
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Ultra High-Speed, High-Accuracy Laser Displacement Sensor
Sensor Head
HL-C235CE-W□
MJE-HLC235EW(02) No.0048-80V
Thank you very much for purchasing Panasonic products. Read this Instruction Man-
ual carefully and thoroughly for the correct and optimum use of this product. Kindly
keep this manual in a convenient place for quick reference.
WARNING
●This product is intended to detect the objects and does not have the control func-
tion to ensure safety such as accident prevention.
Do not use the product as a sensing device to protect human body.
● Becarefulnottodirectlywatchortouchthedirectlaserbeamorreectedlaser
beam.
●The product was developed and manufactured for industrial use.
BEFORE USE
●Before using the product, check the sensor head model and contents of packing.
●Sensor head model
Check the model name of product at the top of sensor head.
●Packing
Check that all of the following components are included in the
package.
• 1 sensor head unit
• 1 Instruction manual
• Laser warning labels
[JIS/IEC: 1 set, GB: 1 set (E type only)]
●Thisproductsatisesthe adaptionofCEproductby usingincombinationwith
controllerandprogrammabledisplay,whicharesubjectedtoCE.Pleaseconrm
that there is CE mark on connecting controller’s label.
●Contact for CE
Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH Panasonic Testing Center
Winsbergring 15, 22525 Hamburg,Germany
1DESCRIPTION
●HL-C235BE-W□, HL-C235CE-W□ displacement sensor head achieves ultra high-
speed and high-accurate measurement using linear image sensor as light receiv-
ing element to be used on equipment that require high-speed operation with high-
accuracy.
2CAUTIONS ON HANDLING LASER LIGHT
●For the purpose of preventing any injury which may occur to the user by the use
of the laser product in advance, the following standards have been established by
the IEC Standards, JIS Standards, GB Standards and FDA Standards.
IEC : IEC 60825-1-2007
JIS : JIS C 6802-2011
GB : GB 7247.1-2012
FDA : PART 1040.10
Thesestandards classieslaserproductsaccordingtothelevel ofhazard and
provide the safety measures for respective classes.
●Laser hazardous class
ClassicationaccordingtoIEC60825-1-2007 (JIS C 6802-2005)
Class Model Descriptionofhazardousevaluation
Class 3R HL-C235CE-W
HL-C235CE-WMK Directintrabeamviewingishazardous,butriskislowerthanfor3B.
●WARNING label
<HL-C235CE-W□>
In Chinese
In Japanese / English / Korean
(E type only)
●FDAcerticationlabel
<Labelposition>
●Install the product so the laser beam comes higher or lower than eye level in order
not to watch the beam directly during operation. Laser safety distance (Nominal
OcularHazardDistance:NOHD)isapprox.1.4m.Thelaserbeammustbetermi-
natedattheendofitspathbyadiffusereectororanabsorber.
●Please contact our company if the system breaks down. It is not equipped with a
function that stops laser radiation automatically during disassembling the sensor
head.Theusers thereforemay beexposedtolaserbeamindisassembling the
sensor head.
●Whenthisproductis usedin China,afxtheChinesewarninglabel(accessory)
on the label in the product.
●
DonotusethesysteminthemannerotherthanspeciedinthisInstructionManual.
3SPECIFICATIONS
Model No. HL-C235CE-W HL-C235CE-WMK
Meas. method (Note 2) Diffusereection
Measurement center distance 350mm 350mm
Measurement range (Note 3) ±200mm ±200mm
Beam source Red semiconductor laser Class 3R (JIS/IEC/GB), Class IIIa (FDA) (Note 4)
Maxoutput:5mW,EmissionPeakwavelength:658nm
Beam diameter (Note 5) Approx.ø400μm Approx.400×6,500μm
Beam receiving element Linear image sensor
Resolution 8μm/averagetimes:256,2μm/averagetimes:4,096
Linearity ±0.04%F.S. (-200 to 0mm), ±0.08%F.S. (0 to +200mm) (F.S. = ±200mm)
Temperature characteristics 0.01%F.S./°C
Indicator
Laser emission Green LED: Lights up during laser emission.
Meas. range
Yellow LED: Near measurement center:ON, within measurement range:Blink, beyond the range:OFF
Protective structure IP67(exceptconnector)
Pollution degree 2
Insulation resistance 20M ohms or more by 500V DC megger (between all the terminals and enclosure.)
Dielectric
withstand
Commercial Frequency AC 500V for 1min. (between all the terminals and enclosure.)
Impulse ±1,000V1.2/50μs(betweenalltheterminalsandenclosure.)
Vibration resistance Endurance:10to55Hz(cycle:1minute),Resistantamplitudeofvibration:1.5mm,in
X, Y, and Z directions for 2 hours
Shock resistance 196m/s2in X, Y, and Z directions for 3 times
Ambient illuminance (Note 6) 3,000ℓxorless(illuinanceatbeamreceivingsurfaceusingincandescentlamp)
Ambient temperature 0 to +45°C (No dew condensation or icing allowed), At storage: -20 to +70°C
Ambient humidity 35 to 85%RH At storage:35 to 85%RH
Ambient Height 2,000m or less
Material Main unit case / cover faluminum: Die-cast, Front cover: Glass
Cable length 0.5m
Cableextension Extendibleto30mlongmaximumusingtheoptionalextensioncable.
Weight Approx.300gincludingcableweight
Applicable standards Conformed to EMC Directive
Notes:1)Measuring conditions are as follows unless otherwise specied; connection with controller,powervoltage:
24VDC,ambienttemperature:20°C,samplingcycle:40μs,averagetimes:256,atmeasurementcenterdis-
tance, object substance: white ceramic,, and digital measurement value.
2)UsetheexternalNDlter(optional)incasetheamountofreectedbeamistoolargeonSpecularReection
installation.
3)Themeasurementrangeislimitesbetween -70 and +200mm (in case the sampling cycle is 20μs), or be-
tween+100and+200mm(incasethesamplingcycleis10μs).
4) This is based on the FDA Standard, according to Laser Notice No. 50 of the FDA Standard.
5)Thegureshowsthevalueatmeasurementcenterdistance.Itisdeterminedby1/e2(approximately13.5%)
ofcenterbeamintensity. Due to leak light outside the specied area, the reectance aroundthedetecting
point may be higher than at the point and this may affect the measurement value.
6) The variation in ambient illuminance is ±0.08%F.S. or less.
4EXPORT REGULATIONS BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
● Pleasefollowtheexportcontrolregulationsrequired.
HL-C235CE-W(MK)(E type)are notsubjecttoexportcontrol regulationsunder
theconditionthattheyareusedcombinedwiththenon-pertinentcontrollertoex-
portcontrolspeciedbyForeignExchangeandForeignTradeLaw.
Whentheyarecombinedwiththepertinentcontrollertoexportcontrol,theyare
subjecttotheLaw.InthiscaseexportadmissionbyJapanesegovernmentisre-
quiredbeforetheproductistobeexportedorbroughtoutofthecountry.