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Attached is a rough sketch of side view. Let's say depth of the sketched components is ~1 inch. I will not have access for measurement from the top, only from the bottom. I want to be able to detect when/if the rectangular piece comes down and lays flat. Both pieces are metal, although not...

I have looked at various off-the-shelf industrial sensors for detecting objects but I cannot find anything that will detect metal through metal. I have a metal plate that is 1/4" thick. I need to detect a metal object on the other side of the metal plate. The metal object on the other side of...