# Photoelectric Sensor, 180mm, PNP, Background Suppression/Proximity, 4 Pin M12 Connector Cable
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**SKU**: WTB4SC-3P3462VA00
**Manufacturer**: SICK
**Price**: €199.5500
**Stock**: 10+
**Lead Time**: 36 days (indicative)
## Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Svhc | No SVHC (21-Jan-2025) |
| Product Range | W4 Series |
| Sensing Method | Background Suppression, Proximity |
| Connection Method | Cable with 4 Pin M12 Connector |
| Sensing Range Max | 180mm |
| Sensor Output Type | PNP |
| Supply Voltage Dc Max | 30V |
| Supply Voltage Dc Min | 10V |
## Datasheet
📄 [Download PDF](https://novapart.co/datasheet/farnell:4385048/)
WTB4SC-3P3462VA00 W4
**MINIATURE PHOTOELECTRIC SENSORS**
**WTB4SC-3P3462VA00 | W4** MINIATURE PHOTOELECTRIC SENSORS
Ordering information
**Type Part no.** ~~a~~ WTB4SC-3P3462VA00 1097823 Other models and accessories www.sick.com/W4 >
Illustration may differ
## Detailed technical data
## Features
|**Functional principle**|Photoelectric proximity sensor|
|---|---|
|**Functional principle detail**|Background suppression|
|**Sensing range max.**|4 mm ... 180 mm1)|
|**Sensing range**|10 mm ... 180 mm1)|
|**Emitted beam**
Light source
Type of light
Light spot size (distance)|PinPoint LED2)
Visible red light
Ø 6.5 mm (150 mm)|
|**Key LED figures**
Wave length|650 nm|
|**Adjustment**|Single teach-in button|
|**Special applications**|Hygienic and washdown zones|
|**Housing design**|Washdown|
|**Pin 2 configuration**|External input, Teach-in input, Sender off input, Detection output, logic output|
1) Object with 90% remission (based on standard white, DIN 5033).
2) Average service life: 100,000 h at TU = +25 °C.
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## Safety-related parameters
|**MTTFD**|873 years|
|---|---|
|**DCavg**|0 %|
## Communication interface
|**IO-Link**|✔, COM2 (38,4 kBaud)|
|---|---|
|Data transmission rate|COM2 (38,4 kBaud)|
|Cycle time|2.3 ms|
|Process data length|16 Bit|
|Process data structure|Bit 0 = switching signal QL1
Bit 1 = switching signal QL2
Bit 2 ... 15 = empty|
|VendorID|26|
|DeviceID HEX|0x8001E6|
|DeviceID DEC|8389094|
## Electrical data
|**Supply voltage UB**|10 V DC ... 30 V DC1)|
|---|---|
|**Ripple**|< 5 Vpp 2)|
|**Current consumption**|30 mA3)|
|**Protection class**|III|
|**Digital output**||
|Type|PNP4)|
|Switching mode|Light/dark switching|
|Output current Imax.|≤ 100 mA|
|Response time|< 0.5 ms5)|
|Repeatability (response time)|150 µs6)|
|Switching frequency|1,000 Hz7)|
|**Circuit protection**|A8)
B9)
C10)|
|**Response time Q/ on Pin 2**|300 µs ... 450 µs5) 6)|
|**Switching frequency Q / to pin 2**|1,000 Hz11)|
- 1) Limit values, reverse-polarity protected, operation in short-circuit protected network: max. 8 A.
- 2) May not exceed or fall below Uv tolerances.
- 3) Without load.
- 4) Pin 4: This switching output must not be connected to another output.
- 5) Signal transit time with resistive load.
- 6) Valid for Q \ on Pin2, if configured with software.
- 7) With light/dark ratio 1:1.
- 8) A = VS connections reverse-polarity protected.
- 9) B = inputs and output reverse-polarity protected.
- 10) C = interference suppression.
- 11) With light / dark ratio 1:1, valid for Q \ on Pin2, if configured with software.
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## Mechanical data
|**Housing**|Rectangular|
|---|---|
|**Design detail**|Slim|
|**Dimensions (W x H x D)**|15.25 mm x 49.2 mm x 22.2 mm|
|**Connection**|Cable with M12 male connector, 4-pin1) 2)|
|**Connection detail**
Length of cable (L)|150 mm2)|
|**Material**
Housing
Front screen
Cable|Stainless steel, Stainless steel V4A (1.4404, 316L)
Plastic, PMMA
PVC|
|**Weight**|60 g|
1) Max. tightening torque: 0.7 Nm.
2) Do not bend below 0 °C.
## Ambient data
|**Enclosure rating**|IP66|
|---|---|
||IP67|
||IP68|
||IP69K|
|**Ambient operating temperature**|–30 °C ... +70 °C1)|
||–30 °C ... +60 °C|
|**Ambient temperature, storage**|–30 °C ... +75 °C|
|**UL File No.**|NRKH.E181493 & NRKH7.E181493|
1) At UV ≤ 24 V and IA < 30 mA.
## Smart Task
|**Smart Task name**|Base logics|
|---|---|
|**Logic function**|Direct|
||AND|
||OR|
||WINDOW|
||Hysteresis|
|**Timer function**|Deactivated|
||On delay|
||Off delay|
||ON and OFF delay|
||Impulse (one shot)|
|**Inverter**|Yes|
|**Switching frequency**|SIO Direct: 1000 Hz|
||SIO Logic: 600 Hz|
||IOL: 450 Hz|
|**Response time**|SIO Direct: 300 µs ... 450 µs1)|
||SIO Logic: 750 µs ... 900 µs2)|
||IOL: 800 µs ... 1200 µs3)|
|**Repeatability**|SIO Direct: 150 µs1)|
1) SIO Direct: sensor operation in standard I/O mode without IO-Link communication and without using internal sensor logic or time parameters (set to "direct"/"deactivated").
