Photoelectric Sensors in Packaging Industry—Reliable Filling, Sealing, and Packaging
The R201 series photoelectric sensors ensure reliable processes in bottling plants.
Photoelectric sensors are used for a variety of complex tasks in packaging systems. One example is a high-output bottling plant in the beverage and filling industry where tens of thousands of bottles are filled, sealed, and packed every hour. Ensuring a highly dynamic, trouble-free, and safe process, powerful, precise, and reliable sensors are required. Pepperl+Fuchs‘ R201 series photoelectric sensors combine all these properties. Take a look inside a bottling plant and discover the R201 series‘ versatile application possibilities.
One Series, Numerous Applications
The R201 retroreflective sensor with reflector detects glass and PET bottles as they are transported along conveyor belts. Besides bottle flow monitoring and bottle counting, the sensor controls the filler infeed area in order to avoid congestion while ensuring a trouble-free filling process …
Immediately after being filled, the bottles are sealed in a high-speed capping process. The R201 diffuse mode sensor with multiple switch points monitors the cap supply to make sure the caps are present, facing the right way, and undamaged …
Prior to shipping, a set number of individual bottles are packaged with heat-shrink PET film. The sensor system, consisting of a R201 retroreflective sensor and a reflector with circular polarization filter, ensures reliable monitoring of the location of the transparent stretch film when it enters the shrink unit ...
State-of-the-Art Product Design—The R10x Series and R20x Series
While the new medium-sized R200 and R201 series are perfect for longer-range sensing, the compact R100, R101, and R103 series master short-range applications. Both series combine several families of photoelectric sensors with efficient technologies in one style of housing. This comprehensive solution provides unique flexibility and makes available a variety of possible applications.
For the first time, a consistent solution range of photoelectric functional principles and innovative technologies is available in identical housings. Users benefit from a uniform operating concept across the entire portfolio. Discover the R100, R101, R103, R200 and R201 series ...
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