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Mini-beam, 2 – qs12 series, Features

MINI-BEAM
®
2 – QS12 Series
Miniature Photoelectric Sensors
MINI-BEAM
Printed in USA
10/03
P/N 59040 rev. B
WARNING . . .
Not To Be Used for Personnel Protection
Never use this product as a sensing device for personnel protection. Doing so could lead to serious injury or death.
This product does NOT include the self-checking redundant circuitry necessary to allow its use in personnel safety applications. A
sensor failure or malfunction can cause either an energized or de-energized sensor output condition. Consult your current Banner Safety Products
catalog for safety products which meet OSHA, ANSI and IEC standards for personnel protection.
Features
• Patented design allows for a sensor only one-third the size of the original
MINI-BEAM.
• 12 mm threaded barrel on most models.
• Uses advanced miniaturized microprocessor-based circuitry.
• Simple setup, using digital push-button sensitivity adjustment.
• Available for opposed, retroreflective, diffuse, and convergent sensing modes.
• 10 to 30V dc operation.
• Complementary outputs (one normally open and one normally closed), each with
150 mA switching capacity.
• IP67 and NEMA 6 environmental ratings.
• Wraparound status indicators.
• Models with either integral, unterminated cable or 150 mm (6”) pigtail with 4-pin
Pico-style connector.
Model
Range
Cable*
Supply
Voltage
Output
Type
Excess Gain
Beam Pattern
QS126E
QS12VN6R
4 m
(13')
2 m (6.5')
10 to
30V dc
NPN
(sinking)
QS126EQ
QS12VN6RQ
4-pin Pico-style
Pigtail QD
QS126E
QS12VP6R
2 m (6.5')
PNP
(sourcing)
QS126EQ
QS12VP6RQ
4-pin Pico-style
Pigtail QD
Opposed-Mode Emitter (E) and Receiver (R) Models
Visible red, 660 nm
Their small effective beam size is ideal for accuracy-dependent applications. They
provide enough excess gain at short range to burn through even contaminated areas
and may even sense opaque materials through a thin-walled container.
5 m
(16.5')
4 m
(13.2')
3 m
(9.9')
2 m
(6.6')
1 m
(3.3')
0
0
40 mm
80 mm
120 mm
40 mm
80 mm
120 mm
0
1.5"
3.0"
4.5"
1.5"
3.0"
4.5"
DISTANCE
QS12
Opposed Mode
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* 9 m (30') cables are available by adding suffix “W/30” to the model number of any cabled sensor (e.g., QS126E W/30).
A model with a pigtail QD requires a mating cable (see page 7).