Automated and integrated systems are proving to be more efficient and cost-effective solutions in industries like Materials Handling. The rise of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in these applications is driving the need for safer and more reliable sensing systems and controls.

Today’s emerging sensing technologies are quickly becoming the standard product of tomorrow, as materials handling equipment designers, manufacturers, and operators seek greater efficiencies, better performance, and the highest possible levels of safety.

From functional safety encoders that help monitor speed and direction, draw-wire sensors that ensure proper mast height, to rotary hall effect sensors that help prevent load spills, download this white paper to learn more about how sensors are moving material handling towards safe automation.