The encoder market is advancing steadily as automation, robotics, and digital control systems become integral to industrial and consumer applications. Encoders—devices that convert motion into ...

Heavy-Duty Encoders Feb. 12, 2009 Rotary encoders are used in a range of industrial applications, from speed monitoring on conveyor systems to position control on automated handling machines ...

Optical encoders working over a DeviceNet network let a paperboard mill automate the positioning and tensioning of conveyor belts. Using DeviceNet encoders and relatively inexpensive drives ...

Long a vital component in various motion control applications, rotary encoders are electro-mechanical devices that convert the angular position or motion of a motor or other rotary actuator’s shaft or ...

TORMACH launched a chip conveyor kit customized to serve its 1500MX CNC milling machine, improving its functionality by offering an easy-to-use, automated solution to maintain chip pan cleanliness and ...

Applied Motion Products customized an integrated stepper motor package that offered a single motion control solution for an innovative conveyor system that saved on space, wiring, and cost over ...

The new SilverPak 23DE, an integrated Nema 23, High Torque, 1.8° bipolar step motor, microstepping driver and encoder is designed to reduce overall design time and system cost for a wide array of step ...

SICK has launched the DUS60 incremental encoder and DUV60 measuring wheel encoder with DIP switch programmability to provide users with a versatile and economical user-configurable motion control ...