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News Release from: Renishaw | Subject: 13-bit magnetic sensor
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 January 2007
Magnetic sensor for positioning control
Renishaw's new 13-bit magnetic sensor for rotary and angular positioning control was named 'Product of the Month' for November 2006 by NASA Tech Briefs magazine.
Renishaw's new 13-bit magnetic sensor for rotary and angular positioning control was named 'Product of the Month' for November 2006 by NASA Tech Briefs magazine, an official publication of the USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Following this, the 13-bit sensor has been nominated for the 12th Annual Readers' Choice Award, to find the one product that the readers of Tech Briefs feel to be the most significant introduced to the US engineering community in 2006
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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NASA Tech Briefs is the USA's widest read engineering magazine, with a circulation in excess of 190,000, and reported to its readers that the Renishaw sensors provide 8,192 counts per revolution and are available in chip, chip-on-board, and ready-to-mount packaged versions.
In its description of the sensors, NASA Tech Briefs stated that Renishaw has a solid-state, non-contact design featuring an integrated circuit chip that senses the position of a separate two-pole permanent magnet.
The sensors are reported as being suitable for difficult environmental requirements, providing an operational range of -40degC to 125degC, and shock and vibration resistance.
Friction-less, low-inertia operation enables 0.3deg positioning accuracy at speeds to 30,000 rpm.
The sensors are available in models providing absolute, incremental, analogue, or digital outputs, as well as simultaneous SSI and incremental output.
Chip and chip-on-board models allow integration into machinery and equipment designs, whilst packaged versions enclose the chip and electronics in metal cases.
NASA Tech Briefs noted that the enclosed units are used in rugged applications and environments, with waterproof, fully encapsulated versions also available.
For more details of all 12 products nominated for the annual award and to vote please visit the NASA Tech Briefs website. Request a free brochure from Renishaw ...
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