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Banner Engineering Corp.: Fixed-Distance Slot Sensors

SLM Series Metal Slot Sensors from Banner Engineering sense objects that pass between fixed-distance opposed-mode emitter and receiver. Available in 6 slot widths, all models feature a rugged metal housing and a fast response time of 500 microseconds, making them suitable for high-speed counting, edge detecting, position verification, and level-monitoring applications.

Pw 9668 P08p59a

Fixed slot width provides reliable opposed-mode sensing of objects as small as 0.3 mm.

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