IoT/Industry 4.0

DATALOGIC’S MATRIX 320 2MP image reader empowers traceability applications in intralogistics, distribution, 3PL, retail logistics and shop floor environments, promises the solutions provider.

The new Matrix 320 reader offers ‘outstanding’ scanning performance to achieve higher productivity and an optimised price-toperformance ratio with its advanced

2MP sensor (1920x1080 pixels with a 16:9 form factor), achieving an extra-large Field of View (FOV) on the horizontal axis that competes against 3MP readers.

The new reader is ideally suited to factory automation and manufacturing applications, including automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, electronics, general manufacturing, retail and more, says Datalogic.

Matrix 320 is complemented by Datalogic’s Matrix 120 and Matrix 220, further establishing the company’s world leadership in stationary industrial scanners.

“This new Matrix 320 reader provides the highest market application flexibility due to its modular design and a reduced number of models with a complete portfolio of lenses, lightings, filters and accessories,” says Morena Corradini, product marketing manager, Datalogic.

“The new innovative 2MP sensor’s 16:9 form factor allows the Matrix 320 to cover the same horizontal field of view that typically requires a pricier 3MP sensor. This means end users and machine builders can achieve the same top scanning performance, with a lower cost solution. The powerful dual core platform, together with the HDR and the hardware acceleration capability, provide top reading performance, even in high-speed applications, as well as the best reading rate of both label and DPM [Direct Part Marking] targets,” she says.

The compact reader offers full industrial connectivity and rotating connectors on top for ease of installation in every industrial environment. The new configurable 360-degree multi-colour read feedback, coupled with green/red spot technology, provides outstanding visual feedback that will simplify the installation and maintenance, with reduced time and cost, states Datalogic. A new web diagnostic suite and high-performance image saving capability provide information to improve the production process and set preventative maintenance for higher productivity and lower maintenance cost.

“Every aspect of the Matrix 320 reader has been designed for easy installation, easy usage and easy reconfiguration as business needs change. The embedded electronic focus dramatically reduces installation time and allows easy remote production batch change and reconfiguration, improving production flexibility in line with Industry 4.0 requirements,” says Corradini.

APPLICATIONS:

The Matrix 320 reader can be used in a wide variety of applications, including:

Intralogistics automation, automated warehouse and distribution centre applications such as:

• Inbound / pallet picking (forklift).

• Print & apply verification (re-labelling).

• De- palletising – part traceability.

• Order fulfillment (automatic/manual).

• Palletising (automatic/manual)/cage preparation.

• Pallet traceability / pallet wrapping.

• Retrieval for outbound (forklift).

• Reverse logistic.

Automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, electronics, general manufacturing applications such as:

• Direct part marking reading.

• Component / part traceability.

• Wip traceability (automatic).

• Print & apply.

• Secondary packaging traceability.

• End of line traceability.