MagLine Incremental How it works
MagLine Incremental systems are a combination of:
  • Band (required)
  • Sensor (required)
  • Translation module (depends on system)
  • Display or PLC
The band is attached1 to the measurement surface.

The sensor is mounted within a range of the band2, but the band and sensor do not actually make physical contact.

1 The band is usually mounted with the attached adhesive backing, but it can also be clamped, screwed or glued down 2 This range is called the sensor gap or rideheight
The band is manufactured with evenly-spaced North and South magnetic poles along its length.3

As the powered sensor is moved along the path of the band, it outputs a number of pulses between each pole.

3 The distance between the poles is called the pole pitch
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The pulses are received by a SIKO display or a PLC and the displayed position is increased or decreased accordingly.4 4 Increase or decrease is determined by the phase of the A/B rising pulses

ROHS compliant