Overview With the W4F, high performance and smart automation are now also available in a miniature size. The miniature sensor is the perfect complement to the product range of a new generation of opto-electronic sensors such as the W16 and W26 and, thanks tithe new ASIC technology from SICK, consistently delivers extremely reliable detection results. This allows for versatile use in a wide range of challenging installation situations. Thanks to Foreground Suppression, Double Line, V-optics and MultiSwitch, the W4F is a high-performance application specialist: Background suppression is improved, and flat, highly-reflective and transparent objects are detected even more precisely. In addition, the W4F as Smart Sensors make monitoring and diagnostics easier than ever beforehand enable future-proof use in I4.0 plants. At a glance Technologies: Foreground Suppression, Double Line, V-optics and MultiSwitch Two switching points and distance value output in one device Diffuse sender LED for ambient light suppression Blue Pilot: Teach-Turn adjustment with optical sensing range and alignment aid Smart Sensor: Latest diagnostics and monitoring functions VISTAL® housing Your Benefit Solution for particularly challenging detection tasks in tight installation spaces Very high reliability through powerful background suppression and excellent detection of flat, highly-reflective and transparent objects Two switching points as well as the output of distance values expand the application possibilities Flexible use thanks to high optical reliability The highly-visible light spot combined with the intuitive Blue Pilot operating interface enables set-up in mere seconds Maximum monitoring and process reliability thanks to intelligent monitoring and predictive maintenance As Smart Sensors, fit for Industry 4.0 Applications Checking of storage space occupancy Detection of flat and glossy packages on conveyor belts Equidistant infeed of products Feed monitoring of label films Presence mo...