SICK STEGMANN, INC. has created a comprehensive and interactive online catalog of 2D and 3D configurable product models using SolidWorks 3D PartStream.NET®. This new functionality allows customers, regardless of their design format, to configure, view and download 2D and 3D CAD drawings directly into their designs to check for fit and function. This promises to…
Precision Machines Count on Robust Optical Encoders
by Scott Hewitt, President, Sick Stegmann, Inc., Dayton, Ohio Resolution is one of the most critical factors that must be considered when selecting an encoder and probably the least understood. Resolution is often described in terms of lines, pulses, and counts. Incremental encoders provide a fixed number of square pulses on each channel per shaft…