SIKORA

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SIKORA
Founded	1972
Headquarters	Bremen, Germany
Website	http://www.sikora.net

Company Profile

SIKORA started business with measuring devices for the industrial production of wires and cables in Bremen, Germany. As a leading company for measuring and control technology as well as for inspection, analysis and sorting systems the company has set standards for quality assurance, process optimization and cost savings in many industries with innovative solutions.

The company has 400 employees with headquarters in Bremen/Germany. The development of a non-contact measuring device for the measurement of concentricity and wall thickness of cables was the first milestone of SIKORA's success. Shortly after that, the company made a name for itself as a pioneer for line sensors for the diameter measurement of wires and cables.

As a solution finder for challenges of the quality assurance and process optimization the company invests about ten percent of their annual turnover in research and development. More than 30 employees are permanently active in their technology center. The radiation safety of our X-ray measuring systems complies with international directives and is far below the prescribed limits.

Applications

• Capacitance measurement
• Diameter measurement of round products
• Dielectric strength
• Eccentricity measurement of round products
• Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) analysis
• Material inspection of plastic pellets
• Ovality measurement of round products
• SRL prediction
• Surface inspection of round products
• Temperature measurement industry
• Thickness measurement with X-ray
• Thickness measurement with radar
• Thickness measurement with laser

Products

• PURITY CONCEPT Systems - offline inspection and analysis of plastic materials to ensure the purity of material
• PURITY SCANNER ADVANCED - system for online inspection and automatic sorting of plastic pellets
• measuring, control, inspection, analysis and sorting devices for:
  • cables and their production lines
  • medical tubes, multi-layer composite pipes, small or large tubes
  • optical fibre
  • sheets

History

• 1972 - development of first non-contact measuring system for the continuous measurement of the insulation wall thickness and concentricity during the manufacture of cables
• 1973 - establishment of the one-man company HARALD SIKORA in Bremen, Germany
• 1974 - development of the first non-contact position sensor "sag control" for CV lines by Harald Sikora
• 1976 - first usage of early CCD linear sensors for diameter measurement of a wire or cable during the production process
• 1979 - commutation of the one-man company HARALD SIKORA into SIKORA INDUSTRIEELEKTRONIK GMBH
• 1990 - X-RAY 8000 for wall thickness measurement of multi-layered medium, high and extra high voltage cables
• 2000 - X-RAY 2000 designed for the measurement of the wall thickness in wire and cable jacketing and insulating lines
• 2002 - commutation of the SIKORA INDUSTRIEELEKTRONIK GMBH into the SIKORA AG stock company
• 2007 - new building for Research & Development and Service in Bremen
  • X-RAY 8000 NXT for reliable and precise measurements of medium, high and extra high voltage cables
• 2010 - presentation of numerous technological innovations at the wire 2010 in Düsseldorf
• 2011 - opening of the technology center in Bremen
  • company is divided into two business areas: SIKORA HOLDING GmbH & Co. KG and SIKORA AG.
• 2012 - SIKORA presents a multitude of innovations at the wire Düsseldorf
• 2013 - SIKORA celebrates its 40th anniversary
  • at the K-Show, SIKORA presents the PURITY SCANNER for the first time
• 2015 - market launch of the PURITY CONCEPT Systems for the inspection and analysis of pellets, flakes and tapes/films via X-ray, infrared or optical technology
• 2016 - market launch of millimeter waves technology based measuring systems CENTERWAVE 6000 for measurement of diameter, wall thickness, ovality and sagging of large plastic tubes and the PLANOWAVE 6000 for measurement of thickness of plastic sheets.
  • introduction of the PURITY SCANNER ADVANCED with flexible camera concept at the “K” in Düsseldorf.
• 2017 - demolition of the old production building and start of the construction of a four-storied building at headquarters in Bremen
• 2019 - opening of the new SIKORA building for production, logistics and development at the headquarters in Bremen.
• 2023 - SIKORA celebrates its 50th anniversary.

References

PETplanet Insider Articles

Issue 06 / 2024: Modular system for flexible optical online inspection and sorting of plastic pellets
Issue 04 / 2024: Detecting contamination

External links

SIKORA Website