PD70CNT12PC

PHOTOELECTRIC SENSORS PHOTO TR 12M

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Manufacturer: CARLO GAVAZZI / PARTNER STOCK
Product type:
SVHC: To Be Advised
Product Range: PD70 Series

Delivery and price
Units per pack	6
Price	51.9 €
Current stock	10+
Lead time	30 days

Datasheet

## **Photoelectrics Through-beam, Transistor Output Type PD70CNT12..** 

- **Doors and Entrance control** 

- **Range 12 m** 

- **Modulated, infrared light** 

- **Supply voltage: 10 to 30 VDC** 

- **Output: 100 mA, NPN or PNP type** 

- **Make or break switching** 

- **LED for output indication or power supply** 

- **Protection: reverse polarity, short circuit, transients** 

- **Cable versions or M8 connector** 

- **Emitter mute** 

**• CE and UL325 approved** 

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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Mute input**|||||||||||||
|**Type Selection**|||||||||||||||
|**Test**<br>**Range**<br>**Con-**<br>**Ordering no.**|**Ordering no.**|**Ordering no.**|**Ordering no.**|||||**Ordering no.**||||**Ordering no.**|||
|**Sn**<br>**nec-**<br>**Receiver**|**Receiver**|**Receiver**|**Receiver**|||||**Emitter**|||||||
|**tor**<br>**NPN, NO**|**NPN, NC**|**PNP, NO**|**PNP, NC**||||||||||||
|Mute Low<br>12 m<br>NO<br>**PD70CNT12NO**|**PD70CNT12NC**|**PD70CNT12PO**|**PD70CNT12PC**|||||**PD70CNT12ML**|||||||
|Mute Low<br>12 m<br>YES<br>**PD70CNT12NOM5**|**PD70CNT12NCM5**|**PD70CNT12POM5**|**PD70CNT12PCM5**|||||**PD70CNT12M5ML**|||||||
|Mute High<br>12 m<br>NO||||||||**PD70CNT12MH**|||||||
|Mute High<br>12 m<br>YES||||||||**PD70CNT12M5MH**|||||||



**Note:** Please order emitter and receiver separately 

## **S ecifications Emitter p** 

|**Rated operational volt.** (UB)|10 to 30 VDC|
|---|---|
|**Ripple** (Urrp)|≤10%|
|**Supply current**|≤20 mA|
|**Protection**|Reversepolarity,transients|
|**Test input**||
|Test High||
|Emitter off|5 to 30 VDC|
|Emitter on|< 2.5 VDC or not connected|
|Test Low||
|Emitter off|< 2.5 VDC|
|Emitter on|5 to 30 VDC or not|
||connected|



|**Light source**|LED,850 nm|
|---|---|
|**Light type**|Infrared,modulated|
|**Optical angle**|< ± 5°|
|**Indication function**||
|Power supply ON|LED, green|



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Specifications are subject to change without notice (07.06.2010) 

**PD70** 

## **S ecifications Receiver p** 

|**Rated operating dist.** (Sn)|12 m|
|---|---|
|**Blind zone**|None|
|**Temperature drift**|≤0.2%/°C|
|**Hysteresis** (H)|10 - 15%|
|**Rated operational volt.** (UB)|10 to 30 VDC(ripple included)|
|**Ripple** (Urrp)<br>**Output current**<br>Continuous (Ie)|≤10%<br>≤100 mA|
|Short-time (I)|≤100 mA,|
||(max. load capacity100 nF)|
|**No load supply current** (Io)|≤16 mA|
|**Minimum operational current** (Im)|0.5 mA|
|**Ambient light**|100.000 LUX|



|**Optical angle**|± 5°|
|---|---|
|**OFF-state current** (Ir )|≤100µA|
|**Voltage drop** (Ud )|≤1.8 VDC @ 100 mA|
|**Protection**|Short-circuit, reverse pola-|
||rity,transients|
|**Operating frequency** (f)|100 Hz|
|**Response time**<br>OFF-ON (tON)|< 5 ms|
|ON-OFF(tOFF)|< 5 ms|
|**Power ON delay** (tv)|≤200 ms|
|**Output function**||
|NPN or PNP|Make or break(NO or NC)|
|**Indication function**||
|Output ON|LED, yellow|



## **General S ecifications p** 

|**Environment**||
|---|---|
|Overvoltage category|II (IEC 60664/60664A,|
||60947-1)|
|Pollution degree|3 (IEC 60664/60664A,|
||60947-1)|
|Degree ofprotection|IP 67(IEC 60529,60947-1)|
|**Temperature**||
|Operating|-25° to +55°C (-13° to +131°F)|
|Storage|-40° to +70°C(-40° to +158°F)|
|**Vibration**|10 to 150 Hz, 0.5 mm/7.5 g|
||(IEC 60068-2-6)|
|**Shock**|2 x 1 m & 100 x 0.5 m<br>(IEC 60068-2-32)|
|**Rated insulation voltage**|50 VDC|



|**Housing material**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Housing||||PC black|
|Backpart receiver||||PC Green|
|Backpart emitter||||PC Red|
|**Connection**|||||
|Cable||||PVC, TX: grey / RX: black,|
|||||5 m, 3 x 0.14 mm2, Ø 2.9 mm|
|Plug||||M8 - 3pole|
|**Weight**(each sensor)|||||
|With cable||||90 g|
|Withplug||||20g|
|**CE-marking**||||EN12445, EN12453,|
|||||EN12978|
|**UL-Approval**|c|~~A~~|us|UL325, CSA-C22.2 No.247|



## **O eration Dia ram p g** 

|**Operation Diagram**|||
|---|---|---|
|tv = Power ON delay|||
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## **Installation Hints** 

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**PD70** 

## **Dimensions** 

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## **Wiring Diagram** 

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## **Detection Diagram** 

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## **Excess Gain** 

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## **Deliver Contents y** 

- PD70 

- **Packaging:** plastic bag 

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