With IO-Link, the cylinder sensor can provide:
- Continuous process value of piston positions with sub-millimeter resolution.
- Built-in stroke timer and threshold setting to detect drift and internal damages before it's too late.
- Built-in cycle counter and threshold setting allows the user to plan predictive maintenance before cylinders reach the designed lifespan.
- Automatic teaching of set points outside of the machine with a click of a button or via PLC commands directly.
- Configuration of other parameters made easy via IO-Link.
- Parameter settings can be saved and downloaded to other IO-Link cylinder sensors with the click of a button.
- Diagnostic functions such as internal temperature, device status, and magnetic field strength are stored in the device and can be extracted via IO-Link.
- Process quality is contstantly monitored by the sensor and a warning will be signaled when a discrepancy occurs.