Sensors & Transducers


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Safety barriers for dangerous machinery
November 2003
Reer has released details of the new Admiral AX photoelectric safety barriers. The type 4 barriers are designed to solve the problems connected with protecting dangerous plant and machinery with high-risk ...

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New process transmitter range
November 2003
LTH has developed a new range of transmitters known as the HXT63 transmitter for process applications. The HXT63 series of transmitters combine modern technology with over 35 years experience in building ...

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Optical sensors available in many housing options
November 2003
Telco sensors are available in a wide range of housings, suitable for both through-beam and diffuse proximity modes of operation. The remote sensor series consists of both transmitter (LT) and receiver ...

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Level distance detection with capacitive adhesive sensor
November 2003, Gail Norton Instrumentation
SIE Sensorik is offering a new, second-generation capacitive adhesive sensor in a new housing to replace the first-generation adhesive sensor successfully in use over the past 10 years or more. The new ...

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Display and multitransducer system
November 2003, Timecount
Timecount's Sineax DME4 multitransducers for measuring electrical variables in heavy current systems are now supplied with dedicated display units. The A200 display is connected via a simple RS232 interface ...

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Biocompatible pH electrodes
November 2003, Endress+Hauser South Africa
The risk of end product contamination in pharmaceutical plants can be significantly reduced by using only certified materials, especially when the material comes into direct contact with the medium. Failure ...

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Surface gloss sensors
November 2003
ASSTech's German principal Wenglor has developed a sensor that is capable of determining the level of gloss on a surface. The colour of the object and the distance between the surface and the sensor are ...

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M18 photoelectric sensor series
November 2003
The S51 series offers a very cost-effective solution for object detection in all industrial automation applications. The standard M18x1 tubular plastic housing is available with either axial or radial ...

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No-frills vibration transducers
November 2003, PREI Instrumentation
A new economy version of the well-known Metrix vibration transducer model 5484C is now available from local agents PREI Instrumentation. With fewer options and no hazard rating, the price has been reduced ...

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Detection and measurement light grids
November 2003
The Areascan light grids of the DS3 series are opto-electronic, multibeam devices that can be used to detect objects, even when small and transparent. Models with 150 or 300 mm detection field are available, ...

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Luminescent technology for dissolved oxygen
November 2003, PREI Instrumentation
The Hach Dissolved Oxygen (LDO) probe, available from PREI Instrumentation, works quite differently from the galvanic and polarographic methods, which have been used for more than 50 years. There are ...

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Light curtain for elevators
October 2003
Telco's new SpaceGuard SG1 is an advanced light curtain series that provides a problem free protection of passing passengers in demanding elevator applications. A complete system consists of a self-contained, ...

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Bin-picking sensor facilitates accurate part selection
October 2003, Turck Banner Southern Africa, Access Control & Identity Management
Banner Engineering is offering its PVD Series Parts Verification Sensor featuring large bright green and red job lights that provide distinct visual cues to guide assemblers through a part picking sequence ...

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Self-contained multibeam light curtain
October 2003, Information Security
The SG 09 forms a protective screen by generating a curtain of up to 79 infrared criss-cross beams with protection up to a height of 1610 mm, ensuring detection of passing passengers and thus preventing ...

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Compact infrared sensors
October 2003, Gail Norton Instrumentation, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
This new, innovative, Smart Place infrared self-contained sensor series is offered in three different modes of operation: through-beam mode with a sensing distance of up to 6 m, proximity mode with a ...

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Contactless encoders offer long service
October 2003, Timecount
In multiturn shaft encoders, the number of rotations is normally detected with a gear unit. However, in everyday industrial life this often proves to be a weak point. Like any mechanical system, it is ...

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Full-function vision sensor
September 2003, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering is a world-leading manufacturer of precision measurement systems, photoelectric and ultrasonic sensors, fibre-optic assemblies, and electronic machine guarding systems

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Fast low-light level imaging
September 2003, Access Control & Identity Management
The L3Vision CCD is a revolutionary solid-state sensor, recently developed by e2v technologies. It enables very low light level imaging at TV frame rates and above without the limitations of vacuum tube-based ...

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Level sensors for plastic processing industry
September 2003
IFM Electronic has introduced a new range of capacitive level sensors specifically designed for the plastic processing industry. The M30 sensors reliably detect a wide range of plastics in different materials, ...

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Absolute encoder with hollow shaft in stainless steel
September 2003, Turck Banner Southern Africa, Integrated Solutions
The new absolute singleturn encoder with a throughput hollow shaft and stainless steel housing (Series 5876) was developed for the environment of food processing, bottling, dairy, pharmaceutical and chemical ...

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