SICK Launches CLV610 For Plug-And-Play Product Validation

The new SICK CLV610 barcode scanner with fieldbus module meets the need for easy-to-install and cost-effective product validation and traceability in food packaging.

With its large depth of field and reading range, the CLV610 delivers reliable bar code reading performance with high read rates for critical operations such as ensuring  ‘right product; right carton’ in end-of-line food production.

“The SICK CLV610 is an entry-level scanner ideal for food processors and packers who need to ensure high-performance code reading for product identification and validation,” says SICK UK’s AutoIdent Product Specialist Tim Stokes. “ It delivers excellent reading reliability with a scanning frequency adjustable up to 1000 scans/second.  Lower contrast codes present no problem.  

“It is ideal for applications such as Read After Print and Code Validation on ready meal packaging.  Many ready meal packaging sleeves look the same but contain quite different AAproducts.  By using a match code to combine 2-dimensional codes with the EAN 13 code, the SICK solution enables food packing companies to ensure Right Product Right Carton”.

The three versions of the CLV610, ECO, CAN and fieldbus, can be integrated with a wide variety of factory automated control systems, including PROFIBUS, so it can be used as a replacement or new scanning resource almost anywhere. 

The CLV610 with CDF600-2 fieldbus module is optimised for a wide range of product handling and conveying applications.

It is suitable for mounting to all common conveyor systems.  Its compact dimensions mean it can be installed easily both in accessible and less accessible positions using a simple quick release bracket.   Incorporating SICK’s intuitive SOPAS user interface and powerful IDpro platform, both common to all new SICK products, the SICK CLV610 can be rapidly set up and configured.

The CLV610 delivers excellent reading reliability where codes are well presented and SMART reconstruction is not required.  Data is transmitted by the SICK CLV610 to the control system in the desired format, instead of requiring additional programming in the remote controller or PLC, reducing processing time and possible errors. The parameter cloning facility enables a replacement scanner to be installed without time-consuming reconfiguration, and the scanner can even be used as a multiplexer for other CLV610 scanners, without additional hardware.