Sensor Solutions for Container Shuttles
Featured products for your container shuttle
Container shuttles are designed to operate automatically in rack storage systems. Shuttle systems transport goods safely and efficiently, and reliably store them in the correct position. Smart sensors are critical to achieving this:
Collision Avoidance
To prevent collisions, the distance between shuttles must be measured. Time-of-Flight distance measurement sensors are the ideal solution for this purpose:
- ToF distance sensor with reflector OT300.DL.R
- ToF distance sensor OT500.DL
Your benefits:
- Reliable detection of objects on the lane ensures the highest availability
- Compact sensors with an extended detection range of up to 10 m on a reflector give you more flexibility in your shuttle design
Compartment Fine Positioning
Precise positioning of the shuttle in front of the rack compartment is essential. Background suppression photoelectric sensors play a key role here:
- Background suppression diffuse sensors O200.GP
- Background suppression laser diffuse sensors O200.GL
Your benefits:
- The laser beam enables highly precise object positioning down to 0.05 mm accuracy for high productivity
- Reliable detection thanks to immunity to ambient light
- Compact sensors give you more flexibility in your shuttle design
Compartment Occupation Check
Before placing a load carrier on the rack, it is critical to ensure that the assigned storage location is suitable. Time-of-Flight distance measurement sensors are the ideal solution for this:
- ToF distance sensor OT330.DN
- ToF distance sensor OT500.DL
Your benefits:
- Reliable detection of objects for single-deep or multi-deep storage ensures the highest availability
- Compact sensors with an extended detection range of up to 2.5 m give you more flexibility in your shuttle design
Overhang Control
To ensure uninterrupted operation and prevent collisions, it is important to detect overhangs on the shuttle. We recommend using retro-reflective photoelectric sensors:
- Retro-reflective sensor with clear object detection O200.RP.T
- Retro-reflective sensor O330.RP
Your benefits:
- Clear-detect mode detects overlapping films for the highest availability
- 3D CAD-integrated beam and qTarget simplify engineering and commissioning
- Compact sensors give you more flexibility in your shuttle design
Miniature Sensors
Photoelectric sensors
- Size from 8 mm
- Adjustable via qTeach or IO-Link
- LED and laser with qTarget
- Extremely high immunity to ambient light
- Spot and line beam shape
- Diffuse sensors up to 200 mm
- Through-beam sensor up to 6 m
Standard Sensors
Photoelectric sensors
- Faster ready-to-use thanks to qTarget
- Adjustable with qTeach
- Line or spot beam PinPoint LED
- Diffuse sensors up to 385 mm
- Through-beam sensor up to 12 m
Time-of-Flight (ToF) Sensors
- Reliable object detection regardless of mounting angle, even on ultra-black, reflective, glossy, or irregularly shaped objects
- Wide measuring range up to 2.5 m thanks to Time-of-Flight measurement
- Simple integration and fast parameterization via the standardized IO-Link interface
Have questions?
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