Industry Standard Sensor

MINI-BEAM Series

Worlds most popular photoelectric sensor. Compact, high-performance sensors with 18 mm threaded lens or side mount.

  • Extensive family in all sensing modes and ranges to 30 m
  • Models for ac, dc, or ac/dc universal voltage operation
  • Infrared or visible red, green, blue or white sensing beam
  • Easy push-button TEACH-mode setup in Expert SM312E models
  • MIAD9 series NAMUR models for hazardous environments with approved switching amplifiers with intrinsically safe input circuits
  • MINI-BEAM models for clear plastic detection
  • MINI-BEAM Expert models for clear object detection
MINI-BEAM SM312

Mini-Beam Series Industry Standard Sensor

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MINI-BEAM MIAD9 NAMUR Series Sensor
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1.5MB
10 Jul 2026
MINI-BEAM SM31EM and SM31EML Emitters
pdf
348K
18 Jun 2026
MINI-BEAM SM312 DC Voltage Series Sensor
pdf
2.7MB
18 Jun 2026
MINI-BEAM SM2A312 AC Voltage Series Sensor
pdf
2.6MB
18 Jun 2026
MINI-BEAM SMU31 Universal Voltage Series Sensor
pdf
2.1MB
24 Jun 2026
MINI-BEAM SME312 Expert Series Sensors
pdf
1.8MB
22 Jun 2026
MINI-BEAM SM312 Series, dc models (Multilingual)
pdf
808K
26 Oct 2020
MINI-BEAM SME312 Expert Series, Dynamic TEACH Procedure
pdf
463K
26 Oct 2020
MINI-BEAM SM312 Series, dc models (Multilingual)
pdf
668K
26 Oct 2020
MINI-BEAM SM312 Series, Plastic Fiber Optic Models (Suffix FP1)
pdf
141K
10 May 2019
MINI-BEAM Series, Clear Plastic Detection models
pdf
450K
22 Aug 2018
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