Sensor combines photoelectric and proximity features.
Press Release Summary:
Optoprox(TM) Photoelectric Sensor offers simplicity of mounting, aligning, and handling of inductive proximity sensor, but without range limitations. It features focused red light beam with fixed sensing range up to 23 mm, complete with background suppression. Unit can target very small objects and sense difficult-to-detect black plastic, metal, and rubber parts. Applications include presence sensing, positioning, controlling, and monitoring of discrete and process automation sequences.
Original Press Release:
Balluff Announces New Optoprox Sensor That Combines Photoelectric Range, Prox Reliability
Florence, KY (December, 2006): Balluff's new Optoprox(TM) combines the best features of a prox and photoelectric sensor. It is a photoelectric sensor that offers the simplicity of mounting, aligning, and handling of an inductive proximity sensor, but without the range limitations of a prox. The Optoprox(TM) has a focused red light beam with a fixed sensing range up to 23 mm, complete with background suppression.
Balluff Optoprox's rugged construction lets it go where most photoelectrics fear to tread. It has a reliable fixed sensing distance suitable for a wide variety of target materials, exact background suppression, and small sensing hysteresis. With its powerful red light, it's easy to precisely align an Optoprox to target very small objects and to sense difficult to detect black plastic, metal, and rubber parts.
Applications include presence sensing, positioning, controlling, and monitoring of discrete and process automation sequences, plus Poka Yoke in industrial settings too rugged for standard photoelectric sensors.
Balluff Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Balluff GmbH & Co., Neuhausen, Germany, is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of inductive, optical, capacitive and magnetic sensors as well as linear position transducers and ID systems. Balluff products for OEM and factory floor solutions are used to control, regulate, automate, assemble, position, and monitor manufacturing, assembly, and packaging sequences for industries including metalworking, automotive, plastics, material handling, wood processing, aerospace, electrical, and electronics.
