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Magnetic Encoders in Metalworking
When thinking about position sensing in machine tool applications typically glass scale systems for the CNC axis control come to your mind. These sensor principles are the most used ones in modern machine tools and are applied to requirements with … Continue reading
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Tool Identification in Metalworking
With the start of industry 3.0 (the computer based automation of production) the users of machine tools began to avoid routine work like manually entering tool data into the HMI. Computerized Numerical Controlled CNC machine tools gained more and more market share in metalworking … Continue reading
