Product category:
Probes and sensors
News Release from: Balluff UK | Subject: BOD 26K precision laser distance measuring sensor
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 July 2004
Laser sensor measures distance to
reflective jobs
What is considered by its maker to be its most accurate laser distance measurement sensor uses CCD receiver technology to measure reliably and precisely even with highly reflective targets.
Balluff have added their most accurate sensor yet to their successful range of precision laser distance measurement sensors The BOD 26K through the use of new CCD receiver technology measures reliably and precisely even with highly reflective targets, all at a cost effective price
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Oct 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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With a fully adjustable measuring range from 30-300mm and a resolution of 0.1% of full scale, the BOD 26K sensors sets new standards in their class.
It is also one of the smallest measurement sensors on the market with its dimensions of just 50 x 50 x 17 mm and with a 270deg rotatable connector, the BOD 26K is fully integrated, needing no separate amplifier.
This along with the option of remote teach set up means it is capable of fitting into the smallest and most inaccessible of spaces.
As well as the 4-20mA analogue output the BOD 26K features an RS485 line that allows two sensors to be connected together in window mode.
The thickness of the object passing between the two sensors is then given by one common signal, again without the need for any additional amplifiers.
Distance sensors are found today in a variety of industrial processing environments.
'They are used to determine the length, thickness or diameter of parts.
They check manufacturing tolerances, stack heights and position on work pieces or robot grippers." Comments Balluff photoelectric manager, Adrian Sorsby: "It is our new CCD technology in the BOD 26K, replacing standard receiving diodes and increasing the spatial resolution, which gives the sensor its ability to work regardless of the surface composition of the target.
This allows us to use the sensor so precisely in any number of different applications." Balluff have a complete range of photoelectric measurement sensors ranging from 20mm to 6000mm detection.
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