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News Release from: Banner Engineering | Subject: World-Beam QS18FF background suppression sensors
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 May 2004
Sensors ignore objects they do not
recognise
Background suppression sensors will only detect objects within their preset sensing range and ignore all others outside the range regardless of the object's surface reflectivity.
Banner Engineering has announced new World-Beam QS18FF background suppression sensors that are ready to use "right out of the box" Users can select from preprogrammed models for 50mm (2in) or 100mm (4in) fixed-field sensing ranges where the sensors will only detect objects within their preset sensing range and ignore all others outside the range regardless of the object's surface reflectivity
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Banner Engineering is the world's leading manufacturer of photoelectric and ultrasonic sensors, fiber optic assemblies, electronic machine guarding systems, and precision measurement systems.
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