In the demo, two of the cameras were installed above a conveyor belt to monitor the contents of containers as they passed below. The cameras, based on Sony DepthSense sensors, were linked to Schmersal’s Protect-PSC1 safety controller and a PLC. The data could be forwarded to an edge gateway via OPC UA or to a cloud infrastructure – for instance, as a starting point for determining production-related performance indicators.
The cameras, with image rates of up to 60 frames/s, can be used for tasks such as box filling, stacking, volume detection and labelling in logistics and packaging. They can look into containers or load carriers to detect fill levels, determine dimensions and volumes, check surface quality, and monitor production, assembly, storage and order-picking. With an image resolution of 640 x 480 pixels, the cameras provide a 67 x 51 degree field at a range of 6m.
Schmersal’s 3D camera can monitor the contents of containers on production lines
