Applications with very high resolution or speed requirements can be solved with one type of sensor. This benefits users of inductive sensors, who are faced with increasing complexity when selecting a suitable sensor and the associated time required to develop a good solution.

Solve different application requirements with one sensor

In addition to the standard setting, the measured value filtering offers four further optimization options: High Speed, High Accuracy, Robust and High Pass. High Speed mode is particularly reliable for tasks with fast-moving parts at up to 1.2 kHz. However, the high speed comes at the expense of the accuracy of the measured values, although this is still at a surprisingly high level of up to 10 µm at half the measuring distance - accuracy is a specialty of Baumer's inductive distance sensors.

If, in contrast to speed, maximum accuracy is required, for example when detecting material expansions in the range of three to five micrometres, the High Accuracy setting is the right choice. If the robust filter is selected, applications can be solved even more reliably than in standard mode. The fast detection of up to 100 Hz is usually still sufficient for many applications. With the integrated high-pass filter, either the frequencies below 300 Hz can be suppressed or frequency peaks above 300 Hz can be detected during a frequency measurement.

These integrated setting options are unique on the market for inductive sensors and are supplemented by Baumer with the option of parameterizing the output characteristic curve (input scale). Installation tolerances, which are caused by environmental and application-related pre-attenuation depending on the metal, can thus be easily compensated for via the software. Manual adjustment of the sensor on site is no longer necessary thanks to the new options available via the IO-Link interface. This significantly simplifies and shortens the commissioning of the sensors.

The Baumer portfolio of inductive sensors with measured value filters and individual output characteristics, which can be parameterized via the standardized IO-Link interface, currently includes cylindrical sizes from 6 to 30 mm.