OkiePC
Lifetime Supporting Member
Any recommendations? The environment ranges from frozen and damp during production to hot and steamy during high pressure washdown, with some exposure to sanitizing chemicals.
We have problems with both our Mini and Micro style cordsets, and our ordinary selection of low end proximity switches.
The failure mode is usually corroded pins at the connectors and equally common is broken conductors inside the 22AWG (read cheap) cables we presently use. Those yellow PVC cords are all over the place and they are very stiff during production when the temp can get well below 0 C.
Solving the cable problem is well underway, but we may as well standardize on a superior prox switch too. Most of ours are 12mm 120VAC sensing stainless steel. There are a handful of DC prox switches too. Non of them are end shielded presently, and physical abuse is another common failure in addtion to the corrosion problem.
We try to pack them with di-electric grease, but some always seem to get missed and eventually that stuff goes away.
I am still waiting for more info on our sanitizer to determine what type of pin platings might be most compatible.
Price is always a consideration but I will insist we spend what it takes to match our environment. Our downtime is more expensive than the cost difference between what we have now and the top of the line stuff out there, but I don't want to waste money, just select the right stuff once.
So, what's the best AC prox switch on the market with a quick connector?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
We have problems with both our Mini and Micro style cordsets, and our ordinary selection of low end proximity switches.
The failure mode is usually corroded pins at the connectors and equally common is broken conductors inside the 22AWG (read cheap) cables we presently use. Those yellow PVC cords are all over the place and they are very stiff during production when the temp can get well below 0 C.
Solving the cable problem is well underway, but we may as well standardize on a superior prox switch too. Most of ours are 12mm 120VAC sensing stainless steel. There are a handful of DC prox switches too. Non of them are end shielded presently, and physical abuse is another common failure in addtion to the corrosion problem.
We try to pack them with di-electric grease, but some always seem to get missed and eventually that stuff goes away.
I am still waiting for more info on our sanitizer to determine what type of pin platings might be most compatible.
Price is always a consideration but I will insist we spend what it takes to match our environment. Our downtime is more expensive than the cost difference between what we have now and the top of the line stuff out there, but I don't want to waste money, just select the right stuff once.
So, what's the best AC prox switch on the market with a quick connector?
Thanks in advance,
Paul