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Monitoring and sensor equipment and systems
News Release from: SICK (UK) | Subject: Sensor
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 April 2007
Magnetic cylinder sensor has two
switching points
Sick (UK) has announced the MZ2Q magnetic cylinder sensor, which fits all common housing slots and offers two freely adjustable switching points in a single device.
Fitting all common housing slots, the MZ2Q magnetic cylinder sensor from Sick (UK) offers two freely adjustable switching points in a single device This 2-in-1 concept offers users many benefits including greater functional reliability with rapid piston movements, two-fold final position detection in miniature cylinders, or the precise detection of differing gripper positions
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Lower installation costs and less wiring on the 'host' cylinder are direct results of offering two freely adjustable switching points in one sensor and, as the switching points are easily taught-in, the sensor is ready for action in a very short time.
Its compact housing permits completely flush installation and its short length makes it eminently suitable for miniature applications using very short cylinders.
One important target application is for object detection on grippers, clamps or presses in which a pneumatic cylinder with an extension of up to 50mm acts as an actuator.
In this scenario, the sensor allows both end positions to be reliably queried.
The MZ2Q is also suitable for applications in which the second switching point is used to improve functional reliability.
An advance signal, for example, can be used for targeted reduction of piston speed before the piston reaches its final position.
In this case switching point 1 triggers deceleration and switching point 2 confirms that the end position has been reached.
Its functionality and size make the MZ2Q the optimum solution for a variety of markets and applications, including but not exclusive to the pneumatics industry, material handling systems, the electronics industry, the packaging industry and other specialist machine construction applications.
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