General Catalogue

General Catalogue
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General Catalogue

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Company Overview: BDC ELECTRONIC S.r.l., founded in 1970, is a leading Italian manufacturer of proximity sensors, known for its adaptability to market demands and commitment to high-quality, reliable products. The company has a dedicated R&D team focused on solving diverse problems and exploring new applications.
Quality Assurance: The company operates under an ISO 9001:2000 certified quality system, ensuring meticulous attention to detail from engineering to production. The manufacturing process is highly automated with rigorous testing to meet all standards.
Product Features: BDC ELECTRONIC designs products to function in challenging conditions, using high-tech machinery to ensure total quality and precision in proximity sensors.
Proximity Sensors: The catalogue includes various sensor types such as inductive, capacitive, and magnetic sensors, each with specific features like cable or connector outputs, temperature ranges, and protection degrees. These sensors are engineered for applications requiring high temperatures and extended sensing distances.
Technical Specifications: Comprehensive technical information is provided, covering utilization, applications, benefits, standards, cable characteristics, resistance to mechanical shock, and mounting precautions. Technical terms and output stage characteristics are also explained.
Product Variants: Detailed sections on different sensor series, such as NAMUR and CENELEC standard, are included, each with specific configurations and outputs.
Overview: The document provides technical specifications and ordering information for cylindrical inductive sensors in metal casings, designed for industrial applications with features like protection against incorrect connections and compliance with electromagnetic compatibility standards.
Specifications:
  • Protection: Sensors are protected against short-circuit, overload, and incorrect connections.
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility: Compliant with EN60947-5-2 standards.
  • Shock and Vibration Resistance: Compliant with EN60068-2-27 and EN60068-2-6 standards.
  • Supply Voltage: Varies by model, ranging from 5 to 60 Vdc.
  • Temperature Range: -25°C to +75°C.
  • Degree of Protection: IP67.
  • Switch Status Indicator: Yellow LED.
Materials:
  • Cable: 2 m PVC, CEI 20-22 II, 90°C, 300 V.
  • Housing: Options include stainless steel and nickel-plated brass.
  • Sensing Face: Plastic.
Ordering Information: Various models with specific part numbers are listed, indicating different configurations and specifications such as body diameter, sensing distance, and switching frequency. Models are available in both PNP and NPN configurations.
Technical Data: Detailed technical data is provided for different sensor diameters, including nominal sensing distance, max switching frequency, voltage drop, repeat accuracy, and switching hysteresis.
Installation and Mounting: Dimensions and mounting instructions for flush and non-flush installations are provided, including details on cable diameter, body diameter, and connector types.
Applications: Suitable for environments with liquid exposure, such as automatic washing machinery and continuous immersion applications.
General Features: Inductive proximity sensors provide an output current or voltage proportional to the distance between the sensing face and a metal target. They are protected against polarity reversal and short circuits, compliant with the 4-20 mA industrial standard.
Use of the Sensor: The output current flows through an external load, generating a voltage used to drive the input stage of a measuring instrument. The correct load value is determined by the power supply voltage and desired output range.
Graphical Data: Graphs illustrate the relationship between output current/voltage and distance for various sensor models, showing typical curves for directly and inversely proportional outputs.
Recommendations: Use connectors without LED for high electromagnetic interference environments. A straight connector with shielded cable is recommended for 360° shielding.
Inductive Slot Sensors: Operating voltage ranges from 5 to 30 Vdc, with a supply voltage according to NAMUR standards between 7.7 and 9 Vdc. They feature a degree of protection rated at IP67 and comply with EN60947-5-6 and EN60947-5-2 standards for electromagnetic compatibility and shock resistance.
Capacitive Sensors: These sensors detect objects by changes in capacitive value within the sensing area, suitable for detecting materials with high dielectric constants, such as metals and water-rich substances.
Speed Sensors for Toothed Wheels: These sensors detect the rotation of ferrous toothed wheels with high precision, providing digital output signals proportional to the rotation speed and are robust enough for use under high pressure conditions.
Acceleration Sensors: These sensors provide output signals proportional to inclination or vibration, used for applications like inclination control on lifting systems, vehicle monitoring, and feedback on self-leveling systems.
2 Axes Inclination Sensors with Analogue Voltage Output: These sensors provide two output voltage signals proportional to the inclination of the X and Y axes, with anodized aluminum housing ensuring robustness and UV resistance, suitable for outdoor applications.
Amplifiers for Sensors: These units amplify signals from NAMUR sensors or contacts, with outputs electrically insulated from each other, power supply, and inputs. They are configurable as N.O. or N.C., and can be used as PNP or NPN.
Connecting Cables for Sensors: Male and female connectors available in M8 and M12 sizes, with operating voltage ranges from 10 to 30 Vdc for types with LED, and up to 50 Vac/75 Vdc for types without LED.
Information Transport System (ERB 1): A fixed code identification system with a transmitter and reading station, suitable for applications like truck identification and automatic warehouse drawers.
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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:14 Pagina 1 GENERAL CATALOGUE BDC ELECTRONIC S.r.l.was born in 1970. it Being the first in Italy to produce proximity sensors, has gained in its business a lot of experience, thanks to its abilities to suit the market requirements. The extremely agile company organization is able to satisfy customer's needs, assuring a high quality and reliable production, appreciated all over the world. Research and development is constantly working in order to offer solution to any kind of problem and to find new applications. All the products are engineered to work even in the hardest and most difficult conditions. The use of a quality system, certified according to standard ISO 9001:2000, grants the best care and precision in the fulfillment of all the realization stages: from the engineering to the production, through a manufacturing process with high level of automation and rigorous testings on each product.

