The higher the level of automation, the more important the information transferred from the factory floor to the higher level control. The company Hans Turck GmbH, considers the sensor to be the first link in a chain, ranging from the machine through the control to the corporate planning level. The company Hans Turck GmbH & Co KG, based in Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, has engaged in great efforts to gain a position as a "full line supplier" for application engineering below the controller level. The editors of the A & D Newsletter asked the three managers in charge of fieldbus & interface technology, sensor technology and corporate marketing, Frank Denk, Alfred Hack and Christian Wolf, to assess to what extent the company has succeeded in achieving its targets.
What are the business divisions that form the company?
Hack: Our traditional business is the development and production of sensor technology products. This sector can be subdivided into position and proximity switches, i.e. inductive, capactive and magnetic-field sensors. The product spectrum is complemented by ultrasonic, photoelectric and process sensors and linear and rotary position encoders. The second division comprises interface technology products including all the classical signal processor designs, and the third division incorporates fieldbus technology products with a clear focus on factory and process automation.
Wolf: In the hierarchy of automation, the machine is the basis where signals are recorded by sensing products. Our especial competence in industrial switchgear rests on this level and ranges today from simple connection products to the remote I/O level. We are presently strengthening our position as a true full line solution supplier, offering our customers the entire scope of application engineering below the controller level.
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