Item No.: CO4204-8U

Course Automation Technology 7: Sensors for automation

Includes:

  • Sensor technology experiment board with:
  • Inductive and capacitive proximity switches, optoelectronic proximity switch, magnetic field sensor, optoelectronic sensor with fibre optic wave guide
  • Two guide rails (X and Y axes) for moving material samples
  • Electrically driven X axis with displacement measurement facility
  • Motor-driven segmented disc with speed control to determine limiting frequencies
  • Counters and frequency meters
  • Various interchangeable material samples
  • Labsoft browser and course software 

Course contents:

  • Introduction to the operation and function of sensors
  • Introduction to the application areas of various sensors
  • Determining how various material samples affect different sensors
  • Measurement of sensing distances, hysteresis, limiting values and switching frequencies for inductive, capacitive, optical and magnetic field sensors
  • Explanation of the reduction factor
  • Course duration 4 h approx.