What this sensor does and where it fits
The XUM6ANXBM8 is a tubular background rejection photoelectric sensor from Schneider Electric's Telemecanique line. Background rejection means it uses triangulation to detect an object within a defined sensing window while ignoring reflective surfaces behind it — useful on conveyors where the belt or a shiny machine frame sits just past the target. This is a photoelectric sensor, so it emits a light beam (typically infrared or visible red) and detects the object by the reflected light. The background rejection variant is the one you pick when you have a close-range detection zone and can't risk false triggers from the back wall or a glossy product behind the target.
For a BOM line that needs this exact sensor, the supply channel is straightforward: quoted to order against the RFQ through independent distribution.