Connected devices and smart equipment are streamlining manufacturing and supply chain processes on a global scale. Smart sensors are at the heart of this movement, driving change by extending the inherent capabilities of legacy sensors. Today, sensor technology that merely collected, stored and monitored data can now optimise processes by capitalizing on data in context.
This is no easy feat. Performance environments for manufacturing and assembly machinery are often dirty and characterised by fluctuating and extreme temperature conditions. Ambient lighting might include full daylight as well as periods of dark and bright lighting. Media often has low-contrast reflectivity, even as packaging, printing, and labelling equipment commonly require robust presence detection. Reliable presence detection is also key to logistics and accurate routing. At the same time, system engineers need sensors with proposition value that comes with smaller circuit designs that are highly integrated yet energy efficient, simple to implement, and easily optimisable (programmable).
TT Electronics plc (LON:TTG) is a provider of engineered electronics applications for performance-critical applications. The Company works with customers in the industrial, medical, aerospace and defence, and transportation sectors.