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Major sub-categories: Angle, inclination, tilt | Distance | Edge, Alignment | Form, dimension, size, volume | Gap | Length, Displacement | Light barriers, curtains | Limit / position indicators | Presence | Position | Position angular | Position linear | Proximity | Thickness

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Optical and inductive switches from a single source

Optical and inductive switches from a single source

Leuze electronic: The optics specialist Leuze electronic will become a sensor allrounder in 2009 and has completed its product range with inductive switches. Leuze electronic thereby presents itself in automation technology as a full-service...

2009-05-19
Sensor system for the internal inspection of bore holes

Sensor system for the internal inspection of bore holes

Micro-Epsilon: A development project for a bore hole sensor envisaged by Micro-Epsilon last year has now resulted in a marketable product. The miniature confocal sensor with a diameter of just 3.4mm can now be used to measure the internal walls of...

2009-05-17
optoNCDT 1402 adapts to the measurement task

optoNCDT 1402 adapts to the measurement task

Micro-Epsilon: The new optoNCDT1402 laser sensor from Micro-Epsilon replaces the company’s previous optoNCDT 1401 product. The new sensor provides improved performance and extreme flexibility. This flexibility comes from a brand new Teach-In...

2009-05-17
Fully standalone universal controller

Fully standalone universal controller

Micro-Epsilon: A new controller from Micro-Epsilon opens up multiple potential applications. The electronics unit on the new CSP2008 Universal Controller takes over the processing of up to six sensor signals and is primarily intended for thickness...

2009-05-17
Compact profile sensor for defined measurement tasks

Compact profile sensor for defined measurement tasks

Micro-Epsilon’s range of compact profile scanners has been expanded with the new scanCONTROL 2710 sensor. This sensor series has an extremely compact housing with integrated controller. The scanCONTROL 2710 provides a complete solution for...

2009-05-17
Automatic geometry inspection of silicon ingots

Automatic geometry inspection of silicon ingots

Micro-Epsilon has launched a brand new system for the geometrical inspection of ingots called “dimensionCONTROL 8260 for Ingots”. In just a few minutes, the system can inspect the surface of the ingots using several laser optical sensors (line...

2009-05-17
New Balluff BOS 50K diffuse sensor

New Balluff BOS 50K diffuse sensor

Balluff kicks off a new, powerful series of optical object detection sensors using red light with their new BOS 50K, a diffuse sensor with IP 67 rating and background suppression. The new block-style sensor with a measuring range of from 200 to...

2009-05-15
Micropulse ProCompact transducers

Micropulse ProCompact transducers

Balluff: By developing the new Micropulse "ProCompact" transducers, the sensor specialist and connectivity provider Balluff has set new standards for the outdoor use of magnetostrictive distance measurement systems. Manufactured completely from...

2009-05-15
End-of-travel monitoring on hydraulic cylinders

End-of-travel monitoring on hydraulic cylinders

Balluff has expanded their proven product line of high pressure rated inductive sensors in M12 and M18 housings to include miniaturized form factors. Ideal applications for these 350 bar rated miniature sensors in M8 and M5 housings include...

2009-05-15
Balluff Globalprox family – 2-wire range expanded

Balluff Globalprox family – 2-wire range expanded

Balluff: The name Globalprox stands for a complete, globally available product line of rugged inductive sensors in 2- and 3-wire technology from Balluff. The sensor specialist and connectivity provider introduced additions to the line with DC...

2009-05-15
Balluff distance measurement – the best solution for all your applications

Balluff distance measurement – the best solution for all ...

Balluff: The sheer variety of different tasks in the automation industry creates a need for a wide range of different sensor system solutions. Balluff draws from a comprehensive portfolio that currently incorporates six different distance...

2009-05-15
High performance DUAL OUTPUT contactless rotary position sensor

High performance DUAL OUTPUT contactless rotary position ...

Penny + Giles, the position sensor specialist, has launched a new contactless rotary position sensor with dual outputs, SRH280DP. The new sensor incorporates a factory programmable Hall effect sensor and has two outputs that can be programmed...

2009-05-02
NC Compact System Speeds Setting Up of NC Joining Modules with Force-Displacement Monitoring

NC Compact System Speeds Setting Up of NC Joining ...

Kistler: Standard joining processes, such as pressing bearings onto shafts, can be flexibly and reliably automated by the use of electromechanical NC joining modules from Kistler with integral force-displacement monitoring. Kistler's new NC...

2009-04-19
Versatile Safety Laser Scanners with modular functionality

Versatile Safety Laser Scanners with modular functionality

Leuze electronic: The ROTOSCAN RS4 Safety Laser Scanners from Leuze electronic have been equipped with requirement-compliant function packages. In combination with the possible protective field ranges and the various switching outputs, a total of...

2009-04-19
Plug and Play Muting

Plug and Play Muting

Leuze electronic: Access guarding with optical protective devices with Muting function frequently consists of numerous components that must be electrically and mechanically harmonized with one another, to guarantee both safety and availability....

