BEI Sensors announces the launch of its fully redesigned website that features improved navigation and functionality. Visitors can easily access an extensive product portfolio with detailed information on optical and magnetic encoders, potentiometers, Hall effect sensors, and a variety of other related position sensing products. The website provides visitors several ways to quickly find product […]
Rotary Encoders
Nemicon’s expands with Ultra-Small 7S Series of 7mm Incremental Rotary Encoders
Nemicon continues to produce in high-performance miniaturization with its 7S Series Incremental Rotary Encoder. At just 7.2mm (0.28346”) in diameter, and based on Nemicon’s successful line of 18mm (0.70866”) and 12mm (0.47244”) diameter miniature encoders, the 7S Series shaft type encoder features high resolution, high noise immunity and high reliability. The body height of the […]
HEIDENHAIN Encoders with Fanuc Interface
HEIDENHAIN’s product range of absolute rotary encoders of the 400 Series are now available with interface to Fanuc controls. These encoders are particularly suitable for use on servo axes and spindles in machine tools, and feature integral bearings and stator or separate shaft couplings. Designed specifically for direct connection to Fanuc controls with α and […]
HEIDENHAIN Offers Fieldbus Encoders With Rugged Hollow Shaft Design
HEIDENHAIN offers the ECN/EQN 400 series rotary encoders with PROFIBUS and PROFINET interfaces for use in manufacturing, process automation, and more. These new encoders feature a rugged blind hollow shaft, with a 12mm diameter. Both the models ECN 413 and EQN 425 rotary encoders are resistant to shock (6 ms) up to 1000 m/s2 and […]
Robust Absolute Rotary Encoders Added to the HEIDENHAIN Line
HEIDENHAIN has expanded its absolute rotary encoder offering with the new RIQ/IQN 425 series. These sturdy, inductive rotary encoders were designed for use in applications in the automation and wind energy industries, wood machining, tracking systems for photovoltaic facilities and direct measurement of elevator cabins, to name a few. The rotary encoders of the RIQ […]
maxon motor launches configurable DC drives
The new maxon DCX program offers high power and can be configured and ordered completely online. On maxon’s microsite, you can find brushed DC motors, planetary gearheads and sensors and now in addition maxon has rolled out all new configuration software: DCX motors, GPX gearheads and ENX encoders can be configured and ordered online. “We […]
How to Size and Select Rotary Encoders: An Engineer’s Guide
Selecting a rotary encoder for a motion control system depends on a number of factors, chief of which are the accuracy requirements of the application, whether it’s position and/or velocity control. Before deciding which encoder to select, consider the most important factors which include: Positioning accuracy Speed stability Audible noise Power loss Bandwidth, which determines […]
Baumer MA20 measuring wheel encoder delivers precise measuring results
Baumer (www.baumer.com), offers flexible, simple and reliable speed and position feedback for conveyor system with its all-new MA20 measuring wheel encoder. Offering resolutions as high as 25,000 ppr, the two-in-one device seamlessly combines a highly precise measuring wheel and a high-resolution optical incremental encoder. Even at relatively low conveyor speeds, the encoder is still capable […]
Sinusoid’s RPE rotary encoders ideal for process control applications
Sinusoid Pty Ltd (store.sinusoid.com) has unveiled its latest encoders, RPE1 and RPE2, which deliver continuous monitoring of rotation angle for a maximum speed of 7500 rpm, making them ideally suited for applications such as process control, CNC, robotics and consumer electronics. Although they differ in their output format, both RPE1 and RPE2 models feature 10-bit […]
AS5048 14-bit magnetic encoder ideal for noisy environment applications
For reliable and accurate angle measurements in various microcontroller-based applications, Austriamicrosystems (www.austriamicrosystems.com) has unveiled the AS5048 14-bit magnetic rotary encoder chip, which is designed with a PWM output and an I2C or SPI interface. The AS5048 enables for a one time programming of the zero position, using a simple I2C or SPI command only. The […]