Photoelectric sensors
Impressive specialist sensors that check for presence, shape, colour, distance and thickness
Photoelectric sensors check presence, shape, colour, distance, and thickness - optimised for robotics, automation, assembly, and handling. They are real experts with various strengths: detecting and counting parts, monitoring stack heights, through-glass detection, aligning small parts, detecting marks, fill level detection, and much more!
The wide Balluff spectrum offers every light type, whether red light, infrared, blue light or laser technology, in different ranges. With and without background suppression. Various designs – also in mini version – ensure a wide variety of possible applications. Our photoelectric sensors are optimized for robotics, automation, installation and handling.
Benefits
- Part recognition and counting
- Stack height monitoring
- Detection through glass
- Small parts detection
- Brand recognition
- Fill level detection and much more
Diffuse sensor with background suppression
- Reliable object detection with various operating ranges, as well as independent of surface, color, and material
- Detects objects against very similar backgrounds – even if they are very dark against a bright background
- Almost constant scanning range even with different reflectance
- Only one electrical device without reflectors or separate receivers
- With red light or the laser red light that is ideally suited for detecting small parts
- Variants with blue light for perfect detection of hard-to-see objects
Fork sensors
- Different light types (red light, infrared, laser)
- Robust metal housing
- Simple alignment to the object
- High optical resolution and reproducibility
- Fork widths from 5…220 mm with standardized mounting holes
- Identical mechanical and optical axes
- The transmitter and receiver are firmly aligned to each other, yielding high process reliability
Fork sensors plastic
- Six different designs for flexible use
- Cost-effective, robust solution for space-critical applications
- Precise detection and high repeatability
- Status indication with bright LEDs
- All have slot width of 5 mm
- Easy connection with 4-pin M8 standard plug, flat connector or cable
- Switching frequency up to 3 kHz for fast processes
Angle sensors
- Ideal for each application using various types of light (red light, infrared, laser)
- Robust metal housing
- Extremely flexible mounting thanks to its angled shape
- High optical resolution and reproducibility
- Identical mechanical and optical axes
- High process reliability since the transmitter and receiver are firmly aligned to each other
- No time-intensive adjustment
- Large selection of different shapes and sizes
Optical windows
- Uniformly high resolution over the whole area of the frame
- Detection of small parts with a diameter of up to 0.8 mm
- Robust metal housing with M8 standard plug connector
- Adjustable sensitivity and output signal length
- Dynamic and static variants
- Modular construction kit with numerous frame sizes
Light grids
- Different lengths available
- Also suitable for large objects with a range of up to 2.1 m
- Ideal for counting due to its quick reaction time
- Robust metal housing
- Invisible infrared light
- Switching output (PNP) and analog output (0…10 V)
- Simple connection, easily-assembled installation without additional equipment
- Ready for immediate use – no parameterization necessary
Light bands
- Robust metal housing for stable mounting and precise alignment
- Light band with a width of 50 mm
- Up to 2 m distance between transmitter and receiver
- Excellent resolution from 0.01 mm
- Two freely configured analog outputs
- Three programmable digital outputs
- Intelligent interference contour masking at the touch of a button
- Simple, intuitive operation via a display with plain text display
- Only one power supply for both sensors – saves on wiring effort, power supply units, and costs
- Self-contained device – no additional accessories such as controller, PC, or software required
Color sensors
- High switching frequency
- With or without display
- Robust and industrial grade
- Variants in small housing for space-saving installation
- Depending on type, large operating ranges of up to 400 mm thanks to a strong white light
- Optionally with IO-Link interface for simple parameterization
- Differentiation between any number of objects
- Very high color resolution
- Application-specific parameterization
Contrast sensors
- Pinpoint accurate switching for fast processes with a high switching frequency of up to 30 kHz
- Different light types (laser, red/green/blue or white light)
- Large ranges with laser
- Clearly visible light points for easy alignment
- Pulse extensions
- Outside Teach-in possible
- Also available with analog output signal
- Easily adjustable via the display (also available without)
- Different model series for different applications
Fiber-based devices for plastic and glass fibers
- Detection of low contrast differences
- Very fast – up to 8 kHz
- High positioning accuracy
- Flexibly mountable, simple to install
- Additional functions available (parameterizable)
- Mechanically robust
- Highly-accurate switching
- With one-way or detecting principle
- Straight or angled optics
- Compact configuration for mounting on top-hat rails
- With or without display
- Different light types (red or infrared)
- Also optionally available with analog output signal
- Different model series for glass or plastic fibers
Plastic and glass fibers for fiber-based devices
- High function reserve
- High quality materials and precise machining
- Homogeneous optical properties
- Compact, flexible, and robust with various sheathing materials, lengths, and diameters
- Teach in on the sensor via teach-in input or via the especially easy IO-Link
- With diagnostics and condition monitoring functions upon request
- Also available as user-configurable fibers
Micromote - optical sensor heads
- Large selection of sensor heads with highest precision: Microspot, Nanospot, Laser, Infrared, classic red light LED
- Amplifier for analogue, digital, dynamic (link to Micromote product family - amplifier for optical sensor heads) with display of set and actual values
- Excellent technical characteristics
- Optimal use in grippers
Photoelectric distance sensors
- Ideal for distance measurements and distance monitoring of short, medium, and long measurement ranges
- Additional switching outputs with adjustable switchpoints available for almost all products
- Teach in on the sensor via teach-in input or button
- Optionally with IO-Link interface for easy parameterization and additional functions