Fail-safe inductive sensors for industrial and mobile applications
Robust safety
Fail-safe sensors protect both man and machine. To date, ifm is the only supplier to market fail-safe inductive sensors in a robust full-metal housing in order to ensure maximum reliability even under extreme conditions. The full-metal housing offers optimum protection against permanent moisture. In addition, the sensors are well secured against shock and vibration loads that are particularly prevalent in mobile machines. Due to the extended temperature range of -40 to 85 °C, they can be used in freezing cold and summer heat, indoors and outdoors on vehicles and machines.
Applications
Typical applications for fail-safe sensors can be service lids or manholes, where they ensure that the machine cannot start until the lid is closed. On mobile machines such as mobile cranes or cherry pickers, safety sensors often monitor the outriggers that are extended to prevent the vehicle from tipping over.