Banner Engineering DF-G1 Expert dual display fibre amplifier

Banner Engineering’s DF-G1 Expert dual display fibre amplifier is designed to deliver stable sensing performance with easy set-up and configuration.

The series features a thermally stable and high-performance electronic design with a dual display, two bright, digital readouts and an improved fibre clamp.

This configuration allows the company to serve the diverse range of industries and applications suitable for plastic and glass assemblies, including small part or wire break detection on electronics assembly machines, pill and caplet counting and high-speed detection for registration mark or product leading-edge detection.

The amplifier also maximises user control, providing full manual manipulation of all operating parameters, including switch point threshold, light operate or dark operate, various output timing functions, electronic gain level and sensor response speed.

Users can also implement one of six expert teach and set methods to ensure optimal gain and threshold selection for each application, particularly in low-contrast environments, such as small part or clear object detection.

The device is powered by a 32-bit microprocessor with a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter and provides response speeds of 200 µs to meet high-speed requirements and 500 µs for standard speed.

Additionally, the amplifier is capable of long-range (2 ms) and extra-long-range (5 ms) detection, allowing operators to optimise the sensing range for long-distance applications, such as part-in-place verification.

It has thermally stable electronics that minimise warm-up drift and enable multiple amplifiers to be mounted side by side, with no reduction in the ambient temperature limit.