Banner Engineering, through Micromax, has introduced the D10 Expert small object counter.
The counter consists of a specialised D10 Expert sensor paired with preconfigured PFVCA fibre optic arrays, creating a two-dimensional sensing field in which objects are readily detected upon breaking any point of the array.
This arrangement is said to make alignment easier and object positioning control less critical than with traditional, single-point emitter and receiver fibre optic assemblies, assuring consistent small object counting with response times of 150 microseconds.
The product is suitable for pharmaceutical pill, tablet and gel cap counting; agricultural seed counting; process verification; and verifying product flow from the nozzle of a chute.