Motion Sensing

The D10 Expert small object counter consists of a specialized D10 Expert sensor and preconfigured PFVCA fiber-optic arrays for a 2D sensing field that detects objects that break any point of the array.

To give designers a choice for position sensing in a cylinder, engineers at Bosch Rexroth Pneumatics, Lexington, Ky.

Rotary encoders are indispensable tools for providing position feedback in many motion-control and automation processes

Each module consists of a lensed LED source and a detector IC enclosed in a small plastic package.

The Ott/Jakob position-monitoring system indicates whether tools are clamped, unclamped, or not present, and monitors cycles. Because the units transmit information quickly to the onboard machine controls, it makes mechanical signal rings with inductive sensors obsolete.

DSPs makes tracking easy with stand-alone visionbased object.  Embedded-vision systems integrate control software and processing hardware with the camera imager to form a stand-alone system that does not require an external PC.

A single linear sensor monitors multiple positions along its axis and uses magnetostriction as a feedback mechanism

The frictionless, interferential-type linear encoder has gratings set up in two dimensions and can use up to three scanners to continually check for drift

DSPs make stand-alone visionbased object tracking easy.

A bevy of 3D movies are making their way to theaters around the world, thanks to simpler and more efficient 3D cameras developed using modern motion-control technology.

Reed switches are widely used to measure how far a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder extends or retracts.

The LS 688C linear encoder features a 1-Vpp interface and comes in 170 to 3,040-mm lengths, with additional scales of 670, 870, and 970 mm.