Set up once – duplicate as often as you’d like. The PNG//smart sensor configuration can be stored to the controller and transferred to other applications by simply clicking a button, regardless of your current location.
Ongoing production processes can be flexibly switched over to another product with the help of PNG//smart sensors. Costly setup time is eliminatedfor batch changes. This results from the sensors’ capability to exchange information with each other, as well as with actuators. The respective data are conditioned and processed by the sensors. This permits networked communication from machine to machine, by means of which the entire value chain can be optimized.
The sensors generate and transmit additional diagnostics and status data (condition monitoring). Analysis of this data makes it possible to plan maintenance work in advance and avoid downtime in production.
If a sensor is replaced, stored parameters are transferred automatically to the new sensor making replacement possible without programming.
wenglor wTeach2 software is available free of charge and assures easy handling when configuring sensors – including evaluation and visualization of measurement and diagnostics data.
PNG//smart sensors can even be configured in the de-energized state before installation – simply, while on-the-go using a smart phone or a tablet with the wenglor app.
PNG//smart sensors are set at the factory so that each sensor has the same switching distance with the same setting. This removes the need for time-consuming adjustments if a sensor is replaced.
Thanks to the calibrated light spot with aligned optical axis, no subsequent re-alignment of the light spot is required. This makes both the initial start-up and the sensor replacement easier.
PNG//smart sensors don’t influence each other when they’re mounted directly next to or opposite each other. This makes a great number of queries possible in very tight spaces.
The sensors are insensitive to interference such as ambient light or electromagnetic influences thanks to specially developed processes.
PNG//smart generation laser sensors are entirely safe for the human eye. As a result, they can be used on moving fixtures such as robot arms and shuttles. Warnings and complex protective measures are unnecessary.
Switching statuses or distance values can be read out via the IO-Link interface. Flexible setting options reduce type diversity within the respective systems and minimize inventory costs.