Sensors

AutomationDirect: Datasensing SH4 Series Category 4/Type 4 Safety Light Curtains
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AutomationDirect: Datasensing SH4 Series Category 4/Type 4 Safety Light Curtains

AutomationDirect has added Datasensing SH4 series 14mm finger and 30mm hand safety light curtains that are available in basic models with automatic restart or standard models, which include external device monitoring (EDM) and an optional manual restart. Body protection models in 300 or 400mm resolution are available only in the standard version. The finger and hand protection light curtains offer no dead zone for maximum protection.

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IDEC: Photoelectric Sensor Product Family with Subminiature Models

IDEC Corporation has expanded its extensive photoelectric (PE) sensor portfolio with the new SA1N series of space-saving subminiature PE sensors. The SA1N series provides high accuracy and performance, and it is available in compact barrel and block form factors. Smaller and superior sensing For industrial equipment, the intersecting trends of increasing automation and reduced installation…

Banner Engineering: Q45 Wireless Pressure Sensor – Easily Monitor Pressure Levels Throughout a Compressed Air System
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Banner Engineering: Q45 Wireless Pressure Sensor – Easily Monitor Pressure Levels Throughout a Compressed Air System

Reduce energy costs while maintaining efficiency, safety, and productivity by monitoring pressure throughout a facility’s compressed air system. Banner’s new Q45 Wireless Pressure Sensor helps ensure compressed air equipment and tools operate at the proper pressure levels, which reduces unnecessary energy consumption, maintains optimum performance, and detects abnormalities and potential issues before they cause lengthy unplanned downtime.

Banner Engineering: B25 Wide Beam Sensor – Reliable Wide-Beam Detection Gets More Packages to the Right Place at the Right Time
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Banner Engineering: B25 Wide Beam Sensor – Reliable Wide-Beam Detection Gets More Packages to the Right Place at the Right Time

The B25 Wide Beam Sensor provides superior performance across a wide beam, ensuring reliable detection of targets regardless of shape, position, or material. This allows more precise control of timing and package flow, which improves sortation efficiency and accuracy. These sensing abilities help get more packages to the right places at the right time. The intuitive, user-friendly design makes setup, installation, and maintenance fast and easy.

Omron: Unveiling New E3AS-HF Sensor Technology for Enhanced Industrial Precision and Flexibility
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Omron: Unveiling New E3AS-HF Sensor Technology for Enhanced Industrial Precision and Flexibility

Discover OMRON’s latest Time of Flight Sensor, the E3AS-HF, designed to transform industrial sensing with its advanced Time of Flight technology and robust design. Ideal for challenging environments and complex sensing needs. With the launch of the E3AS-HF TOF Sensor, the latest addition to OMRON’s product line, sets a new standard in industrial sensing technology. With its innovative features and versatile applications, the E3AS-HF is poised to improve how industries monitor and interact with their environments.

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RS and Banner Engineering Make Industry 4.0 Accessible

RS offers Banner Engineering’s extensive portfolio of advanced industrial automation sensors, including non-contact photoelectric, laser distance measurement, and multipoint or 3D time-of-flight sensors. Sensors are a vital link in the densely interconnected networks that drive the implementation and evolution of Industry 4.0 — responsible for measuring, monitoring, and transmitting information about a host of operations essential to driving efficiencies on assembly lines and factory floors alike. And as industrial automation technology has evolved, so have the various sensor technologies that enable them.

Pilz: PSENslock 2 – Switch to the New Generation Now
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Pilz: PSENslock 2 – Switch to the New Generation Now

Already using the electromagnetic safety locking device PSENslock? Then you’ll be convinced by the new generation PSENslock 2, which offers you even more features and can be integrated to fit your application precisely. In a linked video in this article, you’ll see how you can quickly and easily replace the safety locking device PSENslock with the new generation PSENslock 2.

Emerson: New AVENTICS DS1 Dewpoint Sensor Monitors Humidity and Air Quality in Real Time for Enhanced Reliability of Gas Processes
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Emerson: New AVENTICS DS1 Dewpoint Sensor Monitors Humidity and Air Quality in Real Time for Enhanced Reliability of Gas Processes

Recently, Emerson launched its new AVENTICS DS1 dew point sensor, an industrial sensor able to monitor dew point, temperature, humidity levels and quality of compressed air and other non-corrosive gases in real time from one device. The DS1 can help operators detect and mitigate excess moisture in its early stages and prevent moisture-related equipment damage. By optimizing air quality in this way, operators can better control processes, extend pneumatic component life, ensure regulatory compliance, and reduce maintenance and unplanned downtime.

