Measuring distance sensor in short range to soft materials like wool, fabric and hair?
Measuring distance sensor in short range to soft materials like wool, fabric and hair?
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Hi
I need a type of sensor for my project to measure distance with average precision and between 0 up to 10 centimeter to soft materials like fabric, wool and hair? I looked a lot but unfortunately no success!
Thanks,
I need a type of sensor for my project to measure distance with average precision and between 0 up to 10 centimeter to soft materials like fabric, wool and hair? I looked a lot but unfortunately no success!
Thanks,





RE: Measuring distance sensor in short range to soft materials like wool, fabric and hair?
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RE: Measuring distance sensor in short range to soft materials like wool, fabric and hair?
RE: Measuring distance sensor in short range to soft materials like wool, fabric and hair?
I would consider one of the laser-scanning displacement sensors marketed by Keyence. Fabulous devices, but expensive. Perhaps the other major sensor manufacturers have some clever devices also: OMRON, SUNX, Banner Engineering, SICK (as mentioned previously), Balluff, probably a dozen more that I could think of on a good day.
If your object has some resistance to it, then perhaps you could rig up a contact probe sensor of some sort. Keyence makes those, too. Or perhaps some sort of simple limit switch affair with a "paddle" attached to the swing arm to distribute the switch's imparted load on the squooshy surface across a larger area.
But one thing you MUST do is a better job of specifying your needs. The specification "with average precision" has no merit.
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com
RE: Measuring distance sensor in short range to soft materials like wool, fabric and hair?
Precision is pricey, but I've seen some for as low as $100, which consist of a diode laser and a CCD camera.
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Walt
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https://www.parallax.com/catalog/sensors/proximitymotion
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com