Telemecanique Industrial Sensors
Industrial sensors from Telemecanique offer reliable non-contact or contact-type detection in automation, manufacturing, and machine-control applications. Telemecanique sensors are widely specified and provide precise, repeatable switching or measurement in demanding conditions, simplifying machine design and process monitoring tasks. With decades of experience and an 85-year brand heritage, Telemecanique industrial sensors are trusted by machine builders, OEMs, and end users world-wide as first choice devices for sensing, position feedback, process control, and automated safety interlock circuits.
The Telemecanique industrial sensor range includes: inductive proximity sensors, capacitive proximity sensors, ultrasonic distance sensors, photoelectric sensors (photoelectric proximity, background suppression, retroreflective, or through-beam sensors), limit switches, and more. Their quality of construction, broad temperature range, and resistance to vibration allow Telemecanique sensors to work reliably on production lines, conveyors, packaging equipment, robots, metalworking machinery, printing equipment, and food-and-beverage processes, as well as in pump stations and water, energy, and power generation utilities.
Telemecanique sensors are designed to be fast and easy to install. Compact and durable housings are available in a wide range of sizes, enclosures, and mounting formats. Most models offer multiple output wiring options and built-in function indicators. Sensor teach modes and adjustable sensing ranges simplify commissioning. Telemecanique manufacturing emphasizes stability, immunity to noise, rejection of false targets, and repeatability to ensure reliable operation in proximity to metal, plastic, liquid, paper, granulate, and irregular shapes.
FAQs
What industries commonly rely on Telemecanique sensors?
Telemecanique sensors are widely used in packaging, robotics, food processing, material handling, and factory automation because they provide fast, dependable detection and stable performance.
How do Telemecanique sensors improve machine safety and efficiency?
They deliver accurate detection signals that prevent collisions, misalignments, or production errors, helping machines operate smoothly while protecting equipment and personnel.
Are Telemecanique sensors designed for harsh industrial environments?
Yes, their rugged housings, sealing, and resistant materials ensure reliable operation even in dusty, wet, oily, or high-vibration conditions.
Do Telemecanique sensors integrate easily into automation systems?
Telemecanique offers multiple mounting options, wiring formats, and teach-mode features that make integration simple with PLCs, motion controllers, and machine platforms.
What makes Telemecanique sensors a popular choice for OEMs?
They combine robustness, long service life, user-friendly setup, and consistent detection performance, making them ideal for high-volume machinery and automation equipment.
Analog and Digital Control Signals: The Basics
Digital Signals
Digital signals are represented in either a true or false. There is no gray area with digital signals. An example of this might be a light switch. A light switch is either on or off. Another example of this might be a motor that is running or not running. Digital signals can be generated with both AC and DC circuits with varying voltages, currents and resistance. Some practical examples of using digital signals in an industrial environment might be if a pump is running or not running or a whether a valve is open or closed.
Analog Signals
Analog signals convey information in the form of a range. A light switch might be on or off as a digital signal, but a dimmer switch would be an analog signal. It can be on or off, but it can also be somewhere in between. A practical example of using analog signals in an industrial environment would be if there is a need to measure the level of a tank; whether it's full, empty or somewhere in between. Analog signals can take many different forms with some of the more common being a 4 to 20 milliamp signal or a 0 to 5 or 0 to 10 volt signal.
Communication
Communication in a device can either be sent or received. Whether that data is sent or received depends on the type of information. Is there a need to monitor the status of something? If so, an input needs to be received about that information. Is there a need to control something? If so, an output needs to be sent about what needs to occur. Receiving inputs and setting outputs are both things that can be accomplished by using both digital and analog signal types. Therefore, the signals are referred to as analog outputs (AO), analog inputs (AI), digital inputs (DI) or digital outputs (DO).