Title: KEYENCE CA-DC20E High-Intensity LED Light Controller for Machine Vision Systems
Product Overview:
The KEYENCE CA-DC20E is a state-of-the-art, high-intensity LED light controller specifically engineered to provide precise and stable illumination for demanding machine vision applications. Designed to seamlessly integrate with Keyence's advanced vision systems, this dedicated controller ensures optimal lighting conditions, which are critical for achieving superior image quality, enhanced contrast, and accurate defect detection. The CA-DC20E offers robust digital brightness control and powerful overdrive capabilities, allowing users to fine-tune light intensity and utilize strobe lighting for capturing fast-moving objects, minimizing heat generation, and significantly extending the lifespan of connected LED lights. Its compact and durable design makes it an ideal solution for various industrial automation, quality control, and inspection environments where consistent and reliable lighting is paramount for improving throughput and inspection accuracy.
Key Features & Benefits:
- High-Intensity Output: Delivers powerful and stable illumination essential for challenging machine vision tasks, ensuring clear and consistent image acquisition.
- Precise Digital Brightness Control: Offers granular control over light intensity, allowing for optimal illumination settings to enhance contrast and highlight specific features or defects.
- Overdrive/Strobe Functionality: Enables ultra-bright, short-duration light pulses for freezing motion, reducing blur on fast-moving targets, and significantly extending the operational life of LED light units by minimizing continuous power exposure.
- Enhanced Image Quality: Provides consistent and uniform lighting, reducing glare and shadows, which leads to clearer images and more reliable data for analysis and decision-making.
- Compact and Space-Saving Design: Its small footprint allows for easy installation in confined industrial spaces, contributing to a more streamlined and efficient system layout.
- Seamless Integration: Designed for effortless compatibility with Keyence machine vision cameras and controllers, ensuring quick setup and reliable communication within a complete vision solution.
- Improved Inspection Accuracy: Stable and controlled lighting minimizes variations in image capture, leading to more precise and repeatable inspection results across production runs.
- Extended LED Light Lifespan: Efficient power management and the ability to utilize strobe mode reduce thermal stress on LED units, prolonging their operational life and reducing maintenance costs.
- User-Friendly Operation: Simple interface and robust connectivity options facilitate easy configuration and operation, minimizing setup time and complexity.
Applications:
- Machine Vision Systems: Essential for providing controlled illumination in automated inspection and guidance systems.
- Industrial Automation: Integral component for robotic pick-and-place, assembly verification, and process control.
- Quality Control & Inspection: Used in surface defect detection, component presence/absence verification, and dimensional measurement.
- Semiconductor Manufacturing: Critical for inspecting wafers, chips, and electronic components for microscopic flaws.
- Automotive Parts Inspection: Ensures quality control for various automotive components, from engine parts to exterior finishes.
- Food & Beverage Inspection: Employed for packaging integrity checks, fill level verification, and foreign object detection.
- Pharmaceutical Packaging Inspection: Guarantees accurate labeling, seal integrity, and product verification in pharmaceutical production.
- Robotic Guidance: Provides consistent lighting for robots to accurately identify and manipulate objects.
- OCR/OCV (Optical Character Recognition/Verification): Enhances readability of characters and barcodes for accurate data capture.
Technical Specifications:
- Model Number: CA-DC20E
- Part Number: CA-DC20E
- Part Number (with special characters): CA-DC-20E
- Input Voltage: 24 VDC +/- 10%
- Output Channels: 1 Channel
- Control Method: Digital Brightness Control (255 levels), Strobe/Overdrive Control
- Strobe/Overdrive Duration: Configurable (typically 0.1 ms to 999.9 ms)
- Communication Interface: Dedicated cable connection to Keyence Vision Controllers (e.g., CV-X Series, XG-X Series)
- Maximum Output Current: Varies based on connected LED light unit (typically up to 2.0 A)
- Operating Temperature: 0 to +50 °C (32 to 122 °F)
- Storage Temperature: -20 to +70 °C (-4 to 158 °F)
- Relative Humidity: 35 to 85 % RH (No condensation)
- Dimensions (W x H x D): Approximately 30 mm x 90 mm x 60 mm (1.18" x 3.54" x 2.36")
- Weight: Approximately 0.4 kg (0.88 lbs)
- Protection Rating: IP20 (IEC 60529)
- Mounting: DIN rail mountable or screw mountable
KEYENCE CA-DC20E
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