2009-04-19
COMPACTlaser Multiple Light Beam Safety Devices for safeguarding in a collision simulator

COMPACTlaser Multiple Light Beam Safety Devices for ...

Leuze electronic: When designing a collision system, there are challenges not only with the construction of a damping system and the integration of acceleration sensors: safeguarding also means a great challenge. Strict safety regulations must be...

2009-04-19
New Generation Green Switch drives Lower Voltage, Deeper Micropower and Higher ESD

New Generation Green Switch drives Lower Voltage, Deeper ...

Melexis: Omnipolar™ Switching Industry’s lowest current consuming magnetic, contactless, solid-state switching. Melexis releases the New Generation of its Micropower & Omnipolar™ Hall-Effect Switch: the MLX90248. Consistent with...

2009-03-18
Micro-Epsilon receives large sensor order for segmented reflector telescope

Micro-Epsilon receives large sensor order for segmented ...

Micro-Epsilon: Sensor specialist Micro-Epsilon has received an order from the Chinese Academy of Science to supply 600 eddy current sensors to the largest Chinese reflector telescope LAMOST (Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic...

2009-03-17
Confocal sensors in hybrid technology

Confocal sensors in hybrid technology

Micro-Epsilon: The new optoNCDT confocal chromatic sensor from Micro-Epsilon combines the benefits of two successful confocal design concepts. With an external diameter of 8mm, the sensor is compact and slim, similar to the optoNCDT 2402 range of...

2009-03-17
Non-intrusive full/empty limit switch at small diameter pipes (10...50 mm)

Non-intrusive full/empty limit switch at small diameter ...

SONOTEC: The optimized ultrasonic limit switch SONOCONTROL 15 detects quickly and reliably whether a pipe is filled with liquids / liquid gases or not. The compact sensor is mainly used in plants of the pharmaceutical sector and the food industry....

2009-03-15
New Safety Switches, Interlocking Devices and Command Devices in the Leuze electronic portfolio

New Safety Switches, Interlocking Devices and Command ...

Leuze electronic has completely rearranged and extended its product range of Safety Switches and Interlocking Devices. With the reorganization and extension of its Switch and Interlocking Device portfolio, Leuze electronic is underpinning its...

2009-02-19
Laser scanner-supported automatic order picking

Laser scanner-supported automatic order picking

Leuze electronic: Surface area distance sensors ROD 4 from Leuze electronic are ideally suited for a wide range of different applications in the field of warehousing and conveying technology. The ROD 4plus is a variant of this device designed...

2009-02-19
Quality inspection of flat glass

Quality inspection of flat glass

Micro-Epsilon: Two new measuring stations from Micro-Epsilon are being used to inspect the dimensional accuracy and edge quality of flat glass at Schott based in Jena. Dimensional accuracy is a critical factor in industrial glass, which is used...

2009-02-17
Laser micrometer offers twice the measuring range

Laser micrometer offers twice the measuring range

Micro-Epsilon: Laser micrometers are now available from Micro-Epsilon that provide more than double the existing measuring range. The two new models are called optoCONTROL 1202-75 and optoCONTROL 1202-100. The measuring range of these two new...

2009-02-17
Eddy current sensors in tribology testers

Eddy current sensors in tribology testers

Micro-Epsilon: Eddy current sensors from Micro-Epsilon are once again being used in a new high-performance test system at the Institute for Tribology at the Clausthal Technical University. The new tester, which is currently under construction,...

2009-02-17
Touch Panel displays distance measurements from Acuity laser sensors

Touch Panel displays distance measurements ...

Acuity: A color Touch Panel Display can control Acuity laser sensors and display their distance readings. Using serial communications, this smart terminal includes firmware applications for calculating thickness and other dimensions without the...

2009-02-15
Alignment check of hinges for windows and door mechanisms

Alignment check of hinges for windows and door mechanisms

Cognex Corporation: Mayer & Co., a global leader in its field has found the solution to their production problems in Cognex vision systems. While it’s something we all do possibly several times a day - opening or tilting a balcony door or...

2009-01-28
SpiderScan – New versions, different resolutions

SpiderScan – New versions, different resolutions

Baumer: Measuring light barriers from the SpiderScan series are already being successfully employed in a wide range of applications. SpiderScan is just the right measuring system wherever the height, width or profile of objects traveling at high...

2009-01-26
Miniature, long range retro-reflective sensor

Miniature, long range retro-reflective sensor

Baumer: The completely new developed Series 10 retro-reflective sensor with its polarization filter achieves a very high range of 4 m using a reflector measuring a mere 50 x 50 mm. The specially developed optics are characterized by the fact that...

2009-01-26
Low cost draw-wire sensors measure up to 7.5m

Low cost draw-wire sensors measure up to 7.5m

Micro-Epsilon: The latest draw-wire sensor from measurement technology manufacturer Micro-Epsilon is the wireSENSOR MK120. This new MK model is part of the company’s well-established low-cost draw-wire sensor range and offers a measuring range...

2009-01-17
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