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Initial Operation
IMS5x00
Material Selection
To measure the thickness of a material, you must specify
the material of the target.
Change to Material selection, menu
Settings
>
Data recording
.
Select the material based on the target used.
In the controller, you can store the group refractive index
of different materials which can be used for direct reflec-
tion measurements.
The materials database in delivery state can be restored
by loading the factory settings. The materials database
allows for up to 20 materials to be stored.
If the corresponding material is now specified for the
measurement, the refractive index is included in the cal-
culation and the sensor thus delivers the correct result.
Clicking on the button
Edit
material
table
expands/
reduces the materials database. For a new material, the
group refractive index is required.
1) The maximum thickness for a air gap is 2.1 mm. The
thickness for glass (n = 1.5) is 35 µm as a minimum
and 1.4 mm as a maximum.
Positioning the Target, Thickness Measurement
The red-light pilot laser supports you in aligning the
sensor to the target during commissioning.
Turn on or off the pilot laser in the menu
Settings
>
System settings.
Position the target (measurement object) as much
as possible in the mid of the operating range.
The peak positions remains stable in the FFT signal,
even though the measurement target moves. The peak
position depends on the target thickness.
Operating range
Working distance
Measuring range
thickness
1
Basics thickness measurement
The LED
Range
on the controller front indicates the
position of the target in relation to the sensor.
Green
Pilot laser is turned on and off
alternately, if no target or
outside the measuring range
