KEYENCE Industrial Automation & Identification Solutions

Sensors, Machine Vision, Measurement, Barcode Reading & Industrial Automation

IBC supplies KEYENCE industrial automation and identification technologies for manufacturers looking to improve quality, productivity, traceability, inspection, measurement, and process control. KEYENCE offers one of the broadest portfolios of industrial sensing, machine vision, measurement, barcode reading, marking, safety, and automation technologies, allowing solutions to be selected around the specific requirements of a production line or application.

From detecting a product on a conveyor to measuring a component within microns, inspecting a finished product, reading a difficult 2D code, verifying a mark, or monitoring a production process, KEYENCE technologies provide manufacturers with the data needed to make faster and more informed decisions. IBC can help customers select, integrate, and deploy KEYENCE products as part of a broader barcode, traceability, automation, and manufacturing solution.

KEYENCE Product Line

Sensors

KEYENCE provides a broad range of industrial sensors designed for presence detection, positioning, measurement, inspection, and process monitoring.

Applications include:

• Presence/absence detection
• Object detection
• Position detection
• Distance measurement
• Part detection
• Level detection
• Colour detection
• Fibre-optic sensing
• Photoelectric sensing
• Proximity sensing

Measurement Sensors

KEYENCE measurement technologies provide non-contact and high-precision measurement for manufacturing and quality-control applications.

Solutions include technologies for:

• Dimensional measurement
• Distance measurement
• Position measurement
• Thickness measurement
• Height measurement
• Displacement
• Profile measurement

KEYENCE’s portfolio includes laser displacement and other measurement technologies designed for high-speed, high-accuracy industrial applications.

Machine Vision

KEYENCE machine vision systems can inspect, identify, locate, count, measure, and guide products and components.

Applications include:

• Defect inspection
• Appearance inspection
• Dimension inspection
• Position detection
• Part identification
• Counting
• Assembly verification
• OCR/OCV
• Barcode and 2D code reading

The portfolio ranges from integrated vision sensors to modular vision systems using area cameras, line-scan cameras, 3D cameras, and laser profilers.

Vision Sensors

For applications that don’t require a large vision system, KEYENCE vision sensors provide integrated imaging, lighting, and processing in a compact package.

These systems can provide automated inspection and detection while simplifying installation and programming. KEYENCE’s current vision sensor portfolio includes AI-enabled models designed to perform applications such as part detection, counting, and inspection.

Barcode Readers

IBC supplies KEYENCE fixed-mount and handheld barcode readers for manufacturing, logistics, and traceability applications.

KEYENCE barcode readers support:

• 1D barcodes
• 2D barcodes
• QR codes
• Data Matrix
• Direct Part Marking
• Difficult or damaged codes
• High-speed inline scanning

The SR Series includes fixed-mount readers designed for applications requiring high-speed reading, wide fields of view, long reading depth, and challenging code decoding.

Potential applications include:

Production Traceability | WIP Tracking | Serialization | Pallet Tracking | Logistics | Packaging | Quality Control

Process Sensors & Controls

KEYENCE process sensing technologies can help manufacturers monitor variables within production processes and detect changes before they become larger problems.

Applications can include:

• Pressure
• Flow
• Temperature
• Level
• Process monitoring
• Equipment condition

Marking & Coding

KEYENCE marking and coding systems provide permanent product identification for applications requiring serial numbers, barcodes, logos, date codes, lot numbers, and other information.

Technologies include:

• Laser marking
• Laser coding
• UV laser coding
• Industrial printers
• Permanent identification

These systems can be particularly valuable for serialization and traceability, where the mark becomes part of the product’s permanent identity.

Machine Safety

KEYENCE safety products are designed to help protect operators and personnel around automated machinery.

Solutions include:

• Safety light curtains
• Safety scanners
• Safety controls
• Machine guarding
• Safety switches
• Interlock systems

Optical & 3D Measurement

KEYENCE provides advanced optical measurement technologies for applications where conventional sensors aren’t sufficient.

Products include:

• Optical comparators
• 3D measurement systems
• Optical profilers
• Laser profilers
• Microscopes
• 3D scanners
• CMM technologies

These systems can support quality control, reverse engineering, research and development, and automated inspection.

Microscopes & Laser Microscopes

KEYENCE digital and laser microscopes provide high-resolution inspection and analysis for manufacturing, quality control, research, and development applications.

Controls

KEYENCE control products provide machine-control capabilities for industrial automation applications, including programmable logic controllers and HMIs.

Pneumatic Components

KEYENCE also provides pneumatic technologies designed to support industrial automation, including solutions for flow-rate monitoring and pneumatic control.

Static Control

Static electricity can cause problems with dust, product handling, electronics, and manufacturing processes. KEYENCE static control technologies can help manufacturers manage static electricity in sensitive production environments.

KEYENCE Applications

IBC can help integrate KEYENCE technology into applications including:

• Manufacturing automation
• Product inspection
• Quality control
• Barcode traceability
• Serialization
• WIP tracking
• Packaging
• Logistics
• Automotive manufacturing
• Electronics manufacturing
• Food and beverage
• Wood products
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing
• CPG production
• Robotics and automation

Why Buy KEYENCE Through IBC?

The right industrial automation solution is rarely just one component. A barcode reader may need to communicate with a PLC. A vision system may need to trigger a label printer. A laser marker may need to receive serial numbers from an ERP or MES system.

IBC can help connect the pieces.

With expertise in barcode, RFID, traceability, printing, mobile computing, automation, and data capture, IBC can help determine where KEYENCE technology fits into your existing production environment.

Looking for the right KEYENCE sensor, vision system, barcode reader, or automation technology? Contact IBC for help selecting the right solution for your application.