Re: Please School Me On Proximity Switches
They attach directly to the outside of the cylinder and sense the magnet in the piston through the cylinder wall. I recommend you get the cylinder and sensors together. They are kind of a matched set. Electrically they aren't anything special, just hall effect sensors, but their shape helps make a secure attachment to the cylinder. Also, a lot of cylinders already have the magnet in the piston. You might be able to get any suitable hall effect sensor to work.
Re: Please School Me On Proximity Switches
They are only made for pneumatic generally. As these are usually aluminum cylinder, the hydraulic kind use a steel cylinder usually and the sensors I mentioned in PM do not work on these.
Magnet senors do not work on steel.
I have several 2 wire kind with LED indicator.
Often they attache with a jubilee style clamp that can be adjusted for position on the cylinder.The piston carries a magnetic ring on it.
Al.
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