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Photoelectric laser sensors
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Photoelectric laser sensors

Product catalog summary
Overview of Products
SICK's photoelectric laser sensors are engineered for detecting small objects in challenging environments, effectively handling metallic reflections, tight spaces, and ambient light interference. They are ideal for precise position, presence, overhang, and height checks, minimizing machine downtimes due to fewer switching errors.
Advantages
  • Maximum precision with concentrated light spots.
  • High-performance solutions for long sensing ranges.
  • Fast commissioning with simple alignment.
  • Eye safety ensured by laser class 1 and 2.
Applications
These sensors are applicable in industries such as packaging, automotive, electronics, solar, machine tool building, food and beverage, and pharmaceuticals, performing tasks like examining grippers, inspecting dies, and detecting wafer edges.
Technical Features
  • Long sensing ranges achieved by concentrated laser diode light.
  • Maximum precision with pre-adjusted sensors for easy replacement.
  • Fast commissioning due to high-quality components and visible light spots.
  • Detection through small openings and of small objects at long ranges.
Design and Testing
SICK sensors are constructed with durable materials and tested for mechanical ruggedness, optical design, and electromagnetic compatibility. They are classified into laser classes to ensure safety, with all sensors rated as class 1 or 2.
Sensor Types
  • Retro-reflective sensors require a fine triple reflector for stable detection.
  • Through-beam sensors need precise alignment for long sensing ranges.
  • Proximity sensors use background suppression or time-of-flight principles for precise detection.
Smart Sensors
Smart Sensors enhance automation networks with features like enhanced sensing, diagnostics, efficient communication, and smart tasks, providing flexibility and transparency at the field level.
Product Specifications
The document includes detailed specifications for various sensor models, including dimensions, detection principles, housing materials, laser classes, sensing ranges, and response times.
PowerProx Distance Overview
The PowerProx Distance is a photoelectric laser sensor designed for precision detection in industrial applications, ideal for detecting occupied bays, clearances, palletization, and collision protection.
Specifications
The PowerProx Distance features switching points and an analog output, suitable for applications requiring precision at long sensing ranges.
Company Profile
SICK AG is a leading manufacturer of intelligent sensors and solutions for industrial applications, with over 9,700 employees and a global presence, offering a wide range of products and services aimed at enhancing process control, safety, and environmental protection.
Global Presence
SICK operates in numerous countries worldwide, including Australia, Germany, USA, China, and many others, ensuring proximity to customers and comprehensive support through SICK LifeTime Services.
Additional Information
For more details, visit the SICK website at www.sick.com.
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Photoelectric laser sensors OVERVIEW OF THE PRODUCTS SICK Sensor Intelligence.

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LASER EXPERTISE FROM SICK Laser technology based sensors are the number one choice when it comes to detecting tiny objects, especially under challenging environmental condi tions. The laser sensors from SICK provide the optimal solution even with metallic reflections, in tight spaces, under the influence of ambient light from modern energy-saving lamps, or when detect ing through small drilled holes. PHOTOELECTRIC LASER SENSORS | SICK The extremely small light spots provide the ideal starting point for precise object and feature detec tion in automation. They make the sensors ideal for precise...

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The laser technology based product families from SICK are perfect for the packaging industry, the automotive and parts supply industry, the electronics industry, and the solar industry. But that’s not all: laser sensors also deliver optimum results in machine tool building, in the food and beverage industry, and the pharmaceutical industry. Their applications include, for example, examining grippers in the automo tive industry, inspecting dies in machine tool construction, or detect ing wafer edges. YOUR ADVANTAGES AT A GLANCE •• Maximum precision thanks to concentrated light spot •• High-performance...

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PHOTOELECTRIC LASER SENSORS DIVERSE LASER EXPERTISE FROM A SINGLE SOURCE Maximum precision Very long sensing ranges Our laser sensors perform their detection task with maximum precision – even with ultrasmall objects and object character istics. The secret of this performance is the optimum adjust ment: Every sensor is precisely pre-adjusted in production. We automatically focus and align the light beam to keep the variations between the individual sensors as small as possible. The advantage: Replacing a sensor in your system is simple and requires minimal installation effort. This makes it effortless...

