RENISHAW says it will display its latest range of motion control products, including the Resolute, Fastrack and AM4096 magnetic encoder IC at the ATX 2010 exhibition from 9-11 February 2010.
The Automation Technology Expo West (ATX) will be held in California and will feature robotics, control software, motors, drives and motion control systems.
According to Renishaw, the Resolute is a true absolute optical encoder system which provides 1 nanometer at 100 meters per second for both linear encoder and angle encoder applications. Absolute position is said to be acquired immediately at system switch-on, so the exact orientation of axis and motor commutation angle are known without the need for a reference return.
Fastrack is a track-mounted linear encoder scale system that combines ±5 µm/m accuracy, designed for applications that demand high accuracy and easily removable scale.
Renishaw says its new AM4096 magnetic encoder IC has been developed by its associate company RLS d.o.o. and provides UVW outputs with 16 poles (8 pole pairs). Resolution is to 12-bit (4096 steps per turn) with a programmable zero position and it is capable of high speed operation to 30,000 rpm.