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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:15 Pagina 5 PROXIMITY SENSORS THE TOTAL QUALITY FOR THE TOTAL PRECISION INTERNAL TEST LABORATORY SUPERFICIALE ASSEMBLY MACHINE (SMT) All the BDC ELECTRONIC products are tested with the most sophisticated high technology equipment to grant the respect of all the standards. The productive process is based on the use of high technology machinery which allows the highest control levels for the quality of the finished product. All the details are built with the maximum accuracy to make the finished product assure the highest standards of functional reliability....

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CYLINDRICAL INDUCTIVE SENSORS IN METAL HOUSING • HIGH TEMPERATURES (DCA...KT) ANALOG LINEAR OUTPUT • CURRENT OUTPUT (4 - 20 mA o 0 - 16 mA) (DCAL...) • VOLTAGE OUTPUT (0 - 10 V) (DCAL...V) Cable output . . .

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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:15 Pagina 9 CONTENTS CYLINDRICAL INDUCTIVE SENSORS IN PLASTIC HOUSING NAMUR SERIES (DC…P/…) Cable output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pag. A-64 AMPLIFIED IN d.c. • CENELEC STANDARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DCA...P/…) pag. A-65 • SHORT SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DSA...P/…) pag. A-67 • DEGREE OF PROTECTION IP68 CENELEC standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DCA...P/…KSJ) pag....

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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:15 Pagina 10 CONTENTS RECTANGULAR INDUCTIVE SENSORS DIAMETER 80 mm • NAMUR SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DC80B…) • AMPLIFIED IN d.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DCA80B…) • AMPLIFIED IN a.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AC80B…) pag. A-83 pag. A-84 pag. A-85 TYPE R - ADJUSTABLE SENSING DISTANCE • NAMUR SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DCR…) • AMPLIFIED IN d.c. . . . . ....

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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:15 Pagina 11 CONTENTS CYLINDRICAL CAPACITIVE SENSORS IN PLASTIC HOUSING NAMUR SERIES (NKS…P/…) Cable output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pag. B-9 AMPLIFIED IN d.c. 4 wires (BKS…P/…) Cable output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pag. B-10 AMPLIFIED IN a.c. 2 wires (AKS…P/…) Cable output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pag. B-11 RECTANGULAR CAPACITIVE...

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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:15 Pagina 12 CONTENTS DETECTION OF FERROMAGNETIC TARGET AMPLIFIED IN d.c. (DCH…/…KS) Connector output M12x1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pag. C-13 SPEED SENSORS How to interprete the ordering references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pag. D-1 SPEED SENSORS FOR TOOTHED WHEELS ALIGNED MOUNTING For teeth ≥ 2 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(BRS…/…) pag. D-3 NON ALIGNED MOUNTING For teeth ≥ 5 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:15 Pagina 13 CONTENTS AMPLIFIERS FOR SENSORS How to interprete the ordering references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pag. F-1 OPTOCOUPLED STATIC OUTPUTS 1 or 2 channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AM-OP-…) pag. F-3 1 channel with timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AM-TOP-…) pag. F-4 1 or 2 channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AM-RL-…) pag. F-5 1 channel with timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AM-TRL-…) pag. F-6 RELAIS...

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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:15 Pagina 14 CONTENTS CONNECTORS MOULDED WITH CABLE FEMALE CONNECTORS M12 x 1 Straight in d.c. . . . . . . . Straight in d.c. with LED Angled in d.c. . . . . . . . Angled in d.c. with LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C10…) (C10/2…) (C8B…) (C8B/2…) pag. pag. pag. pag. HHHH- 6 7 8 9 FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES (-40° ÷ + 120°C) Straight and angled in d.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C10…T - C8B...T) pag. H-10 FOR ATEX SENSORS Straight in d.c. . . ....

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Catalogo Inglese 1 (000-026) 23-01-2007 13:15 Pagina 15 GENERAL FEATURES UTILIZATION OF SENSORS More detailed explanations on the catalogue, at the beginning of each section. INDUCTIVE SENSORS Detection of metal objects Advantages: • Low cost • Complete insensitivity to dust, grease, water, non-metal materials CAPACITIVE PROXIMITY SENSORS Detection of metal and non-metal objects Advantages: • Possibility to adjust the switching point • Insensitivity to dust on the sensing area (in limited quantity) MAGNETIC SENSORS Detection of external magnets Advantages: • Very low cost • High sensing distances...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.