Capacitive M8 sensors - upgrade for the little ones

The smallest of their kind are getting an upgrade. We are talking about the capacitive sensors in the M8x1 threaded design, which score points with various technical changes in their latest expansion stage.

In future, all devices will have a housing length of 49 mm. This means that the cable devices will be 7mm longer, while the connector devices will be around 5mm shorter, which will also affect the length of the thread. As with the previous devices, the potentiometer for setting the sensitivity is located in the area of the thread.

The switching output is now a push-pull version. When connected to a PNP control unit (NO), it operates as normally open (NO); when connected to an NPN control unit (NC), it operates as normally closed (NC). The fact that the electronics have been upgraded to the latest state of the art is reflected in the possible switching distances. For the flush-mounted versions, the nominal switching distance is now 3 mm, which is twice as large as the previous sensors. The nominal switching distance of the non-flush versions has increased by 1mm to 4mm, which further expands the range of applications for this extremely successful series.

The capacitive M8 sensors are available under the following article numbers:

Flush mountable, cable connection: KB080500

Flush mountable, M8 plug connection: KB080570

Non-flush mountable, cable connection: KN080500

Non-flush mountable, M8 plug connection: KN080570