Compressed air continues to be the most important source of energy for easily putting something into motion in automated machines, e.g., for transporting granulate, for blowing off faulty parts or for actuating piston rods, to name just a few examples.

Knowledge of glass production has existed since antiquity. It was not until the further development into the form of stable crown glass in the 12th century, however, that it became possible to bring light into buildings fully independently of the weather. Demand increased with developments such as this, as did the prices.

With the UY21 series, ipf electronic takes advantage of communication in its simplest form. Or better said, sound as a transmission medium is used in an adapted form as a solution for demanding applications. Similar to a lecture in which there is a speaker and an audience, the concept of the UY21 series uses a transmitter and a receiver. In between, sound – ultrasound to be exact – is transmitted.

Detecting transparent objects extremely reliably regardless of shape or material thickness? No problem for the new OR270478 optical sensor system (retro-reflective sensor) and the ultrasonically welded reflector AO000548 from ipf electronic. The main reason: the system, which consists of an optical sensor and a reflector, works with extremely short-wave polarized UV light. In comparison: the visible red light or infrared light of conventional optical sensors has a wavelength of around 700nm or 880nm, while the wavelength of the OR270478 is only 275nm.

Our new laser triangulation sensors of the PT64 series will replace the tried and tested PT65 and PT66 device series. The devices, which are nearly identical mechanically, house three sensors in one: an analog sensor, a switching sensor, and a contrast sensor. With the free software included in the scope of delivery, the performance spectrum of the PT64 is again significantly enhanced and therefore offers many new opportunities to flexibly use these laser triangulation sensors from ipf electronic in a wide range of applications.