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Mounting

Mounting is a term commonly used in photoelectric and inductive sensors. The objective of sensor mounting is to obtain the most significant frequency response from the mounted sensor while limiting machine intrusion. The other objective of it is to work within application-specific constraints, such as guards or process requirements.


Mounting in photoelectric sensors is also referred to as installation. For more information about this term, go to Installation.


Mounting in inductive sensors:

  • Flush or embeddable sensors:
    • These sensors can be flush mounted in all metals. We should observe a free zone following Fig. 1 for trouble-free operation.

    Fig. 1:  The value of X is estimated based on the value of D.

  • Semi-flush or Quasi-embeddable sensors:
    • The devices must protrude by a distance X when mounting quasi-embeddable Extra Distance sensors in metals (conductive materials), as shown in Fig. 2. Additionally, a 3 x sn free zone must be maintained. Flush mounting in non-conducting materials is acceptable.

    Fig. 2:  The value of X is estimated based on the value of D. 

  • Non-flush or non-embeddable sensors:
    • When mounting non-flush or non-embeddable sensors in metals (conducting materials), the minimum distances to the conducting material must be maintained following Fig. 3. Flush mounting in non-conducting materials is acceptable.

    Fig. 3:  The value of Y is estimated based on the value of housing size (D).

     

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