"In any type of machinery that has a time-consuming positioning routine - an example would be a satellite dish - an absolute encoder is ideal," explains Sarah Walter, electrical engineer and EPC Sales Engineer. "With an absolute encoder, the controller has precise motion feedback about the position of the equipment, without needing to re-home during every start-up. Requiring the equipment to always re-home consumes valuable uptime. With absolute positioning, the controller ‘knows' exactly where the machine is at all times, even after a power cycle."
The Model A58SB Absolute Encoder offers:
• Multi-turn resolution up to 43 bits
• Up to 16 bits of single-turn resolution