Leuze

Leuze
Brand name: Leuze Electronic
Brand headquarters: Switzerland
Key products: Optical and inductive sensors, recognition systems, image processing and data transmission solutions.
Application areas: packaging industry, machine tools, automotive industry and laboratory automation.

Original factory introduction:
Leuze is an international sensor specialist in automation technology. With their curiosity and determination, our sensor experts have been committed to innovation and creating milestones in industrial automation technology for more than 60 years.

Founded in 1963, Leuze is headquartered in Owen/Teck in southern Germany. Today, more than 1,200 sensor experts from Leuze's 6 production bases and 21 sales subsidiaries, with rich experience and firm commitment, and with the full support of more than 40 international distributors, ensure that customers can achieve long-term success in the ever-changing market.

Leuze development history:

1963 The innovative history of Leuze begins with the founding of the Leuze Textile weaving factory in Owen/Teck in 1963. There, six people develop the first Leuze electronic sensors.

In the 1960s, the smallest reflection probe RK 06/1 was developed and entered the printing industry.

1970s The first Leuze photoelectric retroreflective sensor RK18 is developed for use under the most adverse environmental conditions, for example in brickworks or the timber industry.

For the first time, the pulling cables in warehouse logistics are replaced by contactless data transmission. This is when the first data transmission light barrier is born: the Leuze DDLS 78.

1980s The development of the PRK 72, the first retro-reflective photoelectric sensor with contactless reflective head, brings Leuze into the packaging industry and soon also into beverage bottling.

Leuze develops polarization filters for distinguishing transparent objects. Leuze transfers this expertise to other applications such as labeling machines, for which it develops the first label recognition fork, the GS 5.

An important milestone was the development of the SLS 89, the first safety light grid for access protection. It was with this product that Leuze began to develop into a specialist for safety products and services.

In the 1990s, Leuze first developed a laser scanner based on the triangulation principle. The RS 2 was born. The first barcode positioning system BCL 21 and the smallest industrial barcode reader BCL 8 were also born. Based on its safety and protection expertise, Leuze developed the SRK 96, the first safety reflective light grid from Leuze that can be used for access protection with only one-sided wiring.

At the beginning of the 21st century, Leuze further strengthened its safety products and protection expertise and developed the first TOF laser scanner RS 4, which is divided into measurement and safety models. Leuze also created the AS-Interface communication protocol and became a founding member of the user organization and the IO-Link Alliance.
This is followed by another first in the field of fork sensors: The GSU 14 is the fastest and most precise fork sensor for label recognition from Leuze. It also uses a completely new detection principle: ultrasound.

2010s The BCL 300i sets a further technological milestone as the first barcode reader that does not require an additional gateway, while the CML 700i is Leuze's fastest-response light curtain.

The further development of the Leuze RS 4 safety and protection product is the RSL 400 safety laser scanner, which features the largest detection range, two independent protective functions: It is available in different versions and can be networked using Profinet.

Smart process gating is based on our MLC 530 safety light curtains and enables innovative access protection for conveyor paths without the use of muting sensors.

2020s With the DRT 25C based on new reference technology and the contrast adaptive teach-in CAT, Leuze creates a completely new operating principle in the field of switch sensors.
For labelling machines, Leuze combines the two detection principles of light and ultrasound in one compact sensor and develops the GSXU 14E combined fork sensor, which was the first photoelectric fork sensor and later became the first ultrasonic fork sensor.