Color Capture Tool-ELCO High-Value OSM47 Series Color Sensors

Color sensors, leveraging advanced optical and electronic technologies, are transforming numerous industries. These sophisticated devices not only capture and analyze color information but also demonstrate exceptional potential in applications such as industrial automation, consumer electronics, environmental monitoring, and medical diagnostics, ultimately enhancing product quality and user experience.

In industrial production lines, the food and beverage industry, color monitoring, textiles, and paint color matching all rely on the keen "color perception" of these sensors. In the world of consumer electronics, such as smartphones, tablets, and TVs, color sensors enable screen tuning by sensing ambient light and automatically adjusting the screen's color temperature and brightness, offering users a more comfortable,

energy-efficient visual experience. In the field of environmental protection, color sensors monitor changes in water color, enabling timely detection of water pollution and providing essential data support for environmental protection agencies. In the medical field, devices such as blood glucose meters and urine analyzers accurately capture color changes in samples, offering a scientific foundation for health monitoring.

Product Description:

The ELCO OSM47 Series high-performance color sensors feature innovative adjustable spot size technology, allowing the product to effectively meet a wide range of application scenarios. The optical combination of a white LED and a customized receiving module enables more precise detection of subtle color differences on object surfaces. The advanced detection algorithm ensures reliable performance even under challenging conditions such as tilting, distance, distance changes, and high reflection. The product is equipped with three detection modes, catering to different application needs, and can simultaneously detect up to 15 colors, offering an upgraded solution compared to traditional RGB color sensors.

The product demonstrates exceptional applicability across various industries, including the 3C sector, printing, packaging, warehousing and logistics, automobile assembly, and more.

Product Features:

• White light spot for precise detection of product appearance color differences

• All-metal housing for enhanced strength and stability

• Adjustable spot size to accommodate a variety of application scenarios

• Large detection range of 30-500mm

• IO-Link support for seamless integration

• Excellent price/performance ratio

Application Cases

In the lithium battery production process, the positive and negative electrodes are critical to the overallproduct quality. It is essential to ensure the correct orientation of these electrodes, as well as confirm that neither electrode is missing. Conventional range sensors can only detect the absence of an electrode but cannot verify its orientation. By leveraging the fact that the positive and negative electrodes have different colors, our OSM47 series high-performance color sensors provide an easy and reliable solution to detect both the direction and presence of the electrodes. Additionally, the general-purpose IO-Link communication function enhances the intelligence of the control system, improving overall efficiency and accuracy.

In food and pharmaceutical packaging lines, identifying whether transparent bottles are labeled or detecting the color of the bottles is a common application. However, due to the transparency of the bottles and the translucent, colored film, it is challenging for standard photoelectric sensors to perform this task. The OSM47 series high-performance color sensors are widely used in automated packaging lines, delivering exceptional results with their high-precision color identification, superior anti-glare capabilities, and fast detection speeds.