Sensor-Technik UK offers a wide range of inclination sensors for use in safety systems for off-highway commercial vehicles such as cranes, construction equipment and agricultural equipment. By integrating devices from the Micronor MR 400 Series of sensors in their equipment, manufacturers of construction and agricultural machinery can enhance the safe operation of their products by warning operators of excessive tilting that might lead to dangerous and costly tip-overs. The sensors are also suitable for integration with a whole range of other industrial machinery in applications where accurate orientation is crucial to efficient operation.
The MR 400 Series includes devices for sensing inclination over various ranges in one or two dimensions, and offers single or multiple outputs, with current, voltage, switch and CANbus options for easy integration with all manner of control systems.
The base model, the MR 401, is a high-resolution low-cost device offering single-axis sensing over a +/-10-degree range, with a 0-10V DC output and an accuracy to within +/-0.1 degrees. It is housed in a robust and compact ABS package measuring just 65 x 35 x 20mm.
Further up the range, the MR 407 is a two-axis sensor available with a choice of +/-10, +/-45 and +/-60-degree sensing ranges and a CANbus interface capable of operating at up to 1Mbit/s. It is also optionally available with four potential-free switch outputs for warnings and alarms. It is also housed in an ABS package measuring just 58 x 90 x 31mm.
And for applications simply requiring alarms, several models offer switching outputs only, including the MR 412, which has two solid-state switch outputs that can be programmed to trigger over a range of +/-10 degrees. This device comes in a rugged die-cast aluminium housing measuring 115 x 65 x 30mm.
All the sensors in the MR 400 Series are sealed to IP65 or IP67, and operate over a wide -40 to +80C temperature range, making them ideally suited to withstanding the typical environment experienced by agricultural and construction machinery.
