MINNEAPOLIS —
Industrial automation manufacturer, Banner Engineering, introduces the ZMX series 3D Time of Flight Sensor. This provides an ideal single-sensor solution for monitoring the volume of materials, products, or packages that are routed to fill a bin or similar container.
Factories, warehouses, and distribution centers that use containers for accumulation of items can install a Banner ZMX sensor above the bin to monitor fill level to avoid overfill, package damage, or shipping empty space, thereby improving efficiency and operational performance. By combining digital imaging and thousands of laser measurement points, the sensor calculates the volume of the packages in a bin and tracks the peak height of objects within a user-defined area. The ZMX features a large 60° × 45° field of view, with a range of 200 to 2,500 mm (7.9 in. to 8.2 ft.), which enables it to detect items of any size, shape, or orientation.
A single 3D sensor provides more reliability than other technologies. For example, using multiple single-point laser sensors can be problematic if the beams fall into gaps between objects, and an ultrasonic sensor signal might get reflected away by an oddly angled or shaped package, leading to an overflowing bin. One centrally positioned ZMX sensor provides complete area coverage in three dimensions, tracking fill volume and peak height of objects within that field of detection.
The ZMX 3D Time of Flight Sensor is perfect for applications including bin fill and peak height monitoring, overfill detection, pallet stacking or depalletizing, parcel management, shipping and receiving, and tracking material flow volume or height statistics.
Banner Engineering designs and manufactures industrial automation products including sensors, smart IIoT and industrial wireless technologies, LED lights and indicators, measurement devices, machine safety equipment, as well as barcode scanners and machine vision. These solutions help make many of the things we use every day, from food and medicine to cars and electronics. A high-quality, reliable Banner product is installed somewhere around the world every 2 seconds. Headquartered in Minneapolis since 1966, Banner is an industry leader with more than 10,000 products, operations on five continents, and a world-wide team of more than 5,500 employees and partners. Our dedication to innovation and personable service makes Banner a trusted source of smart automation technologies to customers around the globe.