Festo cylinder sensors are tailor-made and optimised for Festo drives. They detect the magnetic field of permanent magnets installed on the cylinder piston and therefore indirectly indicate the position of the piston rod. The range includes cylinder sensors for standard applications and solutions for special applications.
Cylinder sensors are sensors that detect the magnetic field of the piston magnet via a magnetic field or reed contact. They are mounted in the required switching position in the cylinder’s T-slot or C-slot and output a standardised 24 V switching signal when the magnetic field of the piston is detected.
A pneumatic cylinder is a component of a pneumatic drive system and generates movement using compressed air as the medium. Cylinder sensors are used to provide binary feedback indicating the piston position for pneumatic drives.
Cylinder sensors from Festo come in a huge range of variants and can be used for practically everything, regardless of what the environment or task demands. Our range even includes suitable mounting accessories. For example: