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New sensing technology detects difficult targets and reduces the

need for complex installation design

MRON has launched a new E3AS-HL CMOS laser sensor with and food industries where various targets with complex shapes and
industry-first sensing technology which significantly improves glossy surfaces are detected.
Odetection capability. Reliable detection of difficult-to-detect The new laser sensor can reliably detect targets which cannot be
targets helps eliminate the need for time-consuming installation design detected with reflective photoelectric sensors. Its industry-first sensing
and adjustment at equipment commissioning. algorithm reaches high-speed sampling at 10 000 times per second
A CMOS laser sensor is a type of reflective photoelectric sensor and OMRON’s unique accumulation processing increases sensitivity
which comprises a laser emitter and CMOS image receiver and uses by amplifying the slightest amount of light reflected from the target.
triangulation detection techniques. The manufacturing technology adjusts the receiver lens position in
Detection by means of conventional reflective photoelectric the sensor to a µm level, enabling reliable detection of any target,
sensors is affected by the target’s colour, material, or surface. Human irrespective of colour, material, or shape.
experience and skills are required to design and adjust the sensor These technologies allow the E3AS-HL sensor to reliably detect
installation for each target. This issue often arises in the automotive curved and irregular shaped and/or glossy parts as well as multi-
coloured and glossy food and packages. The sensor can be used where
reflective photoelectric sensors were used and helps significantly
reduce the time required to adjust the sensor installation position and
angle and the threshold values.

Key features:
1. Reliable detection of difficult objects reduces equipment design
and commissioning time
2. Increased equipment design flexibility reduces design time
3. Antifouling coating on sensing surface ensures stable operation
even in harsh environments (patent pending)
4. OLED display and teaching enable easy, quick, and optimal setting

Contact Omron Electronics, Tel 011 579-2600, info.sa@omron.com,
www.industrial.omron.co.za

OSM recloser achieves seismic type testing

nternational switchgear engineering firm NOJA Power is celebrating the successful seismic type
test of the company’s OSM310 (15 kV and 27 kV) and OSM300 (38 kV) OSM recloser products
Iin an IEC 17025 accredited laboratory, achieving compliance at Grade IX on the MSK-64 scale.
This implies compliance with the GOST M6 mechanical design group and confirms applications
including nuclear power plants.
The tests stipulated to meet Grade IX on the GOST seismic testing for MSK-64 could be
considered more arduous than the IEC 62271-300. According to IEC 60068-3-3:1993, the Grade
IX MSK intensity is similar to the highest IEC ground acceleration reference classification, AG5,
“strong to very strong earthquakes”, exceeding 7.0 on the Richter scale.
While NOJA Power’s OSM recloser products are designed for seismic environments, users in
earthquake prone environments previously relied on local testing to verify seismic performance.
With this successful type test, users may no longer require local re-verification of seismic
compliance. The type tests were conducted at the
IEC 17025 accredited “Centre for complex
Click here to download a copy of the OM300 seismic test report seismic testing” in Russia.
MSK-64 class IX is classified as
Click here to download a copy of the OM310 seismic test report “Destructive”, where windows are shattered
monuments and columns are destroyed,
“Ensuring our products meet the stringent earthquake requirements defined by the GOST many ordinary buildings collapse.
Standards of the Russian Federation provides us and our customers with confidence our products
are suitable for use in all earthquake prone environments,” says NOJA Power Group Managing Contact Noja Power, sales@nojapower.
Director Neil O’Sullivan. com.au, www.nojapower.com.au

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