Light barriers without reflector – SmartReflect

With SmartReflect Baumer has reinvented the optical light barrier: The reflector as the weak point is eliminated and highly reliable object detection is still guaranteed even for transparent objects. That reduces your costs tremendously.

• Maximum system uptime and process safety
  • Very reliable object detection thanks to barrier principle
  • Elimination of the reflector as a potential source of error
  • No function impairment through dirt accumulation
  • Available in robust washdown or hygiene design
• Reduction of operating costs
  • No reflector means time saving installation
  • No need for a reflector eliminates exchange and wear
  • No need for a reflector eliminates cleaning effort
• Raising productivity
  • Sensing range up to 1.9 m or 1 m for transparent objects
  • High machine performance thanks to short response times of < 0.25 ms
  • Fast format changes, easy sensor exchange and additional usage data via IO-Link

• Presence check on objects in process in any object position
• Extremely fast and precie position detection even with tiny objects
• Application in robotics and electronics components
• Automated and configurable object detection, e.g. in format adjustments
• Long-distant object detection
• Reliable object counting even when very close to each other
• High-precision referencing  of movements
• Detection of different object materials, surfaces and colors even on transparent, uneven, pitted or rough surfaces
• Monitoring of gradual changes in production processes and automated testing