COMMONLY USED

INDUSTRIAL
ELECTRONIC SENSORS

INDUCTIVE PROXIMITY SENRORS

USED TO DETECT PRESENCE OF METALLIC
OBJECTS,
ESPECIALLY FERRO-MAGNETIC OBJECTS.
THE OBJECT CAN BE MILD STEEL, STAINLESS
STEEL,
BRASS, COPPER, ALUMINIUM.
NON-CONTACT TYPE SENSOR.
PROVIDES ON-OFF OUTPUT, WHICH CAN BE
USED IN SWITCING A RELAY, GIVING SIGNAL
TO PLC, COUNTERS AND OTHER PULSE
EVALUATING DEVICES.
CAN BE POWERED BY AC OR DC SOURCE.

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

Sensor Head

The front end of the sensor

consists of a
wire-wound ferrite iron core. This
is the
physical part of the sensor that
Oscillator Circuit
produces
oscillator
is the
that
theThe
actual
sensing
fieldcircuit
.
powers the wire winding in the core
and its power is monitored by the
detector circuit for resulting
detection.

 DETECTION PRINCIPLE

MOUNTING TYPES
UNSHILDED TYPE PROVIDED BETTER SENSING
DISTANCE. BUT THE UNSHIELDED HEAD MUST
NOT HAVE ANY METALLIC OBJECT SURROUNDING
IT.

SHIELDED
UNSHIELDED

CHOOSING A SENSOR
1. Target Characteristics
Composition
Size and Thickness
Shape
2. Speed of Target
3. Target spacing or interval
4. Frequency Response of the sensor

IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS :
Sn : SENSING DISTANCE
2-WIRE, 3-WIRE, 4 WIRE CONNECTION
CONFIGURATION
SUPPLY VOLTAGE, LOAD CURRENT

TYPICAL APPLICATION

SPECIAL TYPE SENSORS

 Ring
Diameters from 12mm (.47 in.) to 300mm (11.91 in.)
Detect metal objects passing through the ring

SENSOR ELECTRICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
CONNECTIONS : 3-WIRE SENSORS

SERIES CONNECTION OF SENSORS

PARALLEL CONNECTION OF SENSORS

CONNECTION WITH ELECTRONIC

UNITS