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Precision, Safety, and Vision Solutions for Advanced Automation at Shepherd Controls

At Shepherd Controls, we know that precision, safety, and efficiency are essential to success in today’s rapidly evolving industrial environment. That’s why we offer a complete suite of SICK sensors, safety solutions, and vision systems, designed to enhance your operations, reduce downtime, and increase productivity.

Whether you are optimizing manufacturing processes, strengthening safety protocols, or improving machine vision, SICK’s advanced technology provides reliable and scalable solutions to tackle the unique challenges of your industry. From accurate sensor measurements to robust safety systems, our solutions are tailored to your specific needs, ensuring seamless performance and operational efficiency at every stage of production.

Key Benefits of SICK Solutions:

Precision Measurement: Improve operational accuracy and performance with SICK’s high-quality sensors.
Enhanced Safety: Meet compliance standards and reduce workplace risks with dependable safety systems.
Optimized Vision: Enhance automation with smart vision systems that boost quality control and minimize errors.

Explore how Shepherd Controls can help transform your operations with SICK’s innovative solutions. Contact us today to schedule a personalized demo or learn how we can solve your most complex automation challenges.

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Photoelectric Sensors

The broad selection of photoelectric sensors from SICK combines sensor intelligence with accurate optics and cutting-edge technology to produce market-leading solutions. These sensors provide the highest level of operational reliability regardless of any interference effects by utilizing the most recent SIRIC® and LED technology. Additional sensor information via IO-Link helps to cut the complexity of modern production processes.

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Registration Sensors

SICK offers a wide range of contrast, markless, color, luminescence, fork and array sensors to solve this wide spectrum of demanding tasks. Typical applications are the detection of visible and non-visible marks, labels and colors at high speeds as well as the detection of small parts and precise positioning.

Color sensors
Fork sensors
Register sensors
Luminescence sensors
Contrast sensors
Glare sensors

Proximity Sensors

Many objects and media can be detected without physical contact using proximity sensors. SICK’s inductive proximity sensors, capacitive proximity sensors, and magnetic proximity sensors offer a long service life, extreme ruggedness, and the utmost precision. SICK intelligently and reliably solves industry-specific and individual automation tasks.

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Distance Sensors

SICK has a wide range of optic and ultrasonic solutions that measure from sub-microns to kilometers. They solve measuring, detecting and positioning applications using triangulation and time-of-flight modes.

Mid range and long range distance sensors
Linear measurement sensors
Ultrasonic sensors
Optical data transmission
Displacement measurement sensors

Automation Light Grids

SICK automation light grids can be used in several inspection and counting tasks, such as detecting and counting irregularly shaped objects, people and vehicles, and checking for presence and pallet overhang detection.

Machine Vision & Identification Solutions

SICK offers the three most common industrial identification technologies: laser-based scanners for 1D codes, image-based 1D and 2D code readers, and RFID readers. Integrated interfaces enable the readers to communicate inside industrial networks and innovative functionality makes commissioning and operation easy.

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Safety Solutions

As one of the leading providers of safety technology, SICK offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and systems for fulfilling safety requirements in compliance with legislation and standards. SICK is able to provide complete safety solutions – from analysis to certified systems.

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Fluid Sensors

SICK Fluid sensor solutions from SICK are used in the measuring process for liquids, gases and bulk solids and protecting against overfill and dry run. Whether it is temperature measurement, level control, pressure measurement, or flow metering we have the right solution for your application.

Level Sensors
Flow Sensors
Pressure Sensors
Temperature Sensors
Bulk Solid Scanner

Sensors & Actuator Cables

SICK’s broad portfolio of ready-to-assemble male and female connectors provides the ideal basis for customized wiring solutions. Different lengths and quantities of cables can be combined quickly.

Inclination Sensors & Encoders

High-resolution optical encoders and extremely rugged magnetic encoders complement one another perfectly and allow exact measurements in all kinds of applications. Rotary encoders are available as incremental encoders and absolute encoders. Wire draw encoders and linear encoders with a measuring element are available in linear measuring technology.