Where are ASM products used?

ASM products are used in a range of industrial applications - in fact, anywhere where displacement, distance, position or length measurements are used to automate, test or monitor processes.

On these pages, we offer you an insight into the areas of application for ASM Position Sensors. Because of the diversity of the areas of application, the following examples are just some of the many possibilities, and thus represent a mere cross-section. Position Sensors from ASM can also be used in an unlimited range of other applications.

Machinery

Injection molding machines
Positioning in injection molding machines Thanks to their contact-free measuring principle, POSICHRON® sensors represent an ideal alternative to linear potentiometers, which are prone to wear and tear.

Printing machines
Position recording in printing machines. Continuous recording of the actual position values of dancer bars and the height positioning of paper piles, using ASM Position Sensors.

Power plant construction
Safety-related monitoring of the movement of steam pipelines in power plants, thanks to WS Position Sensors.

Vehicle Testing

ICE chassis testing
Chassis tests on the ICE during the development phase to optimise driving safety and comfort, or to ensure operating safety as part of regular maintenance.

Transport crane
Capture of the current jib position on transport cranes with WS Position Sensors.

Motor vehicle chassis test
Chassis tests on motor vehicles as a prerequisite for driving safety and comfort, documentation of the vibrations of the wheel suspension with measuring computers or memory recorders. Compact WS Sensors are ideal for this application.

Handling

Driverless transport systems
Positioning on driverless transport systems, e.g. height positioning using WS positioning sensors.

Forklift trucks, shelf management equipment
Continuous capture of the lift height on forklift trucks, order-picking equipment and shelf management equipment with Cable Actuated Position Sensors, including for large lift heights of up to 60 m.

Transport crane
Capture of the current jib position on transport cranes with WS Position Sensors.

Liftsystems

Lifting platforms, scissor lift table
Recording of the end position on lifting platforms and scissor lift tables as a replacement for limit or approach switches. Due to the installation situation, WS Position Sensors are the sensors of choice.

Power lifters, heavy-duty lifting frame
Synchronous run monitoring on heavy-duty lifting frames through continuous lift height measurement on all hydraulic cylinders, millimetre-accurate lifting and lowering of bridges, etc.

Portal crane
Positioning of portal cranes over long distances using Cable Actuated Position Sensors.

Medical Equipment

Patient couches
Patient- and situation-related positioning of patient couches for diagnosis, therapy and patient positioning.

OP tables
Reliable and precise positioning of operating tables for the performance of all types of surgical intervention, using WS Position Sensors.

Tomography, mammography
Precise patient positioning on medical diagnostic equipment, e.g. positioning in computer-assisted tomography equipment or for mammograms.

Research & Testing

Structural tests on aircraft
The performance of structural tests on the entire aircraft construction, fatigue tests and simulation of extreme situations through hydraulic cylinders, recording of deformation behaviour using WS Position Sensors.

ICE chassis testing
Chassis tests on the ICE during the development phase to optimise driving safety and comfort, or to ensure operating safety as part of regular maintenance.

Motor vehicle chassis test
Chassis tests on motor vehicles as a prerequisite for driving safety and comfort, documentation of the vibrations of the wheel suspension with measuring computers or memory recorders. Compact WS Sensors are ideal for this application.