Chapter 2 Product Specifications
Operating Manual for Communicating Area Sensor
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2.3 Description of Optical Detection Capability
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Description of optical detection capability
Transmitter: IR LED light emitting channel array.
Receiver: Photodiode light receiving channel array.
Beam spacing: Distance between two beams
Beam diameter: Diameter of lenses transmitting and receiving beams.
Detection height: The distance between the highest point and the lowest point within the limit of object
detection capability.
Detecting distance: The distance between transmitter and receiver.
Unit: mm
AS-BF
AS-BH
AS-BA
Beam spacing
10
20
40
Beam diameter
6.5
6.5
6.5
Detection capability
Ø
16.5 non-
transparent object
Ø
26.5 non-
transparent object
Ø
46.5 non-
transparent object
Receiver
Detecting distance
Detectable edge
Beam spacing
Beam diameter
Detection
capability
Detection
height
Transmitter
