Photoelectric sensors for manufacturing

Electronic sensors are used for many tasks and in many different industries, most with the similar purpose of identifying consistency in the objects that pass through them. This is of great benefit to a lot of companies, as it allows them to quality control their products with a minimal effort, since the sensor does all the work for them. These units are the latest in detection innovation, and will allow your machinery to carry out its daily activities without having any problems arise if anything goes wrong with the operation of the equipment.

The QM miniature rectangular photoelectric sensor is one of the more popular ones on the market, and is one of the products that I would absolutely recommend. This nifty little device can carry out sensor checks around the clock ensuring that you do not have any wastage or loss of product from lack of detection of an issue early on. Whilst other sensors may not be as apt as noticing a problem, the QM miniature has seen many customers extremely pleased with the results given, and is relatively inexpensive considering the service that you receive from such a sensor. The price of this particular brand of sensor can range from around £35-70 depending on which product is being visibly analysed and quality controlled (for example large wooden beams will require a different sensor to a small beverage bottle). The most common form of use for this particular sensor is for packaging companies, and is usually used at the stage before something is filled to make sure the box being filled is actually there. This means that if there is an issue with there not being place to insert the given items the sensor can identify it immediately and stop the problem at the source.

The concept of the QM miniature is that they emit a beam of light that will usually go over a conveyor belt in preparation for when a product goes by so that it can be checked. This beam should be broken in the same amount of time after each product (for instance a bottle is likely to pass through it every 0.2 seconds whereas a larger box may take considerably longer). If there is an inconsistency with the amount of time that it takes for the beam of light to be broken again, this will then be processed by the sensor and depending on the wiring and installation that goes on this should send a signal to a control booth to tell employees that there is a problem with the way in which the product is conveying, resulting in the issue being dealt with quickly and effectively. If there is no initial identification of a problem with conveying, it could result in a huge loss of product and time to get it operational again, and so we strongly suggest that you consider picking up a sensor to ensure your company’s future and smooth-running.

There are very few alternatives to using sensors for safe product conversion, but one of the less popular methods is literally through the use of a person to quality check every product rather than do it virtually by use of sensors. This method is much less effective due to the fact that humans are known to make several mistakes whereas machines take exact measurements. This is just the way things are and even the most hard-working of humans is unable to detect problems as efficiently as the electronic counterpart. Furthermore, the increased cost of having to employ one or several quality checkers is going to far outweigh the minimalistic cost of a few sensors that will also do the job better. It may perhaps require one employee to identify when there was an inconsistency as pointed out by the laser, but beyond this there is no real need for human interference or interaction with the conveyors and their operation.

At the Sensor Centre, we sell a huge variety of all types of sensor; mostly for industrial work but some have other purposes aswell. For instance, also sold at the Sensor Centre are ultrasonic sensors and encoders which serve different purposes throughout several industries. However, our pride and joy is of course the industrial photoelectric sensor range, as it provides the most customer satisfaction and is the most relevant product for sale to most of our customer base. You can’t really go wrong with a photoelectric sensor, as they do their job extremely efficiently and are very affordable in comparison to other companies. They are specifically suited and recommended for industrial and manufacturing warehouses, so be sure to contact us for a quote if you would like to buy several for one of more of your facilities to ensure that you are pushing out the best quality products possible with no setbacks or unnecessary ceasing of production to fix an issue. At the Sensor Centre we are committed to customer satisfaction, providing a top quality product and making it accessible and affordable to any business that needs them.

You should consider choosing Sensor Centre as your number one provider of sensors across the UK and globally, as all of our products besides the DUOmetric are ISO 9001 certified, which means that they are tested for their quality and functionality to see how well and appropriate that they are. We also offer a minimum 2 year warranty on all of our sensors, and so if anything goes wrong and you receive a faulty piece of equipment we can quickly replace it free of charge. We feel strongly that our products should last for several years, but just in case we like to reassure our customers that we do care about them and therefore extend every courtesy to make sure that our sensors bring you the service and happiness that they have to so many of our other customers.

If you are interested in purchasing some QM miniature rectangular photoelectric sensors for you and your company you can do so by contacting our sales team on 0844 33512132 for a quick and easy quote, or by submitting an enquiry form here, and we will get back to you as soon as possible to assist you in fully optimising your manufacturing facility to run smoothly without any inconsistencies in production. We have a sensor for every sort of solution as well as the more generic and conventional conveyor belt sensor, so be sure to ask any questions you need to with regards to our products and our company in order to discover your potential in terms of productivity and profit for your organisation.