Product category:
Proximity Sensors
News Release from: Siko | Subject: Model MLA
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2003
Magnetic system determines absolute
position
The MLA magnetic distance-measuring system provides absolute position feedback for a variety of industrial applications.
The MLA magnetic distance-measuring system provides absolute position feedback for a variety of industrial applications Unaffected by dirt and debris, the MLA is highly precise and communicates to all types of control systems
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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This easy-to-use magnetic scale system features: exact position indication to three decimal places; 0.01mm resolution and 0.1mm system accuracy; no contact between sensor and magnetic strip for long life; and absolute position display after power failure.
The core of Siko's MLA is a flexible synthetic tape containing magnetic particles.
This tape is systematically magnetised with north and south poles (sinewave).
A sensor head travels without contact along the tape, scanning the tape's magnetic field and generating analogue signals.
The analogue signals are translated to determine direction and increments.
Translation is either output to a display, made in a separate translation module, or generated within the sensor head.
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