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News Release from: Banner Engineering | Subject: World-Beam Series family of sensors
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 April 2005
Ultra-miniature photo sensor is powerful
Banner Engineering has introduced new World-Beam Q12 Series ultra-miniature photoelectric sensors.
About the same height as a US Quarter coin and only 8mm wide, the Q12 is the smallest model in Banner's very popular and successful World-Beam Series family of sensors Completely self-contained, the Q12 features a unique overmolded design to achieve an IP67 environmental protection rating and withstand the abuses of today's harsh industrial environments
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The sheer number of sensor choices available to users today is downright confusing".
"Our (Banner's World-Beam Series sensor family is designed to offer a common platform and simplify the user's sensor selection with the Q12 satisfying the need for a miniature product solution," said Chris Dales, Research and Development Product Planning Manager for Banner Engineering.
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With its miniature size and broad range of available operating modes, World-Beam Q12 Series photoelectric sensors are ideal for a wide variety of applications in the materials handling, packaging, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, document handling and assembly industries including the following: * Verifying the position of materials or equipment in confined areas, directly on or inside conveyors and automated machinery.
* Mapping semiconductor wafer.
* Inspecting products for missing or incorrect components.
* Special glass-lensed polarized units reliably detect shiny targets Several features of the World-Beam Q12 make it particularly easy to install and use.
* Models are preprogrammed at the factory, no field adjustments needed.
* Visible red light source for easy target positioning.
* Bright green and amber status LEDs visible from 360 deg.
* 2m or 9m integral, or 150mm threaded 4-pin Pico-style pigtail quick-disconnect cable options.
Specifications.
The ultra-miniature WORLD-BEAM Q12 Series sensors measure just 22mm long, 8mm wide and 12mm deep.
All units feature solid-state bipolar outputs, one current sourcing (PNP) and one current sinking (NPN).
A family of easy-to-use vision sensors.
World-Beam Series sensors from Banner deliver a universal solution for sensor users who demand a wide range of available sensing modes.
They are easy-to-apply, easy-to-use sensors that resist environmental contamination from moisture, dirt, EMI/RFI and crosstalk.
World-Beam.
One family.
Complete solutions.
About Banner.
Banner Engineering is the world's leading manufacturer of photoelectric and ultrasonic sensors, vision sensors, fiber optic assemblies, electronic machine guarding systems and precision measurement systems.
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