How 3D Safety Reduces Hardware Complexity, Footprint, and Downtime
Product Spolight
Machine safety is evolving. And 3D safety is leading the way.
The SICK safeVisionary2 is a safety‑certified 3D time‑of‑flight (ToF) sensor designed to protect people while helping machine builders and end users reduce hardware complexity, save space, and improve uptime.
Instead of relying on multiple traditional safety devices, the safeVisionary2 creates fully configurable 3D protective fields that cover access points, hazardous areas, and elevated zones, all while maintaining the required Performance Level (PL).
Why Manufacturers Are Choosing safeVisionary2
✔ Smarter safety with fewer devices
A single safeVisionary2 can replace multiple light curtains, scanners, or mechanical barriers by creating flexible 3D volumes — reducing hardware count and simplifying overall safety design.
✔ Ideal for stationary machinery
In applications like metal bending and stamping, cable test stations, robotic tray exchanges, and food processing, the safeVisionary2 creates U‑shaped or gapless safety volumes that:
- Block access to dangerous zones
- Verify correct positioning of trays or fixtures
- Eliminate the need for physical guarding
- Enable multiple safety functions using one device
✔ Advanced protection for mobile platforms
Traditional 2D scanners only protect at ground level. The safeVisionary2 adds overhead and elevated‑plane protection on:
- Forklifts
- AGVs
- Tugger trains
This closes critical detection gaps, reduces secondary collisions, and protects vehicle superstructures — all while complementing existing PL‑rated scanners.
✔ Intelligent robotics safety
For palletizing, depalletizing, pick‑and‑place, and collaborative robotics, the safeVisionary2 enables:
- Virtual fencing without floor‑space loss
- Flexible field shaping for dynamic cells
- Speed‑and‑separation strategies
- Moving protective fields that adapt to robot speed and position
The result: higher throughput with uncompromised worker safety.
Increasing safety, raising productivity
Collision protection for mobile robots
3D protective field for collaborative robots
Fall protection for service robots
Outstanding data quality thanks to 3D time-of-flight technology
Precise 3D information
Fast data transmission via Gigabit Ethernet
More than just a safety sensor
Fits perfect
Very compact with just 70 x 80 x 77 mm
Reliable even when subjected to high loads
Fast commissioning
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The SICK safeVisionary2 is a problem-solving safety sensor that lets us monitor 3D spaces for safe conditions, rather than the simple 2D planes covered by a light curtain or safety scanner. This means it can be used in systems that previously required multiple sensors or simply couldn’t be protected with traditional safety devices at all. It’s a genuinely innovative product that fits nicely into SICK’s already broad safety portfolio.
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