Application Note

Case Study: Magnetic Encoders for Conveyor Machinery

We provide magnetic encoder, a configurator tool, and an innovative mounting system to withstand the operating environment of 24/7/365 fulfilment centers, significantly reducing encoder failure rates.

The Challange

Encoders on packaging conveyors have a very high failure rate in the field. The working environment of a fulfillment center produces a layer of dust on the glass disks of optical encoders causing them to fail. Additionally, the motor and off-axis shafts often have excessive runout which very quickly destroys the bearings of the existing encoder models being used.

This study is based in interaction with several fulfillment centers who were experiencing extremely short life spans on the optical encoders they were using. Another problem the fulfillment centers were facing was the difficult process required to change the Pulses Per Revolution (PPR) on the spare encoders that they were continually replacing.

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