Bannerman R58B series expert registration mark sensor

Bannerman’s R58B series expert registration mark sensor provides the same high-performance detection and colour contrast sensitivity of the R58E, in addition to a simplified ‘teach’ process. Teach is performed quickly via a single-click on the teach push-button on the sensor or via remote input. Teach allows the sensor to ‘learn’ the light and dark sensing conditions based on user inputs, and then can automatically adjust the sensitivity to place the operating threshold midway between threshold for the light and dark condition. By reducing the complexity and increasing the speed of teaching the mark and the background, the R58B reduces operator training and product changeover time.

During the teach process, the R58B automatically selects a red, green or blue LED to optimise the application contrast. Then, the selected colour is indicated on the user interface, upon which the customer-specified colour can be set from push-buttons or a PLC compatible remote input - providing a streamlined process to enable more convenient sensor configuration and teaching. The teach button can be temporarily deactivated by putting the sensor into ‘run’ mode, or all buttons can be locked out via the remote interface wire.