USING MIGATRON'S ULTRASONIC SENSORS Iasue 13 August 1997 a ( detection. P1 on the receiver (TBR) is labeled sensitivity adjustment. The LED is provided to show signal strength. The sensor is factory set with P1 fully clockwise (ow), making the LED solid red in color. To achieve greater sensitivity for smaller targets, tum P1 counter-clockwise (cow) sothat the LEDis more green in color. This increases the sensitivity of the unit. The Customer’s Requirements: The customer is a major automotive components company located in New York They need to be able to sense the presence or absence of a divider plate in the heater cores they manufacture. Because of the design of the core, other sensors have been ineffective in this application. The divider plate is installed to create two chambers within the heater core, Fluid enters through the inlet pipeandisdivertedthrough one that travels through the the core tubes until exiting tubes in the core before exiting oe sf through the outlet pipe (when a plate is in place). The differenceis determined bythe The customer needs: __strength of the signal leaving the core: strong when no plate *A thru-beam sensor _ is present, weak when the plate capable of sending its signal in is in place. through the inlet pipe, ‘seeing’ 2 . aroundcurvesinsidetheheater Migatron's oe nwo core, and exiting through the Solution: Metron worked very closely Outlet pipe if the divider plate is with the customer and was able not in place. to provide them with a semi- custom unit to meet all of their Specifications. The unit was produced with exceptionally high gain to ensure its respon- siveness, and additional testing TBT/TBR-600 The Migatron solution fur “A sensor that can distin- this unusual application is the guish between twosignals: one TBT/TBR-600 thru-beam that travels intothe heatercore sensor. An adjustable and exits immediately (when Sensitivity contro! provides there is no plate in place), and highly accurate signal strength MIGATRON CORP. Fax: 016-998-6003,cece |] (f was done in Migatron’s lab on a variety of cores the customer produces to be sure that this one sensor would be effective in all the different types of cores. The customer has been using the TBT/TBR-600 successfully for several months now, and is working with Migatron to develop a cus- tomized unit that will be incor: Porated into their automated machinery for heatercore quality assurance, as well as for other Products. Because of the ver- $ HIGH-SPEED COUNTING * satlity of this ultrasonic thru The TBT/TBR-600 is an? beam sensor, the customerwas * ideal sensor for any high-speed * able to solve a long-standing $counting application. it can? Problem and increase the $count up to 12,000 items per? efficiency and accuracy of it's minute. The P2 control is assembly line. fused as an adjustable delay. Sturn fully clockwise to provide Migatron is also working § the slowest response time--1802 with other customers to design iterns per minute. Simply turn? and build customized units that $P2 counter-clockwise (faster will work in a variety of $ orclockwise (slower) to respond* applications, including fluid ® appropriately to the speed chambers in transmissions the targets moving past thi air passages in S detect poi manifolds. ee Did You Know. -The TBT/TBR-600 thru- beam sensor is capable of counting up to 12,000items per minute (that's 200 per second!!!) -The TBT/TBR-600 can also be mounted in a Reflective position to detect targets. -Both the transmitter and receiver in the TBT/TBR- 600 are self-contained, completely sealed, NEMA rated units. -The TBT-TBR-600 comes with quick-disconnect as a standard feature _ For a free copy of. Migatron’s Specification | Guide for Ultrasonic Sensors: Call: 815-338-5800 Fax: 815-338-5803 or visit our website at http://www.migatron.com e-mail: info@migatron.com Your Local Migatron Distributor: Phone: 916-338-5800 Fax: 816-230-6009