Product category:
Linear Position Sensors
News Release from: RDP Electronics | Subject: MTS R-Series
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 August 2006
Position sensors are durable and
reliable
MTS R-Series synchronous serial encoder interface position sensors are ideally suited to the peripheral machine tool and CNC markets.
MTS R-Series synchronous serial encoder interface (SSI) position sensors from RDP Electronics are ideally suited to the peripheral machine tool and CNC markets Based on the "next-generation" Temposonics design platform, these magnetostrictive position sensors are durable and highly reliable
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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