The OGD family of laser distance sensors comes embedded with three different operating modes. These modes are designed to leverage processing power from the PMD technology and apply it to parameters that are needed to solve your application.
All sensors are shipped by default set to the "Standard" mode.
The interactive tool below can help you determine how the OGD sensor will perform in your application. To use the tool:
What happens when the quality of your part does not meet specification? What if you could also collect the data from your machines to prove correct quality?
The OGD sensor locates a miniature plastic lug to verify it is correctly positioned on the carrier before the workpiece is transferred to the next assembly station. If the lug is not positioned correctly, the distance will be off by a few millimeters. The sensor detects and signals this deviation.
Packaging machines must be flexible to handle different material types. The reflectivity of a target can change as lighting changes, or the package slightly changes from one to the next. The presence of these pouches will be reliably detected with the OGD. If a pouch is not properly seated in the magazine and the laser light spot from the OGD connects with the pouch behind it, the sensor will not switch. The ToF PMD technology allows for variation in reflectivity of the target while still accurately reporting the distance.
What if you could detect a tapped hole with a single laser sensor?
If your part is missing threads at final assembly, your manufacturing process is not as efficient as it can be. The cost to repair the nonconformance increases the further down the process it is detected. If it reaches your customer, in addition to the cost to repair/replace the part, you also may have damaged your customer relationship. Measuring small thread sizes by distance is very expensive.
The OGD sensor detects the reflectivity of a part. A tapped hole has a very different reflectivity than an untapped hole. This value is avialable from all OGD sensors via IO-Link, but on select part numbers you can set the OGD to display and send a switching signal based upon reflectivity. These part numbers are: OGD250, OGD251, OGD550, OGD551, and OGD582.
Automobile seats are different for the driver's side and passenger's side. Prior to installing in the car, the seat backrest position and orientation must be confirmed.
The flexibility of the OGD’s time-of-flight technology easily accommodates any color or material seat. The seat’s position can be confirmed with a switchpoint oryou can gainmore process data, such as actual distance via IO-Link.
When implementing a conveyor stop function at the end of a conveyor, the OGD demonstrates its advantage of background suppression. Reflections from the metallic rollers do not affect the sensor. The OGD also reliably detects objects of different colors. In this application, the first switching point triggers a speed reduction of the belt. When the object has reached the second switching point, the conveyor is stopped.
The OGD reduces the costs for acquisition, assembly and wiring, as it replaces two devices that would be required for a light barrier. In addition, it can be used in almost any assembly situation, since it can be aligned at an angle to the belt.