Ultra-flat ultrasonic sensors maximise performance

BAUMER's UF200 is the latest addition to its extensive and award-winning range of ultrasonic sensors. The device is a fast, ultra-flat and highly adaptive ultrasonic sensor. The design of this new sensor demonstrates how Baumeru continues to move the boundaries in terms of what is feasible in object detection and distance measurement. With merely 20.5mm, the device is the flattest ultrasonic sensor for front mounting with a very short blind range. With a detection range of up to 2000mm, the sensor is ideal for applications that previously failed due to insufficient installation space.

This sensor's key features and benefits have been acknowledged following a recent Automations Best award and another addition to the company's impressive ultrasonic toolbox range, which utilises NexSonic technology. It rethought the ultrasonic concept to optimise engineering freedom and fully exploited what is feasible regarding electronic layout and programmed algorithms.

The result of utilising NexSonic technology is an innovative sensor design with specialised ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and dynamic signal evaluation that brings ultrasonic technology to the next performance level. This ensures the shortest blind range down to 10mm and the fastest response times up to 10ms, helping to provide best-in-class performance. Add the smart filter functions via IO-Link and the choice of variable sonic cones (narrow, medium or wide). You will have a sensor that is easily adapted for various ultrasonic sensing applications.

In point-level detection applications, the intelligent disruption filter ensures that agitators or other interfering objects will not impair the measurement result. This means a single sensor will reliably fulfil several application needs and decrease the number of variants.