Inductive Proximity Sensors: Product Family IMB

The rugged standard for use in harsh environments

The inductive IMB proximity sensor is a byword for reliability in harsh working conditions, whether it is in contact with cooling lubricants or being used outdoors. With its extended sensing ranges, made highly precise thanks to the use of SICK ASIC technology, the IMB ensures reliable, stable processes. What's more, its wide-ranging specification limits allow the IMB to be used in applications where specialist devices were once the only solution – a huge benefit when it comes to product selection and warehousing. The visual adjustment indicator and self-locking nuts save time during commissioning and help cut down on errors. Communication via IO-Link is also possible, creating more flexibility and adding more functions for automation applications. With an extensive standard product portfolio available, even special devices can be put into action quickly and easily.

Inductive sensors have to be tough enough to cope with anything that’s thrown at them. So it’s about time that one took the lead and showed the others how it’s done. The IMB from SICK is both more resilient on the outside and more intelligent on the inside, boasting levels of chemical and mechanical resistance unmatched by any other device of the same construction, allowing it to withstand lubricants, oils, and coolants, as well as extreme temperatures and weather conditions. The IMB effortlessly defies the preconception that tough guys aren’t very intelligent, with its ASIC technology and the option of communication via IO-Link: Making its switching as reliable as its exterior is rugged. It doesn’t matter how extreme the conditions are at your installation location – from now on the focus is on the survival of the smartest rather than the fittest.

Tough on the outside – smart on the inside

The IMB Product Family including Types M08 to M30 rounds off SICK ’s comprehensive inductive proximity sensor product portfolio, allowing for yet another intelligent solution for your automation tasks.

Machine Tooling

The IMB is setting a new standard for inductive proximity sensors in the machine building industry: optimal resistance against oils and cooling lubricant, extreme mechanical ruggedness, quick and easy mounting due to visual adjustment indicator, high levels of flexibility and numerous communication options due to IO-Link.

Harsh Environment Applications

When outdoors or anywhere, in which difficult application conditions prevail, the IMB utilizes its features in a particularly impressive way, its sensor covering a variety of applications. Protected against water, immune to temperature changes, shock and vibration resistant, corrosion resistant and extreme mechanical ruggedness the IMB is the ideal solution for applications relevant for container spreaders, wind power plants, car wash plants and outdoor gates and barriers.