Photoelectric Sensors
Beverage
- Mixed Juice Box Varieties and Positioning
- Detection of crushing in cans
- Detecting existence and off-position of the straw
- Detecting overlapping caps for beverage package
- Detecting transparent glass bottle through hole
- Detecting glass bottles in chemical environment
- Detect fallen can on the conveyer
- Detect upside-down cap
- Glass-bottle detection at high temperature
Mixed Juice Box Varieties and Positioning
The color-area mode of the MVS-PM-R pattern matching vision sensor makes it possible to detect differences in package color, preventing different varieties of packaged beverage products from being conveyed.
In addition, the BGS-HDL C-MOS laser sensor with two control outputs can be selected for the vision sensor’s trigger sensor.
The output 1 can be set for a trigger signal to the vision sensor for inspection of mixed product varieties, when a juice box passes at the correct height, leaving output 2 available to detect incorrect orientation when a juice box has fallen over on its side. In this way, both camera triggering and sideways package detection can be performed using a single sensor.
Model: Color pattern matching camera MVS-PM-R Series
Model: High-resolution C-MOS Laser Sensor BGS-HDL Series
Detection of crushing in cans
Housed in stainless steel, ZT-M3000N photoelectric sensors are able to detect crushed cans on a production line.
Installing these through-beam type sensors at the height that determines whether a can is defective allows for judgment between acceptable and non-acceptable cans.
The stainless-steel housing also makes it possible to install the sensors in a caustic soda environment, which can have adverse effects on sensors with plastic housings.
Model: Stainless Steel Housing Type ZT-M3000N
Detecting existence and off-position of the straw
C-MOS laser sensor BGS-HDL can check if the straw is attached neatly on the beverage package.
Because BGS-HDL has 2 outputs and those threshold can be set individually, it can detect not only existence of the straw but also position of it.
Just one sensor can detect existence and off-position of the straw at same time.
Model: BGS sensor with digital display type BGS-HDL Series
Detecting overlapping caps for beverage package
Fiber-Optic Sensors D3RF and built-in lens thru-beam type Fiber-Optic Cables NF-TX01 can detect overlapping caps for beverage package because of high power light even if the cap is not transparent.
Controlling, saving setup and restoring setup of each Fiber-Optic Sensors can be done through CC-Link utilizing communication unit UC1-CL1 connected to Mitsubishi MELSEC-Q/L series efficiently as well.
Model: UC1-CL1 + D3RF + NF-TX01
Detecting transparent glass bottle through hole
Coaxial laser type makes it possible to detect glass bottle through small hole on guide stably.
Model: Laser transparent sensor DR-Q150TCN
Detecting glass bottles in chemical environment
Transparent chemical-resistant type Fiber-Optic Cables NF-TY02 minimizes influences from dust and chemical vapor.
Model: Fiber-Optic Sensors + Fiber-Optic Cables D2RF or D3RF + NF-TY02
Detect fallen can on the conveyer
Set sensors at lower level and higher level so that the sensors can detect only fallen cans.
As BGS-DL10TN has C-MOS image sensor, it can detect objects even if it is printed and also the surface is shiny.
Model: C-MOS laser sensor BGS-DL10TN
Detect upside-down cap
Limited reflection type NF-DC09 can detect two sides of a cap.
AS Sensing distance is limited, it detects color changes of seal packing on back side.
Model: Limited reflection type NF-DC09
Glass-bottle detection at high temperature
The combination of heatproof NF-DH01 and heatproof reflective mirror SW50 make it possible to detect as Retro-reflective type.
Those work well for transparent detection at high temperature.
Model: Heatproof NF-DH01
Application examples
by industry
- Foods
- Beverage
- Chemical/Cosmetics
- Packaging
- Semicon
- FPD/PV
- Electric
- Electronics Components
- Automotive
- Machinery
- Rubber/Plastic
- Glass
- Printing
- Logistics
Application examples
by purpose
- Detecting existence
- Counting/Detecting passing
- Alignment/Mapping/Positioning
- Detecting direction/sides
- Detecting height/level difference
- Detecting overlapping
- Detecting protruding
- Detecting meandering
- Detecting wrong objects
- Detecting black/glossy objects
- Detecting liquid
- Long range detection
- Pin-point detection
- Detecting transparent objects
- Environmental resistant
- Detecting color and mark
- Others