Photoelectric sensors target applications with very small objects and high speed operation. Ultrasonic sensors detect almost every object. Until now, choosing one design approach posed significantly difficulties if the other type was desired later. With the same design approach, Baumer’s U500 ultrasonic sensor added to its existing portfolio of NextGen sensors changes that. The new ultrasonic sensors are identical in design and size with the O500 photoelectric sensors. With modifications in a system’s requirements profile, the sensors can be exchanged quickly and easily without any additional conversion measures.
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