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Capacitive Sensors
Capacitive sensors utilize a non-contact sensing technology that detects a wide variety of materials. These sensors make use of a compensation electrode, and most come with sensitivity adjustments that allow a designer to tune out certain materials such as glass or plastic, making this type of sensor a common choice for point level applications.

You can navigate Turck capacitive sensors in 2 different ways:

1. Selection of sensor family by housing shape, size and material

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Body	Plastic					Metal or Plastic					Threaded cylinder / barrel
Body	Rectangular with terminal chamber and conduit entry		Smooth cylinder / barrel			Rectangular with circular sensing area					Metal			Plastic
Series	40mm	80mm	Ø34mm	Ø34mm	Ø40mm	8mm thickness	10mm thickness	14mm thickness	20mm thickness	5.5mm thickness	M12	M18	M30	M30	M30	M12	M18	M18	M18	M18	M30	M30	M30	M30
Sensing Range	20mm	50mm	15-25mm	22.5mm	20mm	5mm	8mm	10-12mm	10-20mm	5-10mm	3mm	5mm	10mm	10mm	10mm	3mm	5mm	5mm	5mm	5mm	10mm	10mm	10mm	10mm
Products	CP40	CP80	K34	K34 noise immune	K40	Q08	Q10	Q14	Q20	QF5.5	M12	M18	M30	P30	PT30	S12	S18	S18 noise immune	S18 w/ teach function	S185	S30	S30 for low dielectric targets	S30 noise immune	S30 w/ teach function

2. Selection of sensor family by main characteristics

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Choices shown in gray are non standard and may not be available: available products show with a picture. Contact us for other specific connection needs.

Housing	Rectangular							Threaded cylinder/barrel							Smooth cylinder/barrel
Housing	5.5mm thickness	8mm thickness	10mm thickness	14mm thickness	20mm thickness	40mm thickness	80mm thickness	M12		M18	M30				Ø34mm		Ø40mm
Sensing distance	5-10mm	5mm	8mm	10-12mm	10-20mm	20mm	50mm	3mm	3mm	5mm	5mm	10mm	10mm	10mm	15-30mm	20mm	20mm
View the entire series...	QF5.5	Q08	Q10	Q14	Q20	CP40	CP80	M12	S12	M18	S18	S30	P30	PT30	K34	KT34	K40
...or just sensors with bare leads
...with terminal chambers
...with M8 socket or M8 pigtails
...with M12 socket or M12 pigtail
...with UN socket					1/2"-20	1/2"-20 7/8"-16	1/2"-20 7/8"-16			1/2"-20	1/2"-20	1/2"-20	1/2"-20 7/8"-16		1/2"-20		1/2"-20 7/8"-16