SENSORS

- Do magnetic sensors give false contacts problems?

- Are infrared sensors expensive?

- Do metal sensors oxidize?

...wouldn't it be useful a sensor without these problems?





What if this sensor was also...



- affordable, to be more competitive,
- compact, in order to be installed anywhere,
- insensitive to atmospheric conditions, not requiring expensive maintenance,
easy to install, to reduce cost of ownership...


...how would you like it?

Affordable optical sensors?

It's easy... it's plastic fiber



It's plenty of passage sensors on the market, both copper and infrared, but few of them assure a good quality/price ratio and an easy and immediate installation.

Plastic fiber sensors guarantee the following advantages:

- Immediate use : sensors' alignment requires just few seconds and can be made by hand, because they use visible light: testing can be made with no instruments, just by looking if there's light coming out of the cable.

- Small size: a single plastic fiber cable has a diameter of 2.2mm and fits into any conduit, reducing installation costs.

- No remote power supply: the end of the plastic fiber is used as an optical termination. The fiber carries the optical signal to the electric device, which can be therefore set up at a distance of 100m from the recording point, avoiding the need of a remote power supply.

- High precision: plastic fiber sensors can tell objects as small as 1mm at up to 4000 objects/second.

- Electromagnetic compatibility: plastic fiber panels neither emit electromagnetic radiations and disturb the other systems, nor are affected by RF noise coming from other sources.

- Strength: plastic fiber cable tolerates bending radii less than 20mm, works from -40°C to +85°C and is guaranteed for a million bending cycles.

- Electrical insulation: plastic fiber doesn't conduct current and can be used in flammable or explosive environments, no more need for EX-D conduits or expensive antideflagration cables.

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