Meeting Environmental And Process Monitoring Needs In Modern Manufacturing
Today’s industrial process monitoring requires both environmental awareness and process awareness to ensure optimum performance. Whether through use of a proximity sensor or proximity switch based on the process, these devices are the foundation of meeting environmental and process monitoring needs.
A proximity sensor shows that it is process aware when it is delivering regular sensor changes in a dynamic process because of actuator activity. In other words, you know that the sensor is working properly from cycle change to cycle change. While environmental awareness is also critical to the status of inductive proximity sensors for example, a host of different conditions can impact the sensor’s performance accuracy.
Sensor technology has moved far beyond the ability to detect metallic target objects. Today’s broad proximity switch choice can include abilities for handling simple diagnostic tasks that go to the heart of environmental self-awareness. Some sensors can detect short-circuits in their cables, sensor coil damage and target range reporting outside of specified parameters.
Automation systems for large-scale metalwork parts manufacturing are often complex systems that use the proximity sensor in various ways. These systems often use inductive proximity sensors with self-diagnostic capabilities made possible by additional output monitoring control. These Dynamic Sensor Control (DSC) sensor devices deliver output switching and error signals along with warning and trend messages. This gives a more refined picture of any deviations in quality for real-time production monitoring.
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