Hey All,
I am looking for advice on the best prox sensor or device to use in this application.
Customer wants to be able to count potatoes coming down a conveyor. Conveyor will be very narrow so the potatoes are in single file. Potatoes will be travelling past the sensor at approx. 2-3 second. They are not looking for a high tech system, but something that will work. I was thinking of using a prox sensor as an input into a Dwyer counter. I think this would work well as I have done this before, but I am struggling to find the best sort of sensor to use to detect a potato. Was looking into ultrasonic? is that the best? With where the sensors will be mounted and to allow for various sizes of potatoes, we are looking for a sensing distance of 150mm-200mm.
Let me know if you have any advice. Maybe there is a better way to do the whole setup?!
I am looking for advice on the best prox sensor or device to use in this application.
Customer wants to be able to count potatoes coming down a conveyor. Conveyor will be very narrow so the potatoes are in single file. Potatoes will be travelling past the sensor at approx. 2-3 second. They are not looking for a high tech system, but something that will work. I was thinking of using a prox sensor as an input into a Dwyer counter. I think this would work well as I have done this before, but I am struggling to find the best sort of sensor to use to detect a potato. Was looking into ultrasonic? is that the best? With where the sensors will be mounted and to allow for various sizes of potatoes, we are looking for a sensing distance of 150mm-200mm.
Let me know if you have any advice. Maybe there is a better way to do the whole setup?!