Banner Engineering World-Beam QS30AFF400 and QS30AF600 sensors

The World-Beam QS30AFF400 foreground suppression sensor and QS30AF600 background suppression sensor use linear imager technology to provide a sensing solution for many industrial applications, including part-in-place detection, feeder-bowl control and package detection on conveyors.

The use of a 128 pixel camera (linear imager) makes QS30 sensors resistant to mechanical shock and vibration, enabling advanced image processing to maximise the range and minimise the effects of target colour. The sensors also have high crosstalk immunity and can reject fluorescent or other spurious light signals, allowing multiple sensors to be used in close proximity to one another.

The QS30AFF400 sensor offers foreground suppression to deliver reliable detection of target objects varying in colour or shape when a fixed background is present. The QS30AF600 sensor provides reliable detection of objects when the background condition is neither controlled nor fixed, and it ignores objects located beyond the sensing field cut-off. The sensing range for all models can be adjusted with a screwdriver potentiometer or via the remote teach wire input. Additionally, the sensors’ visible red LED sensing beam helps with sensor alignment.

The QS30AF/AFF models are available in a waterproof, epoxy encapsulated IP67-rated housing, and provide a variety of mounting options, including a 30 mm threaded barrel or side mount. Three connection options are available.