UM12

Small sensor, great benefits

Your Benefits

  • Very compact housing dimensions for straightforward machine integration
  • Proven M12 housing design ensures compatibility with other technologies
  • Rugged, one-piece metal housing ensures highest plant availability
  • Teach-in via cable and IO-Link prevents unintentional sensor adjustment, therefore reducing machine downtime
  • Integrated temperature compensation ensures high measurement accuracy at all times for optimum process quality
  • The sensor’s immunity to external factors enables it to take reliable measurements even in dirty, dusty, humid, and foggy conditions

Overview

Small sensor, great benefits

The sensors in the UM12 product family impress with compact dimensions in a rugged metal housing. Different output signals including IO-Link interface provide for maximum flexibility in tight installation space. Color-independent detection, high contamination tolerance, and outstanding background suppression deliver stable measurement results even under challenging conditions. With the UM12 ultrasonic sensor, SICK is now able to offer the proven technology for any application, in an M12 housing.

At a glance
  • Very short and rugged M12 metal housing
  • Wide variety of interfaces and IO-Link
  • Optimal background suppression
  • Integrated temperature compensation
  • Detection, measurement, or positioning with ultrasound
  • Regardless of material color, transparency, gloss, or ambient light

Applications

Technical overview

 
    Technical data overview
    Measuring range
    Operating range20 mm ... 240 mm
    Limiting range250 mm / 350 mm
    Resolution≥ 0.069 mm
    Repeatability± 0.15 %
    Response time

    24 ms ... 30 ms

    24 ms ... 30 ms 1)

    Output time8 ms ... 10 ms
    Switching frequency30 Hz / 25 Hz
    Analog output4 mA ... 20 mA, ≤ 500 Ω 2)
    0 V ... 10 V, ≥ 100,000 Ω
    Digital output
    TypePNP / NPN / push-pull: PNP/NPN
    -
    IO-Link✔ , IO-Link V1.1
    Enclosure ratingIP65 / IP67
    Sending axisStraight
    Ambient temperature, operation–25 °C ... +70 °C

    1) Subsequent smoothing of the analog output, depending on the application, may increase the response time by up to 200 %.

    2) For 4 mA ... 20 mA and Vs ≤ 20 V max. load ≤ 100 Ω.

All technical data can be found accompanying the individual product