Magnetic encoders from Balluff deliver condition monitoring
29/05/2020
US-based Balluff has announced that new additions to its family of magnetic encoder systems meet IO-Link’s smart sensor profile 2.0 specifications, adding four switching signal channels to the process data. Each channel uses IO-Link to program an ‘on’ and ‘off’ point for the encoder, which allows measurements to be limited to set ranges or windows.An enhanced version of the encoder also adds condition monitoring functions to report signal quality and a low signal threshold to provide an alert when maintenance may be needed.
“The additional capabilities of these advanced encoder systems make them unique to the market and provide high value to users in a wide range of industries. There is nothing else like it on the market,” said Scott Rosenberger, Balluff’s Technical Support Engineer.
Developed for measuring and positioning applications, the magnetic encoders provide absolute measurement by travelling above a magnetically coded strip that can be up to 8 m long, with an impressive read distance of 1.3 mm. Using IO-Link, they send digital measurement data to the user’s network. They can also provide an optional analogue real-time sine-cosine signal for control applications.
Key features include:
- Simple connection via IO-Link
- Available with Smart Sensor Profile 2.0
- Generous read distance of 1.3 mm
- Optional analogue measurement output.
