Encoders always seemed a bit confusing to me until I sorted them on our website. Then I 
found myself really confused! I found my way through and hopefully this blog will simplify encoders for you also.
The first major category was absolute and incremental encoders. I went to my trusted online source... Wikipedia!
The distinguishing feature of the absolute encoder is that it reports the absolute position of the encoder to the electronics immediately upon power-up with no need for indexing.
The distinguishing feature of the incremental encoder is that it reports an incremental change in position of the encoder to the counting electronics.
From there you can pick hollow or solid shaft, ppr (pulses per revolution) and and any other features you may need.
We carry all types including pendant encoders, portable encoders, side mounting encoders and wheel type encoders.
Marshall Wolf Automation is an authorized industrial automation distributor for Autonics, Baumer Electric Encoders, Koyo Encoders and also FSI.
View our entire encoder selection now!
found myself really confused! I found my way through and hopefully this blog will simplify encoders for you also.The first major category was absolute and incremental encoders. I went to my trusted online source... Wikipedia!
The distinguishing feature of the absolute encoder is that it reports the absolute position of the encoder to the electronics immediately upon power-up with no need for indexing.
The distinguishing feature of the incremental encoder is that it reports an incremental change in position of the encoder to the counting electronics.
From there you can pick hollow or solid shaft, ppr (pulses per revolution) and and any other features you may need.We carry all types including pendant encoders, portable encoders, side mounting encoders and wheel type encoders.
Marshall Wolf Automation is an authorized industrial automation distributor for Autonics, Baumer Electric Encoders, Koyo Encoders and also FSI.
View our entire encoder selection now!
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