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News Release from: Banner Engineering | Subject: Q12 photoelectric sensor
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 April 2005
Ultra-miniature universal photoelectric
sensor
The Q12 photoelectric sensor features a unique overmoulded design to achieve an IP67 environmental protection rating and withstand the abuses of today's harsh industrial environments
About the same height as a US quarter coin and only 8 mm wide, the Q12 is the smallest model in the Banner very popular and successful World-Beam series family of sensors Completely self-contained, the Q12 features a unique overmoulded design to achieve an IP67 environmental protection rating and withstand the abuses of today's harsh industrial environments
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 29 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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'The sheer number of sensor choices available to users today is downright confusing.
Our World-Beam series sensor family is designed to offer a common platform and simplify the user sensor selection with the Q12 satisfying the need for a miniature product solution,' said Chris Dales, Research and Development Product Planning Manager for Banner Engineering.
With its miniature size and broad range of available operating modes, World-Beam Q12 Series photoelectric sensors are ideal for a wide variety of applications in the materials handling, packaging, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, document handling and assembly industries including the following.
* Verifying the position of materials or equipment in confined areas, directly on or inside conveyors and automated machinery.
* Mapping semiconductor wafer.
* Inspecting products for missing or incorrect components.
* Special glass-lensed polarised units reliably detect shiny targets.
Several features of the World-Beam Q12 make it particularly easy to install and use.
* Models are pre-programmed at the factory, no field adjustments needed.
* Visible red light source for easy target positioning.
* Bright green and amber status LEDs visible from 360 degrees.
* 2 m or 9 m integral, or 150 mm threaded 4-pin Pico-style pigtail quick-disconnect cable options.
The ultra-miniature World-Beam Q12 Series sensors measure just 22 mm long, 8 mm wide and 12 mm deep.
All units feature solid-state bipolar outputs, one current sourcing (PNP) and one current sinking (NPN).
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World-Beam series sensors from Banner deliver a universal solution for sensor users who demand a wide range of available sensing modes.
They are easy-to-apply, easy-to-use sensors that resist environmental contamination from moisture, dirt, EMI/RFI and crosstalk.
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