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Controls Product Brief
| December 31, 1996

Proximity sensors

A new ultrasonic series of 18-mm&#44 cylindrical proximity sensors is now available from Hyde Park Electronics (Dayton&#44 OH). Applications for the Model SM600/SM650 include cap presence and/or tilt detection&#44 fill-level check&#44 nonmetallic container counting&#44 fill-tube presence monitoring&#44 downed container detection and case inspection.

The sensors detect items as small as 1.6 mm (0.06") rod dia at a distance of 38 mm (1.5").

SOURCE: http://www.packworld.com/controls/sensors/proximity-sensors-2