INCREMENTAL LINEAR ENCODERS
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L series
Specially designed for high performance Measuring lengths:
environment requiring speed and accuracy. Available in measuring lengths from 440 mm to 60 m in
200 mm increments. Contact Fagor Automation for custom
Their special mounting system guarantees a thermal behavior
solutions if your application requires longer lengths than 60
identical to that of the machine surface the linear encoder is
meters.
mounted on. This is achieved through floating fixtures at their
ends with the base of the machine and by tensioning the
etched steel tape. This system eliminates the errors caused
by temperature changes and ensures maximum accuracy
and repeatability of the linear encoders.
The steel tape graduation pitch is 40 µm. Measuring lengths
over 4 040 mm require the use of modules.
Characteristics
LX LP
Measurement By means of a 40 µm-pitch stainless steel tape
Steel tape thermal expansion coefficient therm: 11 ppm/K aprox.
Measuring resolution 1 µm Up to 0.1 µm
Output signals TTL differential 1 Vpp
Incremental signal period 4 µm 40 µm
Limit frequency 500 KHz 50 KHz
Maximum speed 120 m/min 120 m/min
Minimum distance between flanks 0.2 µs –
LX and LP: every 50 mm
Reference marks I0
LOX and LOP: distance-coded I0
Maximum cable length 50 m 150 m
Supply voltage 5 V ± 5 %, < 150 mA (without load) 5 V ± 10 %, < 150 mA (without load)
Steel tape accuracy ± 5 μm/m ± 5 μm/m
Maximum vibration 100 m/s2 (55 … 2000 Hz) IEC 60068-2-6
Maximum shock 300 m/s2 (11 ms) IEC 60068-2-27
Maximum acceleration 100 m/s2 in the measuring direction
Required moving force <5N
Operating temperature 0 °C … 50 °C
Storage temperature -20 °C ... 70 °C
Weight 1.50 kg + 4 kg/m
Relative humidity 20 … 80 %
IP 53 (standard)
Protection
IP 64 (DIN 40050) using pressurized air at 0.8 ± 0.2 bar in linear encoders
With built-in connector
Reader head Connection at both ends of the reader head
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Single L model Dimensions in mm
Non-distance coded
Measuring length
Machine way
Distance coded
Modular L model
Non-distance coded
Measuring length
Distance coded
Machine way
Additional information can be found in the installation manual available on the website www.fagorautomation.com
Order identification
Example of Linear Encoder: LOP-102-A
L O P 102 A
Type of profile Type of reference mark I0: Type of signal: Ordering length Accuracy of the linear Version: Air intake on the reader
for long space code: encoder: head:
• B lank space: Incremental, • X: 1 µm resolution differential TTL • Blank
one mark every 50 mm • P: 1 Vpp sinusoidal In the example • Blank space: ± 10 μm/m space: • Blank space: Without air intake
•O : Distance-coded marks (102) = 10 240 mm • 5: ± 5 μm/m (*) standard • A: With air intake
• M: mirror
(*): only for single module models.