Product category:
Food and drink manufacturing: packaging and bottling equipment
News Release from: Pepperl+Fuchs GB | Subject: RL29-55-V
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2008
Photoelectric sensor is not fooled by
shrink wrap
Pepperl+Fuchs have developed a new sensor for the conveyor and warehousing industries where problems from shrink-wrapped pallets are evident
The RL29-55-V is specifically designed to overcome the problems caused by shrink wrapped pallets Conventional reflective sensors detect the presence of a pallet when the beam (reflected by a prismatic reflector on the other side of the conveyor) is broken
However, when shrink wrap is used it can sometimes simulate the effect of a reflector and make the pallet temporarily "invisible" to the sensor.
The new sensor utilises foreground suppression to filter out false reflections when the reflecting target is too close to the sensor.
Thus it becomes possible to differentiate between a false signal reflected from the shrink wrap on the pallet and the real signal from the reflector.
The low cost series 29 sensor range also features ultra bright indication LEDs for easy installation and maintenance. Request a free brochure from Pepperl+Fuchs GB ...
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