Encoder
Encoders in modern production environments
Challenges for industrial communication
Time-critical applications
Encoders are essential measurement components in automated systems and must provide position and speed data in real time. To do so, they require extremely short cycle times in the microsecond range, minimal jitter and highly precise bus synchronization. Only under these conditions can motion sequences be controlled accurately and the highest positioning precision be achieved.
Demanding environments
Depending on the application, encoders have to meet a wide range of requirements – for example an extended temperature range, robust IP67 housings for harsh industrial environments, or particularly compact designs for installations with limited space.
Flexibility and variability
Since different industries use different communication protocols, the ability to easily switch protocols increases the application flexibility of an encoder. Modern encoders should, thanks to standardized interfaces, drivers and tools, be as compatible as possible with other control and automation components.
Our solutions:
Embedded modules from Hilscher are the ideal solution for integrating a fieldbus or Real-Time Ethernet interface into a compact automation device. They allow field devices such as drives or controllers to be quickly and easily integrated into automated systems.
Overview of our netX communication controllers. As a highly integrated solution, they allow you to flexibly integrate your machines and production systems into your network regardless of the network standard. We provide hardware, software, certification and support from a single source.
As a market leader in industrial communication, we have decades of experience in connecting devices and systems. Thanks to different interface formats and the multi-protocol capability of our solutions, you are more flexible than ever when integrating encoders into fieldbus and real-time Ethernet networks.
With our broad portfolio of products and services, we cover the full range of software and hardware solutions for a wide variety of requirements. This has enabled us to support numerous projects in the fields of sensor technology and position measurement and to pave the way for many different types of encoders into automated networks.
Typical components we support in this context include, among others:
- Incremental and absolute encoders
- Motor feedback systems
- Hollow-shaft encoders
- Encoders in robot joints
- Measurement systems in handling and positioning axes
Controlling the production of tomorrow with precise encoders
Encoders provide crucial motion and position data for Industry 4.0 processes.
For more complex encoders with a direct bus interface or higher data volumes, our netX communication controllers or the stamp-sized embedded module netRAPID are ideal options.
Building on our many years of expertise and proven netX technology, this allows encoders to be integrated easily and reliably into all common industrial networks
Your advantages with our solutions at a glance:
Find your solution
Would you like to integrate your devices into industrial networks reliably and future-proof? We can help you do just that—with customized solutions that are perfectly tailored to your requirements.
Whether you want to retrofit existing products, develop new devices, or make entire product families communication-capable, our technologies, expertise, and services will help you achieve your goals efficiently.
Let's work together to make your components fit for industrial networks.
Martin Kober
Account Manager
Mail: mkober@hilscher.com
Mobile: +49 (0) 151 14115494
