Banner Engineering SE612W Photoelectric Sensor

The Banner Engineering SE612W ECONO-BEAM Divergent Diffuse Photoelectric Sensor is a compact, single‑housing detector engineered for close-range part sensing; it uses an infrared beam at 880 nm to reliably detect small objects at distances up to 76 mm (3 in), making it well suited for pick-and-place lines, small-part verification, and compact conveyors where headroom is limited. Operating from a 10 to 30 V DC supply, the SE612W provides bipolar outputs (one NPN and one PNP, LO) to accommodate common PLC inputs, and it ships with a 2 m (6.5 ft) cable that supports quick installation in most control panels or mounted enclosures. The device is not intrinsically safe and is not washdown-rated, per Banner's data, and it relies on the divergent diffuse sensing mode—no reflector is required—so it can detect targets within its specified range even on modest production fixtures. As part of Banner’s ECONO-BEAM family, the SE612W delivers a compact, cost‑effective solution for basic presence/absence tasks across general automation and packaging equipment, where short-range detection of small parts is the priority.