Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Prox switches

In a message dated 3/3/2006 6:59:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
tech@... writes:

Yep, I've been told that accuracy is improved by mounting them perpendicular
to the axis, so that the flag comes in from the side rather than moves
towards the sensor along its axis.
Here's the results of some tests I did:



That is definitely true. For some reason when you approach most proximity
sensors "head on" the point at which they "trip" isn't always exactly the same.
When you approach them at a right angle, the flag or magnet (depending on
the type of sensor) is always the same distance from the face of the sensor
and the sensor tends to activate at the same point.

Randy A.


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