation, such as AGV and dollies. This option is favoured by e.g. the automotive industry or manufacturers of household devices. Pre-configured applications simplify integration in existing IT infrastructures, and both new (wireless) sensors and new functions are currently available – including an "on premise" solution for the first time.
Source: dhf Intralogistik (8/2024)