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News Release from: IFM Electronic | Subject: OO5000 series fibre-optic amplifier
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 August 2004
Glass fibres offer robust sensing
solutions
The new OO5000 series fibre-optic amplifier now comes in versions designed to accept the glass fibres.
High temperatures and aggressive chemicals pose problems for many sensors, but glass has the answer Sensor market leader IFM Electronic has a range of robustly protected glass optical fibres that can take temperatures up to 290C, and fibres that will withstand many aggressive chemicals found in industry, yet will also protect the glass from mechanical damage
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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To complement these tough fibres, the new OO5000 series fibre-optic amplifier now comes in versions designed to accept the glass fibres.
These powerful amplifiers feature an intuitive menu and meaningful graphical display and are available in two-, four-, six- or eight-channel variants but always with just one connecting cable for simple installation.
Ranges up to 200mm can be attained with a diffuse fibre head, or 400mm in a through-beam configuration.
One fibre can be assigned two switch points, allowing a window function, for example for level control or to differentiate between two different products, and further logic functions are built in, so users can trigger an output only when another is also made (or not made) in many combinations.
Big buttons set below the large display make setup simple.
In operation, the single large display shows the status of all channels at once with neat bargraphs, and digital setting of each individual setpoint gives tremendous accuracy.
The sensor itself works out the best switching performance and frequency and displays it without requiring the user to select a mode beforehand.
Naturally, light-on or dark-on functions can be programmed, and the setting can be locked to avoid unwanted tampering.
The display itself is in English (or can be switched to French or German for export) and can be rotated by 180 degrees. Request a free brochure from IFM Electronic ...
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