Industrial Automation Magazine India

Laser diffuse sensor

Published on : Monday 04-03-2024

Leuze ODT3CL1-2M features an operating range up to two meters.

Leuze unveiled its ODT3CL1-2M, a laser diffuse sensor with an operating range of up to two meters. Featuring time-of-flight (TOF) technology, the switching and measuring sensor features background suppression and two independent switching points, which allow it to perform detection and measurement tasks at the same time. Measuring 11.4 x 34.2 x 18.3mm, the sensor is small enough to be used on the gripper of a robot arm, on shuttles or stacker cranes. Its light spot allows fast alignment during commissioning and its operating range can be set numerically via IO-Link.

The new ODT3CL1-2M diffuse sensor has been developed for applications where the presence of objects is to be detected over long distances and measurement values are to be output via IO-Link. The laser sensor with background suppression works with TOF (time of flight) technology and achieves an operating range of two meters.

The switching sensor with measurement value output has two independent switching points and is very versatile: In intralogistics, it can be integrated in shuttles for different applications and thus ensures reliable positioning, presence testing and compartment occupation checks. In the case of AGVs (automated guided vehicles), the diffuse sensor monitors e.g. the position of the transport material. Compact diffuse sensors with high operating ranges are also used in automobile production, e.g. to control robot grippers or for quality control.

The 3C series includes compact photoelectric sensors and diffuse sensors with high operating ranges and large function reserves. With the new ODT3CL1-2M laser diffuse sensor we have extended the operating range of our distance sensors. The ODT 3C diffuse sensor with triangulation principle, already included in the 3C series, achieves operating ranges up to 150 mm and is suitable for packaging processes, for example.

Leuze electronic Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. Email: [email protected]

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