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The terminology and fairly esoteric technical concepts applied to instrumentation are confusing. Nevertheless, they are crucial to selecting the right measuring instruments for your application.

Zettlex has introduced a 58mm variant of its IncOder range of encoders, which allow precision measurement of angle or angular speed in harsh environments where traditional optical or capacitive devices might prove unreliable.

What happens when you are making a piece of kit, or even worse have designed, built and launched a machine, and the position sensor becomes unreliable?

Zettlex has expanded its IncOder range of high precision, inductive position encoders. This latest generation features an enhanced 10kHz read rate for high speed applications and the option of a 0-5V analogue output for legacy systems.

Sensor technology company Zettlex has celebrated the opening of a new production line at its plant in Cambridge. General manager Mark Howard was joined by David Coates and Myrddin Jones from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board for the official opening alongside production staff. Zettlex is recruiting extra production and engineering staff to cope with rising global export orders. The company already exports to most countries in Europe, as well as the USA, Canada, Australia and South Africa.

Traditional rotary encoders can be readily fitted to shaft diameters of less than 50mm, but what happens if your design needs a much larger diameter through shaft or bore? Mark Howard describes the traditional approach and a new, robust, more accurate approach using inductive sensors