Baumer has unveiled the latest addition to its extensive, award-winning range sensors: the NexSonic UF300. This is an ultra-compact 18mm flat ultrasonic sensor with a 3-metre sensing range and ideally suited to intralogistics applications.

In addition to a sensing range of three metres, other key features include the shortest blind range of just 50mm and an unrivalled short response time up to 56ms. The design has a minimal installation depth requirement of just 18mm, enabling design freedom and easier use in sensing applications where space is restricted.

The NexSonic technology is designed to maximise ultrasonic sensor performance and is based on an ultrasonic processor (ASIC) developed and patented by Baumer. In NexSonic ultrasonic sensors the piezo electric element with ASIC connects directly to the sensor membrane. The result is a shorter signal path and improved electromagnetic compatibility, while the compact evaluation electronics boost signal processing time and reliability. Additional benefits of NexSonic technology are the adaptive sonic cone which is ideally suited to detecting objects through narrow openings along with smart filter functions, which can supress interfering objects.

UF300 with NexSonic technology is available in both measuring and switching options and should prove to be extremely versatile as a sensor which reduces the number of product variants typically required in production and warehousing applications.

Thanks to its unique features, the new UF300 sensor is ideally suited to sensing applications including pallet detection, particularly on long fork arms, for monitoring pallet stacks and gates in cold storage facilities, as well other sensing applications in the packaging and electronics industries.