21.06.2010 – The central point of the requirements on sensors is as expected its high type of protection. This results from the high hygiene requirements demanding intensive cleaning of the production plants and accordingly of the sensors as well. 65% of the F&B companies called the high type of protection as product criterion. This criterion ranges from IP 54 or IP 55 over IP 65 up to IP 69k. This differentiation is based on different sectors of the production. The process itself is often combined with heat, moisture and temperature changes while the packaging and final packing sector show mainly mechanical exposures, which do not require high type of protection. Finally the difference between wet and drying sector plays a role with the type of protection of the sensors. 16% of the companies prefer high-grade steel versions of the sensors. However, special applications prevail. The sensor must be good to clean, 11% of the companies highlight this criterion. Finally 7% demand a special cable jacket for the connecting cable of the sensors. So it is to be prevented that the cable jacket becomes brittle after relatively short time. This article is published in the Quest Trend Magazine on http://www.quest-trendmagazin.de/Anforderungen-an-Sensoren-in-d.117.0.html?&L=1. The trends are based on the market surveys of Quest TechnoMarketing, Bochum, London, with the title ?The procurement process of the German F&B Industry regarding drive technology and sensors?. This survey covered 120 of the 415 large enterprises (=29%) in the six turnover-strongest sectors of the F&B Industry. This study covers 64 pages and is listed on http://www.qtm.de/e/index_marketstudies_free.html Quest TechnoMarketing is specialised in market surveys for the automation technology for more than 20 years and is the publisher of the Quest Trend Magazine.
The print edition of the Quest Trend Magazine is published since 2001 and dispatched to 3,200 personally addressed decision-makers of the automation technology in the machinery industry of Germany, Austria and Switzerland and in the automotive and F&B industries in Germany. It has at least 10,000 readers according to the reader questioning and enjoys a high degree of attention due to its focus on trends in the automation technology from users? point of view. The trends are based on market surveys of Quest TrechnoMarketing, Bochum, London. Quest TechnoMarketing is the publisher of the Quest Trend Magazine. About Quest TechnoMarketing: Quest TechnoMarketing, founded in 1989, is specialised in market surveys for the automation technology. Locations are Bochum and London. At Bochum a team of 6 specialists are employed. The market studies of Quest TechnoMarketing cover the demand trends in control technology, drive technology, field buses, Ethernet and sensor technology in the machinery industry and in the automotive and F&B industries. The customers of Quest TechnoMarketing are the manufacturers of automation technology. The majority of the well-known manufacturers belong to them. The customers use the market studies for their product development and market processing. Further information to Quest TechnoMarketing on www.qtm.de/e/.
