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Miniature sensors
  • Best-in-class zone of 15 mm 
  • Optimum sensor setting thanks to enhanced functions such as sonic cone adjustment or disruption filter
  • Efficient integration and additional data via the IO-Link interface
  • Measuring ranges up to 500 mm
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Robust ultrasonic sensors with flexible parameterization

Robust ultrasonic sensors with flexible parameterization
  • Extremely resistant sealed sensor element
  • Very short blind range of 20 mm
  • Application-specific parameterization and additional data due to IO-Link
  • Analog measurement signal as well as switching signal
  • Measuring ranges up to 1500 mm
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Ultrasonic sensors with teach button

Ultrasonic sensors with teach button

  • Extremely compact, flat housing designs
  • Round versions in M18 or M30 housings with connector or cable output
  • With teach-in or potentiometer
  • Measuring ranges up to 2000 mm
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Large sensing distances – Long ranges – Long-distance level detection up to 6 m

Long ranges

  • Configuration by teach-in
  • Current and voltage output
  • Measuring ranges up to 6000 mm
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Sensors with sonic nozzles – Level measurement into very small containers

Sensors with sonic nozzles

  • With sonic nozzle for very narrow sonic beam
  • Distance measurement of very small objects into very narrow openings
  • Resolution up to 0.1 mm
  • Measuring ranges up to 150 mm
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Chemically robust ultrasonic distance sensors – Level measurement in chemically harsh environments – Universal M18 sensors – chemically robust – Universal M18 Design – chemically robust

Chemically robust ultrasonic distance sensors

  • High chemical resistance thanks to special coating
  • Robust, FDA-compliant stainless steel housing
  • M12 miniature sensors with narrow beam shape
  • Measuring ranges up to 1000 mm
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Ultrasonic sensors with IO-Link
  • Modification of the sonic cone or activation of filtering in the field
  • Individual sensor setting
  • Additional data
  • Fast implementation and easy sensor exchange with automatic parameter transfer
  • Supporting the latest IO-Link standard 1.1
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Reliably high-performance ultrasonic sensors with integrated setting and filter options
 

The new generation of the ultrasonic sensors U300, U500 and UR18 impresses with reliable integrated setting and filter options via the IO-Link interface in every situation. The choice of the preset sonic cone width (narrow, medium, wide) allows individual adjustment to the format. This means that different application options can be reliably handled by a single sensor, reducing variant diversity. Watch the video to find out more about the setting and filter options and how you can benefit from them. What is more, the unique combination of the shortest blind region on the market and extensive range offers new opportunities for machine construction and simplifies the design process.

Sectors and application areas
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Packaging industry

High standards for process safety combined with maximum flexibility for the detection of various packaging materials and shapes

  • Increase plant availability and master variant diversity: Ultrasonic sensors detect objects regardless of material, color, transparency, and gloss, as well as surface properties. The parameter server function and fast parameterization via the IO-Link interface allow simple and fast format changes.
  • Save development time and costs: Fast design-in of the ultrasonic sensors thanks to a very short blind region with a long range, small design, and standard hole spacing.

Electronics industry

Differently perforated and glossy surfaces with narrow space requirements for sensors

  • Save development time and costs: Fast design-in of the ultrasonic sensors thanks to a very short blind region with a long range, small design, and standard hole spacing.
  • Maximize plant availability: Ultrasonic sensors detect objects regardless of material, color, transparency, and gloss, as well as surface properties.
  • Increase throughput: Short response times and high repeatability enable maximum throughput.
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Wide variety of object geometries and surfaces with narrow space requirements for sensors

  • Highest process safety: Safe object detection independent of the object. Not affected by dust, light, or moisture.
  • Save development time and costs: Thanks to integrated adjustment and filter options, various application requirements can be optimally met with one sensor type. This reduces the variety of sensors and thus warehousing costs.
Your benefits
  • Universal object identification even in soiled environments
    • Non-contact detection of any material, surfaces, color or transparency
    • Insensitive to dust, ambient  light or moisture
  • High process safety thanks to fast and reliable measuring results
    • Large measuring range up to 6000 mm
    • High resolution of up to 0.1 mm
    • Very narrow sonic beam angles for detection and measurement into openings of merely 3 mm
  • Easy design-in with flexibility thanks to large variety of versions
    • Comprehensive range of round and rectangular distance-measuring ultrasonic sensors
    • Easy configuration of the measuring range by potentiometer, teach-in button, remote teach-in input or qTeach
Technology
Ultrasonic proximity switches – Functionality of ultrasonic sensors

Functionality of ultrasonic sensors

The distance measurement is based on a time-of-flight measurement. The sensor calculates the time between sending and receiving the reflected sound signal.
Advantage: Immunity to moisture, light, steam or object color

Mounting of ultrasonic sensors

Mounting of ultrasonic sensors

Ultrasonic sensors offer a high degree of flexibility in installation. Learn more about what you should consider when mounting ultrasonic sensors.

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