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How to install different proximity sensors?

Different installations for flush, non flush, quasi flush sensors

Flush Mounting:

Can be installed with their sensing faces flush to the metal. The distance from opposing metal surfaces must be≥ 3sn and the distance between two proximity switches (side-by-side) ≥ 2d.

       

 

 

Non flush Mounting:

They have no metal housing surrounding the area of the sensing face. The sensing face must extend ≥ 2sn from the metallic installation medium. The distance from opposing metal surfaces must be ≥ 3sn and the distance between two adjacent proximity.

       

 

Quasi-flush Mounting:

Require a space behind the sensing face which is free of conducting materials.
Under this condition the specified switching distance is available without limitation.

               

 

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