Award-winning ultra-flat ultrasonic sensors maximise performance

With merely 20.5mm, the UF200 is the flattest ultrasonic sensor for front mounting with a very short blind range. 

With up to 2,000mm detection range, the UF200 is ideal for applications that previously failed, due to insufficient installation space.

The key features and benefits of this sensor have been acknowledged following a recent AutomationsBest award and another addition to Baumer’s ultrasonic toolbox range, which utilise NexSonic technology. 

To optimise engineering freedom, Baumer rethought the ultrasonic concept and fully exploited what is feasible in terms of electronic layout and programmed algorithms.

The result of utilising NexSonic technology is a sensor design with specialised ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) and dynamic signal evaluation that takes ultrasonic technology to the next performance level. This ensures the shortest blind range down to 10mm and the fastest response times of up to 10ms, helping to ensure best-in-class performance. 

Add the smart filter functions via IO-Link and the choice of variable sonic cones (narrow, medium or wide), and you have a sensor which can be easily adapted for a wide range of ultrasonic sensing applications.

In point-level detection applications, the intelligent disruption filter ensures that agitators or other interfering objects will not impair the measurement result. This means a single sensor will reliably fulfil several application requirements and reduce the number of variants.

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