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PHOTOELECTRIC LASER SENSORS Detection through extremely small openings Detection of extremely small objects The beam characteristics of the laser diode, and the special lenses that further concentrate the emitted light ensure sharply delimited laser spots. The laser sensors can therefore also safely and reliably detect objects through extremely small open ings, and deliver stable switching signals even under adverse application and installation conditions. The consistent focusing of the laser spots enables extremely small objects or position differences to be reliably detected – even at long...

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PHOTOELECTRIC LASER SENSORS LASER CLASSES Industrial laser equipment are classified into laser classes to make it immediately clear whether they pose a potential hazard, and any necessary protec tive measures the user must take. They are classi fied according to the risk of injury to the skin and eyes. To make it as easy as possible for our cus tomers to use our laser sensors and to avoid the need for protective measures, all of our photoelec tric laser sensors are rated as class 1 or 2 lasers. Laser class Hazard potential The accessible laser radiation is harmless under reasonably foreseeable...

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PHOTOELECTRIC LASER SENSORS A SUITABLE SPECIALIST FOR EVERY APPLICATION Depending on the actual conditions of the application, there can be very specific re quirements on the sensor technology. The selection of a suitable detection principle and sensor type is therefore always linked to the particular application. The following applies when doing so: the more precise the requirements, the more cost effective the corre sponding solution in operation. Laser photoelectric retro-reflective sensors Laser through-beam photoelectric sensors Laser photoelectric retro-reflective sensors require a special...

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PHOTOELECTRIC LASER SENSORS LASER PHOTOELECTRIC PROXIMITY SENSORS – BACKGROUND SUPPRESSION VERSUS TIME-OF-FLIGHT The background suppression feature is based on a distance measurement that involves the calculation of an angle, which is referred to technically as triangulation. The sensor projects a light spot onto the object to be detected. The light reflected from the object hits the receiver array at an angle that depends on the distance. The distance of the object is determined based on the position of the light spot on the receiver element. Maximum precision when detecting objects against...

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PHOTOELECTRIC LASER SENSORS THE RIGHT SELECTION FOR THE BEST RESULTS The standard variants of our time-of-flight sensors are suitable for a wide variety of applications and are ideal for detecting objects at a large distance. The color and material of the objects to be detected is almost irrelevant. The standard variants deliver outstanding results for light, dark or matt surfaces and, which is their particu lar feature, even at extreme angles and for shiny or jet-black objects. The high measurement accuracy even for very shiny objects guarantees precise process control Reliable switching – even...

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PHOTOELECTRIC PROXIMITY SENSOR Laser class Photoelectric proximity sensor Max. sensing range 1) 2) 2 Stainless steel Housing material Detection principle Energetic Background suppression Product family Cuboid proximity sensors white Cylindrical proximity sensors V18L Axial Hybrid proximity sensors H18L Object with 90% remission (based on standard white, DIN 5033). Object with 6% remission (based

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Light spot size and shape 3> Minimum distance between object and background 4) 5) Smallest object to be detected 6) Response time/ switching frequency Smart Sensor 31 Value at the focus position of the light spot. 41 See page 16 for more detailed values. 51 Black object (6%) in front of white background (90%). 61 Value at the focus position of the light spot, white object (90%), no background. 8024878/2019-09-04 Subject to change without notice PHOTOELECTRIC LASER SENSORS | SICK

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RETRO-REFLECTIVE/THROUGH-BEAM PHOTOELECTRIC SENSORS Laser class Photoelectric retro-reflective sensors Light spot size and shape 2) Housing material Stainless steel Product family Cuboid photoelectric sensors W100L Cylindrical photoelectric sensors V18L Axial Hybrid photoelectric sensors H18L

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