Product category:
Proximity Sensors
News Release from: Balluff UK | Subject: BOD 26K
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 14 July 2004
CCD receiver improves laser distance
measurement
The BOD 26K uses novel CCD receiver technology to measure reliably and precisely even with highly reflective targets, all at a cost-effective price.
Balluff has added its most accurate sensor yet to its successful range of precision laser distance measurement sensors The BOD 26K uses novel CCD receiver technology to measure reliably and precisely even with highly reflective targets, all at a cost-effective price
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Oct 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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With a fully adjustable measuring range from 30 to 300mm and a resolution of 0.1% of full scale, the BOD 26K sensor sets new standards in its class.
It is also one of the smallest measurement sensors on the market with its dimensions of just 50 x 50 x 17mm and with a 270-degree 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".
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