Burkert: Type 8743 & Type 8744 Thermal Mass Flow Controllers and Meters With Capillary Sensor for Aggressive Gases and Gas Mixtures
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Burkert: Type 8743 & Type 8744 Thermal Mass Flow Controllers and Meters With Capillary Sensor for Aggressive Gases and Gas Mixtures

Type 8743 and Type 8744 serve both as a mass flow controller (MFC) with a proportional valve and a mass flow meter (MFM). Both types rely on a media-separated capillary sensor made of 316L/1.4404 stainless steel with a nominal flow rate (QNom) ranging from 0.01 lN/min to 100 lN/min (nitrogen). Capillary sensors use a non-contact measuring principle. The sensor components themselves have no direct contact with the gas. This makes Type 8743 and Type 8744 particularly chemically resistant to many aggressive gases.

AutomationDirect: AchieVe FDM Series 12mm Tubular Photoelectric Sensors
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AutomationDirect: AchieVe FDM Series 12mm Tubular Photoelectric Sensors

AutomationDirect has recently added AchieVe FDM series 12mm tubular photoelectric sensors that offer a rugged metal construction, high IP67 protection ratings, and sensing distances up to 4 meters. These photoelectric sensors feature selectable light-on/dark-on operation, a 10 to 30 VDC operating voltage range, potentiometer or teach-in button sensitivity adjustment, and a fast 1kHz switching frequency. Highly visible red LED models are offered with the polarized reflective sensing style, while infrared models are available in diffuse and through-beam styles.

RS Partners With Omega Engineering to Expand Product Portfolio
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RS Partners With Omega Engineering to Expand Product Portfolio

RS is proud to announce its newest supplier, Omega Engineering. Omega Engineering, Inc., part of the DwyerOmega family of brands, is an international, integrated, single-source supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions for industrial process measurement and control applications, including sensing, control, and monitoring technologies. The company was founded in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1962 by Betty Ruth Hollander, a 32-year-old mother of four who began making ultra-fine-gauge thermocouples, which weren’t commercially available at the time, at her kitchen table by night and making and mailing flyers, conducting sales calls, and shipping the products by day.

Pepperl+Fuchs: F135 Series Inductive Sensors for Reliable Object Detection in High-Temperature Ranges up to 250°C
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Pepperl+Fuchs: F135 Series Inductive Sensors for Reliable Object Detection in High-Temperature Ranges up to 250°C

The new F135 Series inductive sensors for high-temperature applications from Pepperl+Fuchs are characterized by two important innovations: They offer a particularly large operating distances of up to 50 mm, and an IO-Link interface is integrated into the amplifier. This enables seamless communication between the field level and the controller, making it very easy to integrate the devices into Industry 4.0 applications. In addition, variable cable lengths allow for simplified installation.

Same Sky: AMT24 Expands Absolute Encoder Line to Support Larger Shaft Sizes
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Same Sky: AMT24 Expands Absolute Encoder Line to Support Larger Shaft Sizes

Same Sky’s Motion and Control Group recently announced the addition of a new series to its innovative AMT absolute encoder family designed to support larger motor shaft sizes from 9 mm to 15.875 mm (5/8 inch). The AMT24 series, based on Same Sky’s proprietary capacitive ASIC technology, brings the same high levels of durability, accuracy, and immunity to environmental particulates as current AMT encoder models. Outputting 12 bits or 14 bits of absolute position information with single-turn or multi-turn output options, the AMT24 utilizes a high-speed RS-485 protocol for fast, low latency position data.

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ifm efector: New MVQ301 Positioner for Industrial Valves

ifm efector, inc. recently introduced its new MVQ301 process valve positioner. The positioner is the third-installation in ifm’s MVQ series of pneumatic quarter-turn valve sensors. Supported by IO-Link, the MVQ301 is a valve positioner that also functions as a valve sensor, providing accurate feedback while positioning the solenoid valve to an exact degree. The new sensor features a standard M12 connection and 5-pin cable for both feedback and control, and is equipped with self-learning algorithms embedded into the sensor ensuring precise valve positioning; continuous learning allows the smart sensor to study the valve it controls, and improve its control performance each time the valve moves.

RS PRO Planned Maintenance Solutions Keep Production Lines up and Costs Down
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RS PRO Planned Maintenance Solutions Keep Production Lines up and Costs Down

RS offers an extensive selection of RS PRO brand products essential for planned maintenance processes. Planned maintenance, a basic form of preventative maintenance also referred to as scheduled maintenance, is an inescapable element of every industrial production process. Organizations in virtually every sector of the industrial market — ranging from process and discrete manufacturers to energy and utility and facility and intralogistics companies — must engage in regular maintenance, like lubricating and tightening moving parts and replacing worn out components, to ensure machines operate at peak performance and meet production and service goals.

Weidmuller USA: New BOLTcontrol Blade Monitoring System
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Weidmuller USA: New BOLTcontrol Blade Monitoring System

Weidmuller USA has recently introduced BOLTcontrol – an innovative monitoring system that detects broken bolts or studs in the blade root that connects to the hub and alerts operators immediately. With BOLTcontrol, broken bolts are held securely in place with detection plates, which prevents consequential damage that would result if the pieces fell into the hub and ricocheted as it rotated. By continuously monitoring the rotor blade bolts, BOLTcontrol minimizes downtime, reduces repair costs and ensures the safe uninterrupted operation of the turbine.