Reliable, repeatable detection with preventative maintenance warning provides a confectionary manufacturer with a 'Sweet' solution using Contrinex's C23 photoelectric sensors and IO-Link.
Contrinex's C23 sensor family excel in high-speed production applications, for example when a confectionery manufacturer conveys individual bags of sweets to a pick & place packing robot for secondary packaging - A highly reliable C23 diffuse-mode photoelectric sensor, mounted beside the conveyor, detects the presence of bags as they approach the packing station and inhibits the pick & place sequence if no bags are queued for packing.
Advantages in the Customer's application
- Reliable, repeatable in-line detection on a non-contact basis
- Elimination of errors caused by previous mechanical sensors
- Increased productivity as stability alarm flags preventative-maintenance alerts
- Single sensor accommodates a range of bag sizes without repositioning
- Remote adjustment via IO-Link reduces changeover time between products
Other advantages at a glance
- Long sensing range from 3mm to 1500mm with high-intensity red LED
- Robust & reliable detection using a wide variety of sensing technologies
- Ecolab-certified, IP67, 30 x 20 x 10mm housing
- Easy to install and easy to teach by a button or through IO-Link
- IO-Link on all PNP versions at no extra cost, ready for Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things
- Switching frequency selectable between 500Hz and 5kHz via IO-Link
- Versatile mounting brackets & industry standard mounting holes
- Dual output with stability alarm
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