Industrial Automation Products Inc

09/01/2026

How do manufacturers increase production speed without compromising quality?
For today’s consumer goods and packaging manufacturers, that’s one of the biggest challenges on the production floor.

SICK is helping manufacturers meet that challenge with AI-powered machine vision.
In this on-demand webinar, you’ll see how SICK Nova is enabling faster, more reliable, and more adaptable quality inspection across FMCG and packaging applications.See how manufacturers are using AI-powered vision to:

🔹 Detect defects with greater accuracy
🔹 Streamline production and inspection workflows
🔹 Reduce manual intervention
🔹 Improve consistency and operational efficiency
🔹 Adapt more quickly to changing production demands

At Industrial Automation Products (IAP), we’re proud to represent SICK and help manufacturers find practical automation solutions that improve productivity, quality, and reliability.

If machine vision or quality inspection is a challenge in your operation, we’d be glad to help.
🎥 Watch the SICK webinar on demand:

https://video.sick.com/media/t/0_jelshaxj

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08/26/2026

🤖 ROBOT SAFETY STANDARDS ARE EVOLVING. ARE YOU UP TO DATE?
Safety is always an important part of the conversation in industrial automation—and keeping up with changing standards matters.

SICK’s Coffee & Compliance series, featuring Chris Soranno, Functional Safety Expert (TÜV Rheinland) and Manager of International Safety Standards at SICK, provides a straightforward look at industrial robot safety standards and what manufacturers need to know.

☕ Background of Industrial Robot Standards:
https://s.sick.com/us-en-robot-standards-na

☕ Overview & Updates to the ANSI/A3 R15.08 Series:
https://s.sick.com/us-en-ansi1508-on-demand

Short, practical, and packed with useful information. Grab a cup of coffee and check them out!
Need help with your industrial safety and automation applications? Give IAP a call.

Industrial Automation Products
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📞 706.229.3176
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08/19/2026

📦 Reliable packaging starts with reliable sensing. See how Suomen Sokeri Oy is using SICK’s W10 photoelectric proximity sensor to accurately position sugar bags, reduce product loss, and improve packaging line performance. In high-speed packaging environments, dependable sensing matters. The right sensor technology can help manufacturers:

✅ Improve product positioning
✅ Reduce waste and product loss
✅ Increase packaging accuracy
✅ Minimize unnecessary downtime
✅ Keep production moving efficiently

At Industrial Automation Products, we help manufacturers find proven automation solutions for demanding production applications.

📩 Brought to you by Industrial Automation Products – helping you design smarter, more efficient control systems with proven automation solutions.

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08/11/2026

☀️ Building Solar Farms Faster, Safer & Smarter

What does it take to build solar farms faster, safer, and with greater precision?

Built Robotics’ autonomous piling system, supported by SICK sensor technology, is helping transform utility-scale solar construction through advanced automation and reliable measurement technology.

From accurate positioning and measurement to the demanding conditions of large-scale construction sites, dependable sensing technology plays a critical role in helping automated systems perform safely and efficiently.
At Industrial Automation Products, we help manufacturers, integrators, and industrial operations find the automation and sensing solutions they need to keep moving forward.

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08/05/2026

Honored to see SICK recognized with an RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its End of Arm Safeguard! 👏

By creating a protective field directly around the robot's end-of-arm tooling, this innovative safety solution helps prevent collisions while enabling safer and more efficient collaboration between humans and robots.

As manufacturers continue adopting collaborative robotics, innovations like this demonstrate how advanced safety technology can improve productivity without compromising worker protection.

Read the full story on the SICK Sensor Connection blog: https://sickconnect.com/end-of-arm-safeguard-receives-rbr50-recognition-for-advancing-safer-human-robot-collaboration/

📩 Brought to you by Industrial Automation Products – helping you design smarter, more efficient control systems with proven automation solutions.

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07/30/2026

Adding equipment, changing material flows, or redesigning processes can introduce new safety risks.
Learn why risk assessments, safety concepts, and proper validation are essential for keeping modernization projects safe, compliant, and successful.

📩 Brought to you by Industrial Automation Products – helping you design smarter, more efficient control systems with proven automation solutions.

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07/28/2026

Safety standards can be a LOT to go through. But if you're looking for a digestible way to understand separation distance requirements, this webinar is exactly what you need.

Chris Soranno, Functional Safety Expert (TÜV Rheinland) and Manager of International Safety Standards at SICK, discusses how to correctly determine and validate separation distances according to the requirements of the latest machinery safety standards.

Watch the on-demand webinar here: https://s.sick.com/us-en-safety-distance-webinar

📩 Brought to you by Industrial Automation Products – helping you design smarter, more efficient control systems with proven automation solutions.

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04/24/2026

Open-loop or closed-loop control — which is right for your application?

This resource walks through practical tips, common pitfalls, and performance factors to consider when designing control systems in industrial environments. A quick, valuable read for controls engineers and system designers.

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Is an open-loop or closed-loop control system a better choice for your motion control application?

04/22/2026

NFC is changing the way we approach machine diagnostics, commissioning, and troubleshooting. 💡
This article breaks down how NFC-enabled devices help reduce downtime, simplify setup, and improve maintenance efficiency—all without special tools or complex interfaces.

📩 Brought to you by Industrial Automation Products – helping you simplify maintenance and maximize uptime with smarter sensor solutions.

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NFC helps you pull device data, share reports, and access configuration settings without removing your safety light curtain.

04/20/2026

The labor shortage persists, but so does physical AI! 🦾

Physical AI refers to intelligent robotic systems that can autonomously handle tasks. In a high-mix SKU environment where personnel is limited, having a robot that can reliably pick objects can be the difference between a high-throughput facility and a warehouse that struggles to process its orders.

See what else physical AI is capable of on the SICK AG Sensor Connection blog:

🔗 https://sickconnect.com/automated-picking-with-physical-ai/

📩 Brought to you by Industrial Automation Products – helping you implement advanced robotics and sensor solutions to keep your operations moving.

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