Clear object sensor

Banner Engineering's World-Beam QS30 clear object sensor, is designed to provide reliable, clear object detection to solve challenging applications.

The sensor utilises an advanced optical design to allow the sensor to see translucent materials, ensuring dependable detection of clear targets, including PET bottles and glass containers. Additionally, the optical design prevents the sensor from being tricked by specular reflections, allowing the sensor to detect optically engineered surfaces such as mirrors, LCD glass with polarising films and semiconductor wafers.

The QS30 clear object sensor is easily configurable using either the push-button on the sensor or via a remote input line. The user can select from one of three switching thresholds - light, medium or dark, depending on the target's transparency level - to optimise detection and maximise sensing stability. The sensor also features an automatic compensation algorithm, which adapts the switching threshold to the sensor's environment in real time. Small changes due to dust or contamination on the sensor and reflector or small changes caused by ambient temperature shifts are filtered out by the microcontroller.

The World-Beam QS30 clear object sensor is designed for a wide range of applications, including: bottle-jam detection, bottle counting, and bottle-down detection; food processing and packaging machines; plate glass or clear web detection; and semiconductor wafer detection.

This sensor features a rugged housing for harsh environments, rated IP67 (NEMA 6), and for 1200 psi washdown as per NEMA PW12. It has a range of 100 mm to 2 m, with a fast 0.5 ms response rate, and has a visible red emitter beam for simple alignment.