Proximity Sensors & Switches

Proximity sensors and switches detect an object without touching it, sensing a change in an electromagnetic, capacitive or magnetic field as the target comes into range. Machine designers pick them up when a contact switch would wear out at the cycle rate a machine runs, when a target is too light or fragile to trip a lever, or when washdown and swarf would destroy anything with moving parts.

 

As an authorized electrical distributor for multiple manufacturers, we stock proximity sensors and proximity switches from Baumer, Carlo Gavazzi and Honeywell across competing lines, so you can choose a measuring sensing output or a plain switched one, compare housings and connection types across brands, and sense position without anything touching the target. Same-day shipping on in-stock items ordered before 2pm local time.