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Proximity Sensors
News Release from: Balluff UK | Subject: M5 sensor/connector combination
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 05 May 2004
Small claims for sensor/connector
combination
Balluff reckons its M5 is the world's smallest sensor/connector combination.
Balluff reckons its M5 is the world's smallest sensor/connector combination The M5 is the key element of a new sensor/connector/cabling solution that provides substantial new application flexibility to production lines and associated OEM production machinery designs
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Oct 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Elements include: a new family of 10-30V DC sensors designed for use with the M5 connector, with diameters of 4mm (smooth barrel) and 5mm (threaded barrel); and Balluff's new M5 x 0.5 locking ring connector cables, with outside connector nut diameter measuring 6mm in diameter, available in straight and right-angle versions.
The unique Balluff-designed sensor/connector family is not limited by its size.
The first 4 and 5mm sensors incorporating this new M5 connector meet IP67 specs, have an easy-to-see LED built into their barrel, and are constructed of stainless steel.
Sensor housing length for each measures a mere 35mm.
Both the 4mm housing and the M5 housing sensors have 2x extended sensing range with an extended operating distance of 1.5mm.
"We feel this is a breakthrough product", notes Balluff Inductive Product Manager Jim Wallace.
"There were 4mm sensors before the M5 connector, but their use was restricted by the larger diameters of their connectors.
Now with our new connector design, we have a product that can truly get into spaces that were impossible to reach just a few months ago".
Applications ideal for the new M5 include gripper applications, semiconductor and electronic industry usage, in-die sensing use, and any application that requires multiple sensors within a very small area.
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