Photoelectric Laser Sensors Include Integrated IO-Link Communications

Offer superior background suppression based on Time of Flight (ToF) sensing principle

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Carlo Gavazzi
Apr 2nd, 2020
Carlo Gavazzi Ld30 Time Of Flight Photoelectric Sensors

Developed to operate in IO-Link environments where the sensing performance needs to be monitored and logged, Carlo Gavazzi LD30 Series photoelectric laser sensors have a sensing range up to 1,000 mm for dark or white objects. The sensors can be configured in more than a half-million combinations through the IO-Link communications. They feature a compact IP69K stainless-steel or IP67 plastic housing; two separate switching signal channels; two fully configurable independent outputs; single-point, two-point, and window modes of operation; AND, OR, XOR, and gated set reset flip-flop logic gates functionality; temperature alarms; and logging functions.


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