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Discrete Manufacturing September 1, 2016

Fork sensor series for harsh environments

Balluff’s F series of fork sensors includes IP69K rated stainless steel self-contained through-beam sensors designed for the most challenging environments such as the food and beverage, packaging, metalworking, and pharmaceutical industries.

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Industrial Networking July 2, 2016

Network portfolio for industrial automation

Balluff's CC-Link IE field is a 1GBPS network designed for industrial automation applications and the network portfolio consists of IP67 protection rated machine mount I/O devices and IO-Link masters.

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Process Instrumentation and Sensors May 18, 2016

Explosion-proof linear position sensor

Balluff's Micropulse TA12 hazardous area linear position sensor is designed for position feedback applications on hydraulically-actuated valves and in hydraulic cylinders located in hazardous locations as well as level monitoring and turbine speed control.

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Discrete Manufacturing March 20, 2016

Capacitive sensor series for harsh environments

Balluff's Advanced Smartlevel is a capacitive sensor designed for level detection applications involving liquids, powders, granulates, paste such as medias, such as grease, cleaning fluids, and acids and bases.

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Industrial Networking January 8, 2016

Bi-directional inductive coupler for tight industrial spaces

Balluff's IO-Link enabled bi-directional inductive coupler is designed to enable transfer of power and data over a small air gap and is designed for tight industrial spaces and has a compact IP67 housing and offers 32 bytes of bi-directional data transfer over a 4-pole M12 sensor cable.

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Discrete Manufacturing January 1, 2016

Miniature photoelectric sensors for harsh, washdown environments

Balluff's R01E stainless steel flatpack photoelectric sensor has an IP69K rating and is designed for harsh duty and washdown applications such as packaging machinery, material handling, small part detection, and general automation.

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Process Instrumentation and Sensors September 1, 2015

Sensors for level measurement applications

Balluff's pressure-rated Ultrasonic Sensors are designed for fill level measurement applications under normal pressure or in tanks and containers and a fill level measurement can be carried out at the same time as overflow protection.

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Discrete Manufacturing April 20, 2015

Miniature photoelectric sensor series has five sensing modes

Balluff's 6K miniature photoelectric sensors are designed to work in harsh conditions and are available in five sensing modes including background suppression, diffuse, retroreflective, through-beam and contrast. Connections are made by cable, M8 three-pin or M8 four-pin quick disconnect and all versions are now IP67, IP69, and Ecolab approved.

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Industrial Networking January 8, 2015

Push-pull IO modules with Profinet

Balluff's push-pull variants of its Profinet IO-Link master modules are available with a fiber-optic cable or copper cable connection and an integrated display for information and additional diagnostics.

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Industrial Networking March 15, 2012

Analysis tool for DeviceNet/CAN bus installations

Balluff's DeviceNet Analyzer is designed to analyze, commission, monitor, and maintain DeviceNet/CAN bus installations.

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