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Overmolded Flex Relief Plastic Fibers From Banner

By Design World Staff | February 2, 2011

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Banner Engineering Corp. introduces Overmolded Flex Relief Plastic Fibers to its line of fiber optic sensors. The new plastic fiber assemblies provide additional resistance to fiber damage or breakage in high flex environments and typically offer a flex life of more than 10,000 cycles. High quality fiber ensures a reliable and stable detection range necessary for applications in environments where the fiber moves relative to the fixed ferrule. These fibers are suitable in any application where plastic fibers are currently used, and they provide additional durability to machine designs. Typical applications include small part detection, wire break detection, registration mark detection, and part-in-place detection in high vibration or confined spaces. The plastic fiber can be routed to the detection zone, and the overmolded flex relief prevents the fiber from being bent too tightly at the sensing tip.

Overmolded Flex Relief Plastic Fibers

The new overmolded fibers are also more attractive to the end user and are refined for installations where the fiber is visible on the machine. Stainless steel mounting hardware is included, as is a stainless steel threaded ferrule. The PVC flex relief ensures a minimum bend radius at the fiber-to-ferrule transition. The sensing range is the same to the equivalent non-flex relieved fiber assembly. The fibers also have higher tensile pull resistance than the non-overmolded design, which helps reduce accidental damage to the fibers during installation and maintenance.

Banner Engineering Corp.
www.bannerengineering.com

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