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    SmartReflect Provides Solutions for Troubling Light Barrier Applications

    May 14, 2015
    Sponsored by Baumer
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    When using photoelectric sensors, the most reliable method to detect objects is via a light barrier, as this does not rely on the reflection of light from the target object. Implementation of more advanced photoelectric sensors in such application can present considerable problems if the wrong sensor is chosen

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