Proximity sensors

Improved sensors allow computer monitoring of the system for safety and protection of the equipment from damage. Sensors include lubrication-flow monitors and alarms, bearing-temperature sensors, belt scales, rotation sensors, and proximity sensors to detect ore level under the crusher. The latter prevent jamming of the output with too high an ore level, and protect the conveyor from impact of lumps with too low an ore level. Motion detectors assure that the conveyor is moving. Control applied to crusher systems including conveyors can facilitate use of mobile crushers in quarries and mines, since these can be controlled remotely by computer with reduced labor. 

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The operation of proximity sensors can be based on a wide range of principles, including capacitance, induction, Hall and magnetic effects variable reluctance, linear variable differential transformer (LVDT), variable resistor mechanical and electromechanical limit switches optical, photoelectric, or fiber-optic sensors laser-based distance, dimension, or thickness sensors air gap sensors ultrasonic and displacement transducers. Their detection ranges vary from micrometers to meters, and their applications include the measurement of position, displacement, proximity, or operational limits in controlling moving components of valves and dampers. Either linear or angular position can be measured ... 

Using literature-based knowledge, we have therefore been able to generate a functional interaction network of these three ER stress proximal sensors (Figure 3 see colour insert). This network emanating from the three ER stress proximal sensors IREl, PERK and ATF-6 indicates (i) the nature of the functional partner (kinase, adaptor, transcription factor, protease, chaperone, RNA inhibitor, activator or target) and (ii) the nature of the interaction (direct or indirect association or dissociation upon stress). 

Figure S. Interaction networks of ER stress proximal sensors. A literature-based reconstruction of IREl, PERK and ATF6 proximal interaction networks was carried out using Cytoscape v2.0 (www.cytoscape.org/). Nodes represent different fiinctional species based on a color code (including transcription factors, kinases, adaptors, phosphatases, chaperones, proteases, translation factors, RNA and miscellanous), and are classified into three families (activators, targets, inhibitors) of respectively PERK, IREl andATF-6. Edges are characteristic of an interaction, either yet uncharacterized (thin) or characterized (thick). Finally, blue edges are significant of an association upon ER stress and red edges stand for an ER stress induced dissociation.

NOCS - 30 mm diameter, 10-30 volt DC, 3 wire, NPN, normally open, shielded, adjustable, capacitive proximity sensor Automation Direct CT1-AN-1A 1... 

The sections below describe three representative capacitive interfaces. The single-ended parallel-plate style is used in inertial and pressure sensors where fabrication constraints preclude a complementary design. Many microfluidic applications, such as particle sorting or fluid level detection, and proximity sensors fall into this category also. Section 6.1.2.3 describes the advantages of complementary interfaces. The last section is devoted to comb style sensors. 

All real-time systems monitor and most at least partially control the environment in which they execute. The computer system is said to interact with controlled objects (COs) in its environment. These objects may represent a vessel s temperature, the position of a rotator, the setting of a switch, etc. All have a temporal dimension in that the passage of sufficient time will cause their states to change. However, controlled objects can clearly be categorized into two distinct behavioral types those that exhibit continuous changes and those that exhibit discrete changes. Temperature, pressure, airfiow, chemical concentration, and rotor position are all continuous variables switch positions, operator input, electrical flow in earth wires, and proximity sensors are examples of discrete controlled objects. 

Proximity sensors are popular for many reasons. They are small enough to mount in the die, inexpensive, and immune to nonmetallic contaminants like dirt and oil. Proximity sensors are virtually maintenance-free they require no further adjustment after installation. Proximity sensors are very accurate and come in sizes suitable for many applications. Because they do not require contact with the material and have no moving parts, they will not wear out. One drawback of proximity sensors is that they do not have a very long range. If you are not able to mount the sensor closer than 0.5 in. from the object that you want to sense, a prox sensor probably will not work for your application. 

There are three types of prox sensors inductive, capacitive, and magnetic. Inductive proximity sensors are triggered when a piece of metal comes close to the sensor. Inductive sensors are the ones most commonly used for die protection. In this chapter, the term proximity sensor refers to the inductive type unless otherwise noted. 

Proximity sensors can be either shielded or unshielded. Shielded sensors can be flush mounted in metal (see Fig. 2). Unshielded prox sensors sensing field surrounds the sides, as well as the front of the sensor. These sensors require a metal free zone around them when they are installed. The free zone is usually equal to three times the diameter of the sensor. Unshielded sensors have longer ranges than shielded sensors of the same diameter. Shielded sensors are preferred for die protection because they can be flush-mounted. 

When selecting a proximity sensor, you have to take into account both the electrical and physical aspects of your application. Electrically, the sensor has to be able to work with your control. Physically, the sensor must have enough range for the sensing task. Proximity sensors are sold according to diameter. Common... 

Unfortunately, proximity sensors do not have cylindrical sensing fields. In reality, the sensing field of a proximity sensor is shaped like a slightly rounded cone (see Fig. 4). The sensing field narrows as the distance from the sensor increases. The amount of sensor that must be covered by the target is determined by the distance between the target and the sensor. 

Figure 3 Idealized proximity sensor with cylindrical sensing field.

Figure 4 Real proximity sensor with cone-shaped sensing field.

Use only inductive, DC three- or four-wire, shielded proximity sensors. Determine how close you can mount the sensor to the target. Calculate the sensor s practical sensing distance take into account the manufacturer s and temperature drift tolerances and correct for material... 

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