- R1D radar sensors for industrial applications
- Check your application
Application testing tools for R1D radar distance sensors
At ifm, we believe that determining whether an IO-Link-enabled radar distance sensor is suitable for your application should be straightforward. That’s why we’ve created several tools to assist you.
These tools give you a "traffic light" result to help you determine if the solution is solid (green light), needs testing (yellow light), or should be avoided (red light). You can also browse our full radar sensor selection for more options.
- Choose the 5 characteristics that most closely represent your application.
- Note the orange bar representing relative signal strength. The higher the signal strength, the more robust the solution. The location of the bar on the y-axis indicates the distance to the target. Multiple orange bars indicate multiple tagets detected and the bar with the strongest signal is evaluated by the sensor as the object of interest.
- Individual characteristics can be changed as desired, or clear all characteristics by clicking the reset button.
- Choose your solid or liquid material and distance.
- Note the orange bar representing relative signal strength. The higher the signal strength, the more robust the solution.
- Individual characteristics can be changed as desired, or clear all characteristics by clicking the reset button.
Material
Targets with low dielectric constant are harder to detect since they do not reflect strong RF signals back to the sensor. Because of this, there will also be a significant reduction in sensing range for low dielecetric materials.
Size
Generally, the larger the object, the easier it is to detect. However, other factors are influential. For example, a large block of Styrofoam™ will be very difficult to detect because of its low dielectric constant.
Shape
Objects with flat surfaces reflect the radar signal better than objects with round or sharp surfaces.
Distance
Signal reflection is better the closer the target is to the sensor.
Orientation
When the object is oriented with a sharp edge pointed at the sensor, the transmitted signal scatters in all directtions and the reflected signal is weaker. Orientation is not relevant for spherical and cylindrical object detection, but it must still be selected for results.