The LIP 6000 Dplus uses a single scale with two separate graduations angled diagonally at +45° and –45°. A special scanning head with a scanning field for each graduation measures the primary direction X and the secondary direction Y along the entire measuring length. Thanks to the EnDat 3 interface, this dual position feedback is sent to the control via a single cable. This significantly reduces cabling, simplifies installation, and optimizes the motion system’s dynamic performance.

The new GAP 1081 is the first gap encoder from HEIDENHAIN. It measures the vertical gap between a special mirror and the encoder's scanning head. The GAP 1081 can be used for vertical positioning tasks, or it can be installed parallel to a linear encoder, such as the LIP 6000 Dplus, for continuous vertical measurement along a linear axis. Mirrors for the GAP 1081 are available in lengths of up to 3 m. And if two scanning heads are used on a single mirror, then both the pitch and yaw of the axis can be measured.

Despite your encoder’s certified accuracy and calibration chart, you may not be using its full accuracy within your application. There are many possible reasons for this, especially when the encoder is mounted to insufficiently rigid parts. The MRP 8081 Dplus with TRANSFERABLE ACCURACY ensures that the specified accuracy isn’t diminished by the application. This technology utilizes the following features:

• A highly robust bearing unit
• Four scanning heads
• A calibration-relevant data set for your control

Thanks to these features, the MRP 8081 Dplus achieves a system accuracy of up to ±0.2 arc seconds, regardless of the given mounting circumstances, tilting loads or other external factors such as vibrations, sudden physical loads and temperature fluctuations. This increases both accuracy and performance, allowing you to increase your motor’s speed without sacrificing accuracy.

In addition to high-accuracy angular measurement, the four scanning heads of the MRP 8081 Dplus also measure the radial guideway inaccuracy of an axis. In the future, special electronics for analyzing the four scanning heads will allow you to compensate for this as well.

The combination of an MRP angle encoder module from HEIDENHAIN and a torque motor from ETEL enables exceptionally smooth motion control. Neither disruptive cogging torques nor radial forces impair the bearing’s high guideway accuracy. Also available are the SRP 5000 angle encoder modules, highly compact systems featuring a low profile and high rigidity. The high rigidity of their components also ensures consistent accuracy under varying loads.

Electronics and semiconductor manufacturing is a dynamic industry. HEIDENHAIN accounts for its rapid pace of change through continual development of its exposed encoders. This has given rise to the ERO 2000 incremental angle encoder, designed specifically for tight spaces and high dynamic performance requirements, as found in Galvanometer optical scanners. There is also the ERP 1000, with its very high accuracy and resolution. And one of its variants, the ERP 1080 Dplus, featuring four scanning heads, delivers the same robustness and installation benefits as the MRP 8081 Dplus angle encoder module.

EnDat 3 is the ideal encoder interface for achieving high system integration while meeting the requirements of future digitalization, including in bus operation. EnDat 3 reduces cabling and puts extensive diagnostic capabilities at your disposal for greater safety and reliability in your automated systems. The interface’s universal communication technology transmits an extensive range of data beyond position feedback, including sensor data, system monitoring data, and data for automatic configuration.

Featuring a modular design, linear and angle encoders from RSF provide maximum flexibility for easy integration into your system. This includes a wide variety of interfaces to all common controls and a variety of physical designs. Further benefits include wide mounting tolerances and easy installation. The new MCR 16 angle encoder from RSF represents a further enhancement in signal quality. 

The LIC 3000 series is joining the familiar series of LIC 4000 and LIC 2000 exposed absolute linear encoders. The LIC 3000 combines very small measuring steps of just 10 nm with traversing speeds of up to 600 m/min. The LIC 3000 linear encoders enable highly dynamic and precise position measurement on linear axes with measuring lengths of up to 10 m.

A large scanning field makes the LIC 3000 highly resistant to contamination. Localized impurities on the measuring standard have minimal effect on the signal quality and measurement reliability. Thanks to their dynamic performance, long measuring lengths, and robustness, the exposed linear encoders of the LIC 3000 series are particularly versatile, bringing the advantages of LIC encoders to even more applications.

The LIKgo and LIKselect exposed linear encoders from NUMERIK JENA are ideal for tight installation spaces and high accuracy requirements.

The standard model, the LIKgo, is particularly small and lightweight. Its scanning head is a mere 28 mm x 13 mm x 7.5 mm in size and weighs only 10 g. The encoder’s newly developed two-field scanning method with a 20 µm grating period and measuring steps of down to 78.125 nm is extremely precise, delivers high signal quality, and is resistant to contamination.

For customized designs, the LIKselect encoders combine these benefits with the strengths of the Kit L series from NUMERIK JENA, giving you highly configurable encoders for your individual requirements.