RayTek 54301 5Installation

Installation

5Installation

Sensorlocationdependsontheapplication.Beforedecidingona

location,youneedtobeawareoftheambienttemperatureofthe

location,theatmosphericqualityofthelocation,andthepossible

electromagneticinterferenceinthatlocation,accordingtothesections

describedabove.Ifyouplantouseairpurging,youneedtohavean

airconnectionavailable.Wiringandconduitrunsmustbe

considered,includingcomputerwiringandconnections,ifused.

5.1.1DistancetoObject

Thedesiredspotsizeonthetargetwilldeterminethemaximum

measurementdistance.Toavoiderroneousreadingsthetargetspot

sizemustcompletelyfilltheentirefieldofviewofthesensor.

Consequently,thesensormustbepositionedsothefieldofviewis

thesameasorsmallerthanthedesiredtargetsize.Foralist

indicatingtheavailableoptics,seesection3.2OpticalSpecifications

onpage6.

Theactualspotsizeforanydistancecanbecalculatedbyusingthe

followingformula.DividethedistanceDbyyourmodel’sD:S

number.Forexample,foraunitwithD:S=10:1,ifthesensoris

400mm(15.7in.)fromthetarget,divide400by10(15.7by10),which

givesyouatargetspotsizeofapproximately40mm(1.57in.).