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Wire-actuated encoder features 12-m measuring length

December 3, 2019 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The new SG121 wire-actuated encoder from SIKO features measuring lengths up to 12 m with an installation depth of just 70 x 85 x 105 mm. The robust aluminum housing, coupled with impact-resistant plastic, survives even the harshest of operating conditions. Temperatures between -40 and +80°C, high shock and vibration loads, dirt, dust and water […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, Featured Tagged With: linear encoder

Boosting productivity with the right direct-drive motor and linear-motor feedback

November 27, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Feedback options for linear motors and direct-drive torque motors abound. The most common employ optical, magnetic, capacitive, or inductive measurement. Here we explain how the key application parameters of precision, cost restrictions, and insensitivity to mechanical characteristics and environment dictate which technology is most suitable. By Steffen Preg | CEO • SIKO Products Inc. Machines […]

Filed Under: Applications, Controls for linear axes, Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, Featured

Space-saving integrated guide, linear encoder from THK

October 18, 2019 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

linear encoder

The new Type SHS-LE from THK integrates the global standard THK Type SHS LM guide with a THK linear encoder (linear position sensor). This combined model allows for compact machine designs that require less assembly time. THK’s Type SHS Caged Ball LM Guide performs with high speed and precision. Each row of balls is arranged […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, Slides + guides (all) Tagged With: linear encoder, THK

Balluff offers intelligent position measuring system for absolute linear feedback

October 3, 2019 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The BMP series from Balluff is an intelligent displacement sensor that provides not only the absolute position signal for the stroke travel of a piston via IO-Link but also information about the sensor status and the current ambient conditions. It monitors the sensor temperature and the number of starts and issues warnings when a configurable […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O Tagged With: balluff

How to calculate maximum encoder speed for linear and rotary designs

August 15, 2019 By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

encoder speed

When choosing an encoder for motion applications, a few specifications immediately come to mind. What sensing technology should you use? What accuracy and resolution do you need? Does the application require incremental or absolute position feedback? But one specification that is sometimes overlooked during sizing and selection is the maximum encoder speed. Like any electrical […]

Filed Under: Applications, Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, FAQs + basics, Featured

HEIDENHAIN and ETEL exhibiting together at SEMICON West

June 30, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Visitors to this July’s SEMICON West 2019 trade show will get to learn about where accuracy meets throughput at the HEIDENHAIN and ETEL joint booth in San Francisco in the Moscone Center — July 9 to 11. Here, daily presentations will be given by HEIDENHAIN and ETEL experts highlighting this year’s application focus of Fan-Out […]

Filed Under: Applications, Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, Featured, Industry news, Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: heidenhain

SIKO’s new SG61 draw-wire linear sensor measures lengths to 6 m

June 29, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

SIKO — maker of wire-based sensors — now sells SG61 wire-actuated encoders. These are suitable for measuring lengths up to 6 m. On the basis of 30 years of experience in development and production, a wire-actuated sensor has been designed that impresses with its compactness, sturdiness and flexibility. Compact and robust wire-based linear sensor The […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, Featured Tagged With: siko

What are draw-wire sensors and where are they used?

June 21, 2019 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

draw-wire sensors

Options abound for tracking or measuring the position of a linear system — from magnetic and optical linear encoders that read changes in magnetism or light, to linear variable differential transformers that operate on the principle of mutual induction, to magnetostrictive sensors that rely on torsional strain induced by magnetic fields. But each of these technologies requires […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, FAQs + basics, Featured

NUMERIK JENA’s new LIKgo linear encoder for semiconductor industry

May 21, 2019 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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NUMERIK JENA’s newly designed LIKgo is a low-cost linear encoder that meets the demands for use in production and inspection machines in the semiconductor industry. Available in North America through HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION, the LIKgo encoder will be showcased at its SEMICON booth #851 during this July 9-11 show in San Francisco. The new LIKgo is […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, Featured Tagged With: heidenhain, Linear Encoders

New induSENSOR controller for inductive displacement sensors

April 25, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

The new induSENSOR MSC7401 controller from Micro-Epsilon works for displacement and distance measurements in automation technologies and machine building. The controller is compatible with inductive LVDT and LDR measuring gauges and displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon. The MSC7401 controller is designed to be operated with LVDT and LDR measuring gauges and displacement sensors. These sensors are […]

Filed Under: Applications, Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, Featured Tagged With: microepsilon

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