Presence Check of Nails in Pallet Nail Machines by Inductive Ring Sensors

In the manufacture of wooden pallets, automatic nailing machines are used to join the individual wooden parts. The nails required for the process are conveyed with compressed air through plastic hoses and then shot into the wood. Inductive ring sensors are installed at the ends of each hose to check that a nail has been shot through each hose and that the nail connection has been established correctly. Thanks to the separable housing, the sensor can be mounted at different points on the hose and thus individually adapted to the machine.