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Bulletin 42CA 18mm Cylindrical Photoelectric Sensor (Series B)

Packaged in industry standard 18mm cylindrical housings, the enhanced Series B versions of our Bulletin 42CA photoelectric sensors boast greater sensing distances (up to 8m depending on the model selected) and a wider variety of sensing modes, including transmitted beam, diffuse, retroreflective, polarised retroreflective and background suppression. The 42CA is built for packaging and material handling applications and features:

  • 10-30V DC operation
  • NPN or PNP outputs
  • Fast response time (as fast as 0.5ms for background suppression models and 2ms for other models)

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