IDEC Corporation

IDEC Corporation is a global manufacturer known worldwide for 60 years for its reliable and innovative control and automation products. In the United States, IDEC has over thirty local sales offices to assist customers with choosing the right switches, relays, power supplies, PLCs, O/Is, sensors and more. A leader in the industry, IDEC produces only the highest quality products. In 2005, IDEC received the first Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award, a Prime Ministerial award, from the Japanese government for developing a robot-controlled cell production system, a new paradigm in manufacturing. IDEC was commended for the system’s excellent productivity and safety, as well as its ability to produce high-quality products. The system, which was built with cutting-edge IDEC safety control devices and ergonomic considerations, conforms to ISO12100, and has produced more than 20 million units of control devices from August 2000 to the present.

DATASENSOR SpA

DATASENSOR SpA, present on the international market for over 30 years, is a leader in the development, production and commercialisation of photoelectric devices for detection, safety, measurement and inspection for industrial automation. The specialisation of the company in the development of components for automatic machinery has led to its growth and now satisfies all the automation needs in the manufacturing industry, packaging and packing, automatic materials handling. Consequently, DATASENSOR can boast an unique experience, further consolidated as a problem solver, representing one of its main competitive advantages.

R & D

 CUSTOMER-TAILORED DEVELOPMENT 
The research and development departments use the foremost integrated information instruments for virtual design and optic, mechanical and electronic simulation. The electronic information is rapidly transformed into programs for production machines and in instructions for the 3D-CAMs that develop the samples of the optic and mechanic parts. The possibility of simulating the performances of the new photoelectric devices facilitates product personalisation. This technology allows DATASENSOR to reduce product development times, cut down the time-to-market and ensures the maintenance and continuous improvement of the technical specifications of the new products.

The internal ambient test laboratory, in full compliance with the ISO/IEC 17025 standard, can reproduce and simulate all application situations and is consequently able to support self-certification for CE marking, as well as product pre-qualification, when the successive formal approval of an external competent Body is required.

Manufacturing

The future of photoelectric sensors will be characterised by more optic-application functions in standardised product lines, highlighting the manufacturer’s competitive advantage. DATASENSOR focuses its activity on factory automation, component standardisation and product configuration. DATASENSOR has adopted the principles of ‘lean thinking’ to offer flexibility to customers. The ability to rapidly adapt and follow the dynamic external scenery, combining ‘minor stock with improved service’ is based on the experience of an effective just-in-time management, supported by a patent-covered technique denominated DYBAN™.

The mission of being a manufacturer obliges DATASENSOR to continuously invest in innovative technologies. Factory automation is based on the ability to mount, assembly and test in a completely automatic manner.

Rapid last generation chip-sized SMT machine operate on innovative handling lines, ensuring automatic mounting and testing of our electronic PCBs using chip-size technology. Robots in fully-automated systems complete, assemble and test the main products as well as packaging the miniaturised sensors and thus guaranteeing repeatability, reliability and final product quality.

DATASENSOR is amongst the few sensor manufacturers, that internally produces also its glass and plastic optic components; technologies and skills now rare and specialistic.

This technological capability represents one of the competitive advantages, reducing the development time of new photoelectric products and facilitating customisation in order to improve market response and consolidate the basic know-how. This know-how is today offered by DATASENSOR Optics, offering refined optic components for industrial or civil applications (www.datasensoroptics.it).