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The photoelectric sensor for the detection of printed circuit boards

Photoelectric Sensor ML8-8-HGU for printed circuit board detection
Photoelectric Sensor ML8-8-HGU for printed circuit board detection
Pepperl+Fuchs now offers you a new photoelectric sensor for the detection and positioning of printed circuit boards; the ML8-8-HGU miniature photoelectric sensor with background suppression.

Hardly any electronic devices are produced these days without a printed circuit board. The precise and reliable handling of printed circuit boards on conveyor systems and at buffer stations, right through to the application of inscriptions and the equipping of the circuit boards is necessary for economic success.

The sensor solutions currently in use – from ultrasonic sensors and basic diffuse mode photoelectric sensors, to fiber optic solutions – are usually not optimal in terms of their technical features in this application. Small, ‘tailored’ sensors, such as the ML8 miniature photoelectric sensor, which can be integrated with little expense, are the preferred solution.


ML8-8-HGU miniature photoelectric sensor for the positioning of printed circuit boards
ML8-8-HGU miniature photoelectric sensor for the positioning of printed circuit boards
The ML8-8-HGU miniature photoelectric sensor has a long and narrow light spot. It precisely detects the edge of a printed circuit board and enables its exact positioning to be determined.

Edge detection of a printed circuit board is important to its equipping and transportation. Holes, indentations and components on the printed circuit board must not influence this function and are reliably ignored by this photoelectric sensor. Circuit boards of different colors or textures are not a problem. The very bright light spot facilitates simple alignment. The backgrounds are securely suppressed.


Upward directed miniature photoelectric sensor with background suppression – the ML8-8-HGU on a roller conveyor
Upward directed miniature photoelectric sensor with background suppression – the ML8-8-HGU on a roller conveyor
In the application the ML8 sensor can be mounted to point upward without a problem, because it is insensitive to extraneous light with respect to the ambient luminosity.

The ML8-8-HGU miniature photoelectric sensors are available with an application-typical, fixed detection range of 30 or 50 mm, so that they can be simply and quickly integrated into the application without operating expense. Operating errors in alignment and maintenance are excluded.


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Pepperl+Fuchs now offers you a new photoelectric sensor for the detection and positioning of printed circuit boards; the ML8-8-HGU Miniature Photoelectric Sensor with background suppression...