6.2
Check the application conditions
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Subject to change without notice
GTB20 are photoelectric proximity sensors with background suppression. Depending on
the remission factor of the object to be detected, and perhaps the background behind
it, a minimum distance (y) between the set sensing range (x) and the background is to
be maintained.
Check the application conditions:
Adjust the sensing range and distance to the object and background as well as the
remission factor capability of the object according to the corresponding diagram (x
= sensing range, y = minimum distance between set sensing range and background
(white, 90%)) remission factor: 6% = black 1, 18% = gray 2, 90% = white 3 (relative
to standard white as per DIN 5033). We recommend that the adjustment be performed
with an object of low remission.
The minimum distance (= y) for the background suppression can be determined from
the diagram
[figure 5
1] as follows:
Example: x = 1.5 m, y = 1.25 m. That is, the background (white, 90%) is suppressed at
a distance of > 1.25 m of the configured sensing range.
Minimum distance in mm (y) between the set sensing
range (x) and white background (90 % remission)
1,000
(39.37)
1
800
6%/90%
(31.50)
600
(23.62)
18%/90%
400
(15.75)
200
(7.87)
0
0
0.5
1
1.5
(1.64)
(3.28)
(4.92)
Figure 5: Characteristic line, GTB20
1
0.06 /
1.5
0.1
2
0.02 /
1.8
0.1
3
0.005 /
0.1
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
(1.64)
(3.28)
(4.92)
(6.56)
(8.20)
Distance in m (feet)
D
C
A
Figure 6: Bar diagraph
A
Sensing range min. in m
B
Sensing range max. in m
C
Visibility range
Example:
Safe suppression of the background
2
3
90%/90%
Black object (6 % remission)
Set sensing range x = 1.0 m
Needed minimum distance to white
background y = 200 mm
2
2.5
3
3.5
(6.56)
(8.20)
(9.84)
(11.48)
Distance in m (feet)
3.0
3
3.5
(9.84)
(11.48)
B
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
White
background (90 %)
x
y
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