Oil systems are found on nearly all industrial machines. Whether the oil is used to lubricate rotating components or to transfer hydraulic energy, maintaining a contaminate-free oil supply is necessary for trouble free operation. (read more)

ifm offers sensor systems to detect mechanical faults that affect equipment availability. They can also be used to detect process drift in real time to minimize quality losses. Together, ifm sensor systems and RtM products improve the performance of your complete operation. (read more)

What if you could reduce waste and inefficiencies in your compressed air systems? (read more)

The world's population is growing and, hence, the challenge for the global food and beverage industry to meet the growing demand for safe and high-quality products.

For over 50 years, ifm has been developing reliable automation solutions that make processes along the entire food chain more efficient and supports to sustainable agriculture for millions of people around the world. (read more)

Thermal compressed air meter with integrated pressure and temperature sensor (read more)

The anti-collision system, which can be integrated very easily into existing vehicles, provides maximum safety for all types of mobile machines and supports the daily work of the drivers. easily retrofitted with this plus in safety. (read more)

Our industrial controller can help you improve product quality and machine performance with an enhanced human-machine interface, cloud connectivity and savings on installation labor and software cost. (read more)

What if your operators had an easy-to-use system to verify shipments go out the door with 100% accuracy every time?

What if you could decrease the time to load your truck without loss of accuracy? (read more)

What if your water treatment plant was smart enough to tell you when an instrument was out of calibration? Find out how IO-Link technology provides an accessible ethernet connection to easily connect existing instrumentation with the power of data and analytics. (read more)

Illumination and signalling all-in-one (read more)

Always know where you stand: position feedback for ball valves (read more)

New inductive full-metal sensors – robust, compact, accurate

These robust full-metal sensors are especially well-suited for applications in the food industry. (read more)

Intelligent and reliable condition monitoring with IO-Link made simple
The type VV vibration sensor is designed to monitor industrial machines under difficult operating conditions. It can detect and alert you to problems before they affect your production availability. (read more)

Advantages and customer benefits:

• Process reliability and energy monitoring
• Pump output can be reduced thanks to the minimisation of pressure loss
• Reduction of set-up and hardware costs thanks to IO-Link
• Slim design optimised for standard splitter boxes

Configure and monitor IO-Link devices via Bluetooth adapter (read more)

Calibration check technology: the temperature sensor that checks itself (read more)

Vibration sensor VVB001

• Condition-based maintenance thanks to monitoring of unbalance, rolling element bearing or gear state.
• Large operating temperature range and high protection rating for the requirements of harsh industrial environments.
• Reliable and permanent monitoring of characteristic values incl. triggered raw data recording.

Inductive full-metal sensors – robust, compact, accurate (read more)

Collision protection for automated guided vehicle systems (read more)

The PMD profiler: Precise quality control thanks to time-of-flight technology for high tolerance on object positioning (read more)

More than hot air: flow sensor ensures safety (read more)

The PMD 3D sensor from ifm detects scenes and objects three-dimensionally with only one image capture. This avoids the motion blur that can occur with line scanners. (read more)

• Reduce inaccuracies associated with a time-based cleaning process
• Improve process performance with flexible measurement points
• Compact, high-quality sensor design prevents failures and unplanned downtime

• Reduce inaccuracies associated with a time-based cleaning process
• Improve process performance with flexible measurement points
• Compact, high-quality sensor design prevents failures and unplanned downtime

Small pressure transmitter with integrated DIN valve plug and fast response time in robust and compact stainless steel housing. (read more)

Higher performance. Less effort.

IO-Link sensors from ifm open up completely new possibilities for the user. From easy and quick setup to additionally available machine monitoring data to process transparency from the machine level to the ERP software: IO-Link offers convincing efficiency gains and cost savings. See for yourself! (read more)

Case completeness, Box dimensioning and Depalletizing (read more)

What if you could upgrade your machine for tomorrow's requirements? (read more)

Strategies for Improving Batch Consistency and Quality | Presented by ifm efector, inc. (read more)

Robust, high-quality sensors with protection rating IP 65 to IP 69K for flexible use at medium temperatures up to +100 C° (read more)

The VV vibration sensor detects and reports vibrations, frictions, impact and machine overheating. (read more)

Proven effective in numerous applications, our PMD distance sensors of the OGD series are highly versatile problem-solvers. The photoelectric sensors deliver stable and accurate results even in challenging environments.

Find out which key benefits the OGD sensors from ifm offer. In the following, we explain what reflectance is and how time-of-flight measurement works. (read more)

• Inline quality control checks to ensure correct assembly of parts
• Quick set-up without software
• Distance-independent measurement for high tolerance on object positioning
• Immunity to extraneous light – no screening or external illumination required
• Optional contour visualisation via software to simplify the failure analysis

The extremely compact housing has its strength wherever there is restricted space for sensors or where the additional mass is to be kept low: In factory automation, on machine tools or on fast moving robot arms the miniature sensor scores with a range that is almost as long as that of larger designs. (read more)

• 30 mm sensor for restricted space
• Long range of 6 mm for non flush mounting
• Sealed: protection ratings IP 65 to IP 69K
• Screw-through thread for flexible mounting

• Effective, on-line condition monitoring for simple machinery
• Seamless integration directly into Industrial Ethernet systems
• Simple real-time indicators for automated alerts

• Effective, on-line condition monitoring for simple machinery
• Seamless integration directly into Industrial Ethernet systems
• Simple real-time indicators for automated alerts

Improved performance thanks to IO-Link

• Current measurement and configurable current limitation for each port
• Master and devices configurable via the LR DEVICE software

• Continuously measuring level from outside tank or pipe
• Non-contact detection so no influence caused by medium
• Three separate point level sensors in one unit

• Continuously measuring level from outside tank or pipe
• Non-contact detection so no influence caused by medium
• Three separate point level sensors in one unit

Robotics: Plug-and-play integration of the 3D vision sensor possible thanks to newly developed software (read more)

RVP510
Incremental encoder with solid shaft and display (read more)

• Reliable data provision via Ethernet UDP
• Fast distance measurement with time-of-flight technology
• Suited for use in mobile machines
• Compact and robust housing
• Very long sensing range up to 35 m

• Absolute position traceability even when unpowered
• Bearing operating time measurement for efficient maintenance planning
• Freely programmable total resolution up to 31 bits
• Programmable digital switching input/output
• High shock and vibration resistance thanks to magnetic sensing principle

The ifm product range comprises sockets, cable plugs, jumper cables and splitter boxes in M8 and M12 design. (read more)

No matter whether steel, aluminium, copper or other non-ferrous metals: the "K=1" sensors have the same sensing range on all metals. (read more)