The SICK DAX encoders offer all the advantages of non-contact, wear-free magnetostrictive technology to measure absolute position, so no reference run is required. The linear encoders have an ...

SICK has expanded its proven, non-contact magnetostrictive linear encoder portfolio with the launch of a versatile product family for wide-ranging industrial applications. The DAX® linear encoders ...

With the RI360P-QR24, Turck offers a non-contact inductive universal encoder with high resolution, absolutely wear-free operation, which is at the same time immune to magnetic fields. The sensor and ...

Avago Technologies has announced a series of compact non-contact magnetic encoders for use in industrial applications that operate in harsh conditions. Avago's AEAT-60xx series of magnetic encoders ...

One of a handful of British exhibitors at the recent SPS/IPC/Drives exhibition in Germany was Renishaw which was showing a compact, non-contact optical encoder that supports speeds of up to 10m/s and ...

BAUMER has expanded its range of ultra-compact, maintenance-free encoders for harsh industrial applications following the introduction of the EB360, a new multi-turn encoder. This bearing-less, ...

The Japanese precision motor manufacturer Nippon Pulse has collaborated with the German encoder-maker Siko to produce what they claim is the first linear motor to incorporate a non-analogue magnetic ...

Tom Shelley reports on a technology that solves a whole bunch of encoder problems at the same time Magnetic chip encoders can measure angles to fractions of a degree for only a few euros each. Not ...