Plastic is not always fantastic

Pepperl+Fuchs has developed a new M8 addition to its popular Survivor range.

The age-old problem of physical damage to inductive proximity sensors is often accepted as unavoidable but it needn't be.

Solid stainless-steel housings from Pepperl+Fuchs last up to 20 times longer.

In applications where space is tight and small sensors are needed the shorter sensing distance can exaggerate the problem still further and this is why Pepperl+Fuchs has developed a new M8 addition to its popular Survivor range.

Machined from a solid piece of steel and with a sensing face 0.4mm thick the Survivor can take the sort of punishment that wipes out plastic faced sensors in a matter of hours: no short cuts using two-piece welds; no ultra thin foils; just solid stainless steel.

An operation such as high-pressure washdown often carried out in food related processes has no effect on the one-piece barrel/face, which is rated to IP68.

Industrial lubricants can penetrate the smallest standard housing crevices and constantly pick up small metal fragments and essentially "sand blast" the sensor.

The Survivor is virtually wear free and insensitive to the metal fragments.

The Survivor was designed with corrosive environments in mind.

From caustic cleaners in the food and beverage industry, to road salt and greases of mobile equipment, to aggressive airborne petrochemical compounds - the Survivor sensor has few limits.

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