AutomationDirect: Fiber optic amplifiers

AutomationDirect’s OPT series of single and multi-fiber photoelectric amplifiers are available with wide detection and working ranges that support transparent object recognition capability.

Apr 12, 2016

Fiber optic amplifiers

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The DIN rail-mountable units are equipped with NPN or PNP, push-pull, light-on/dark-on selectable outputs, a bargraph signal-strength indicator, a red LED with visible spot, and key potentiometer or teach-in pushbutton for configuration; IO-Link communication is available on select units.

Available in four models, the OPT series fiber photoelectric amplifiers start at $79.00 and are IP50/IP65-rated. Also available are one-meter glass (starting at $98.00) and two-meter cuttable plastic (starting at $32.00) fiber optic cables for diffuse and through-beam modes.

See the full line of fiber optic sensors at: www.automationdirect.com/fiber-optic-sensors.

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