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What is the difference between an industrial scanner and a supermarket scanner?

Release Time:2020-07-29

Many friends are asking what is the difference between industrial barcode scanning guns and supermarket barcode scanning guns. The following small series will show you the difference between industrial scanning guns and supermarket scanning guns.

1. The IP level of bar code scanning gun is different

First of all, let's understand what is the IP grade of bar code scanning gun. The IP grade of bar code scanning gun is one of the important safety performance of electrical products, often called shell protection grade. This group of numbers refers to the lamp shell to ensure that the lamp works safely in the corresponding natural environment, while not being unsafe to the outside world. The former refers to the bar code scanning gun can prevent the intrusion of solid objects or liquids from the outside world, and will not produce short circuit and fire, thus causing accidents; the latter refers to the bar code scanning gun can prevent electric shock and ensure the safety of users or unintentional contact with people or animals.

There are many factors that affect the natural environment on electrical safety, such as shock vibration, corrosion, explosion, temperature difference, etc., but the most common ones are: solid objects: people, animals, tools and dust, etc.; liquid: rain, water spray and immersion.

If you think about the industrial environment and the supermarket environment, you will know that the industrial environment is relatively bad compared to the shopping mall and supermarket environment. In the process of using the scanning gun, it is likely to encounter the invasion of liquid, serious impact and vibration, a large amount of dust and other factors. Therefore, industrial scanning guns usually have an industrial grade assessment to determine the stability and reliability of the scanning gun. No one wants to buy a scanning gun and fail all day long, delaying normal production. On the contrary, shopping malls, supermarket environment on the scanning gun IP level requirements are greatly reduced.

2. bar code scanning gun price is different

Industrial bar code scanning gun usually has the function of falling, dustproof and waterproof, so the price of bar code scanning gun is relatively high. Although the bar code scanning gun in shopping malls and supermarkets also has a certain IP rating, the general industrial rating is also low for cost considerations. You can't use the barcode scanning gun in supermarkets to maliciously fall or soak in water, so the price of barcode scanning gun in shopping malls/supermarkets is much lower than that in industry.

Although the barcode scanning gun for industrial use and the barcode scanning gun for supermarkets are different, the ultimate goal is to better scan and collect the barcode. It's just that different barcode scanning guns are used for different environmental needs. Then it leads to another interesting question, whether the bar code scanning gun used in shopping malls and supermarkets can not scan the bar code, and the bar code scanning gun used in industry can be scanned. The answer is no. There are many factors that affect the problem of not being able to scan the barcode. Not by IP rating.

3. bar code scanning gun scanning performance is different

The environment of industrial application is very complicated. Sometimes the barcode scanning gun must scan the barcode under strong light, sometimes it must be operated outdoors, sometimes it must scan the barcode at a long distance, and sometimes it must scan the barcode with relatively high density. These various factors cause the ordinary barcode scanning gun to fail to meet the special requirements of collecting barcode in industrial environment. The most common barcode in shopping malls and supermarkets is the EAN-13 code. The barcode of many products is printed. The quality of the barcode is very good and it is easy to scan.