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            • absolute shaft encoders
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            • A shaft encoder is an electro-mechanical device used to measure the rotation angle of mechanical shafts. Absolute shaft encoders can use mechanical contacts or optical sensors to measure the rotation angle and return a unique digital value for each angular position of the shaft. As opposed to incremental (or relative) shaft encoders, absolute shaft encoders always retain the absolute position of the shaft, even if the machine in use exeriences a power shutdown or other operational interruption. Engineering Dictionary
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            • Different mounting styles exist for different encoders. Positional feedback is the output of the motor-mounted encoders. When speed and positional accuracy is a requirement, the Absolute Shaft Encoders step up. - Poacht App by
            • Absolute shaft encoders incorporate their own shaft and bearing assembly, which in turn is coupled to the motor shaft with a belt, gear train or coupling. The encoder may then report shaft angles within a single 360-degree shaft rotation without stops or gaps. - US digital by
            • BEPC offers both single-turn and multi-turn absolute shaft encoders with a variety of housing sizes, shaft diameters, signal types and resolution. - British Encoder Products Co by
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