2) SIO Logic: Sensor operation in standard I/O mode without IO-Link communication. Sensor-internal logic or timing parameters plus Automation Functions used.
3) IOL: Sensor operation with full IO-Link communication and usage of logic, timing and Automation Function parameters.
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SIO Logic: 150 µs[2)] IOL: 400 µs[3)] **Switching signal** Switching signal QL1 Switching output Switching signal QL2 Switching output
1) SIO Direct: sensor operation in standard I/O mode without IO-Link communication and without using internal sensor logic or time parameters (set to "direct"/"deactivated").
2) SIO Logic: Sensor operation in standard I/O mode without IO-Link communication. Sensor-internal logic or timing parameters plus Automation Functions used.
3) IOL: Sensor operation with full IO-Link communication and usage of logic, timing and Automation Function parameters.
## Diagnosis
## **Device status**
## Yes
## Classifications
|**ECLASS 5.0**|27270904|
|---|---|
|**ECLASS 5.1.4**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 6.0**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 6.2**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 7.0**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 8.0**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 8.1**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 9.0**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 10.0**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 11.0**|27270904|
|**ECLASS 12.0**|27270903|
|**ETIM 5.0**|EC002719|
|**ETIM 6.0**|EC002719|
|**ETIM 7.0**|EC002719|
|**ETIM 8.0**|EC002719|
|**UNSPSC 16.0901**|39121528|
## Connection diagram
## Cd-367
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BN 1
+ (L+)
BK 4 QL1/C
WH 2
MF
BU 3 – (M)
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## Characteristic curve
WTB4S-3, 180 mm
% of sensing distance
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mm 20 60 100 140 180
(inch) (0.79) (2.36) (3.94) (5.51) (7.09)
Distance in mm (inch)
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① Sensing range on black, 6% remission factor
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- ② Sensing range on gray, 18% remission factor
- ③ Sensing range on white, 90% remission factor
## Sensing range diagram
WTB4S-3, 180 mm
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4 10 180
4 10 180
OSes
4 10 180
———— 6 i as
0 45 90 135 180
(1.77) (3.54) (5.31) (7.09)
Distance in mm (inch)
Sensing range max. Sensing range
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- ① Sensing range on black, 6% remission factor
- ② Sensing range on gray, 18% remission factor
- ③ Sensing range on white, 90% remission factor
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## Dimensional drawing (Dimensions in mm (inch))
WTB4S-3V, WTF4S-3V, Single teach-in button
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2 2
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Ø 12.1
(0.48)
15.3 (0.60) M8 x 1
15 (0.59) Ø 11
(0.43) M12 x 1
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① Center of optical axis, receiver
② Center of optical axis, sender
③ Threaded mounting hole M3
④ LED indicator yellow: Status of received light beam
⑤ LED indicator green: Supply voltage active
⑥ Teach-in button
Recommended accessories
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Brief description Type Part no.
Mounting brackets and plates
Mounting bracket for floor mounting, Stainless steel 1.4571, mounting hardware includ- BEF-W4-B 2051630
ed
Plug connectors and cables
• Connection type head A: Female connector, M12, 4-pin, straight DOL-1204-G05MRN 6058476
• Connection type head B: Flying leads
• Signal type: Sensor/actuator cable
• Cable: 5 m, 4-wire, PP
• Description: Sensor/actuator cable, unshielded
• Connection systems: Flying leads
• Note: This product is generally resistant to chemical cleaning agents (see ECOLAB)
and other chemical compounds such as H2O2 and CH2O2. Before permanent instal-
lation is carried out, the material's resistance to the cleaning agent being used must
be checked., Resistant against lactic acid & hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
• Application: Hygienic and washdown zones, Drag chain operation
0.4
(0.02)
13.1 (0.52)
(1.29)
7.7
(0.30)
32.7 (0.77) (1.75) )
(1.91)
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48.6
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10.8 (0.43) (0.64)
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16.3 (0.39)
7.9
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## Recommended services
Additional services www.sick.com/W4
||**Type**|**Part no.**|
|---|---|---|
|Function Block Factory|||
|• **Description:**The Function Block Factory supports common programmable logic controllers|Function Block Factory|On request|
|(PLCs) from various manufacturers, such as Siemens, Beckhoff, Rockwell Automation and|||
|B&R. More information on the FBF can be found here.|||
|• **Note:**You can configure your function block at Function Block Factory. As a login please use your SICK ID.|||
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## SICK At A GlAnCe
SICK is one of the leading manufacturers of intelligent sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications. A unique range of products and services creates the perfect basis for controlling processes securely and efficiently, protecting individuals from accidents and preventing damage to the environment.
We have extensive experience in a wide range of industries and understand their processes and requirements. With intelligent sensors, we can deliver exactly what our customers need. In application centers in Europe, Asia and North America, system solutions are tested and optimized in accordance with customer specifications. All this makes us a reliable supplier and development partner.
Comprehensive services complete our offering: SICK lifetime Services provide support throughout the machine life cycle and ensure safety and productivity.
For us, that is “Sensor Intelligence.”
## WOrldWIde preSenCe:
Contacts and other locations www.sick.com
SICK AG | Waldkirch | Germany | www.sick.com
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