Two-wire sensors now available from Contrinex.

August 2006

New from Contrinex is a range of top performance two-wire DC sensors that will reduce the amount of cable and number of connection points in machine design by up to 33% compared to conventional three-wire products.  This can represent major cost savings in complex, large process machinery.

Also with two-wire products the control load is connected in-line with the positive lead with the result that NPN and PNP 3-wire format devices are no longer required.  This can significantly reduce the number of different sensors that customers need to stock to support production systems reducing inventory cost, particularly on large manufacturing plants such as in the automotive and the food and beverage industries.

This new Contrinex range of tough, metal-bodied sensors have high frequency outputs and are available in M12, M18 and M30 sizes with switching speeds of 3kHz, 2kHz and 1kHz respectively. 

They are available in embeddable and non-embeddable formats with plug or cable connection and have a wide voltage range from 10 – 65VDC and can switch over 100mA.   They include short circuit, inverse polarity and overload protection.

By using Contrinex’s state of the art ASIC technology the manufacturing cost of this new line has been kept low and the range is very competitively priced despite being manufactured in Switzerland to Swiss QA standards.

Reduced spares costs, lower product prices and tough housings for long reliable in-service life make this latest range from Contrinex a very attractive proposition for new machine and system designs.