IMTS 2022 Conference: Generating Precise A/B Quadrature Signals from Motion Platforms without Inherent Digital Feedback

Learn how to use encoder technology while still enabling tool process synchronization.

Generating Precise A/B Quadrature Signals from Motion Platforms without Inherent Digital Feedback with Physik Instrumente
Generating Precise A/B Quadrature Signals from Motion Platforms without Inherent Digital Feedback with Physik Instrumente
GIE Media’s Manufacturing Group

About the presentation

Digital quadrature encoders have become a standard for precision automation systems used in laser materials processing, additive manufacturing (AM), and test/inspection. In these tools, stage-level integrated encoder technologies provide feedback to external devices for process synchronization from inkjet print boards to line scan cameras. These encoder requirements applied to the core automation systems, have traditionally imposed technical constraints limiting flexibility, performance, and throughput in these tools. We’ll discuss how encoder technologies affect process performance while presenting recent work that’ll allow the next generation of tools to use absolute encoders, analog encoders, or no encoders while still enabling tool process synchronization with devices that require digital quadrature encoder signals.

Registration
Powered by AMT and managed by GIE Media, The IMTS 2022 Conference features 69 different sessions you won’t want to miss so register today. Focused on a range of topics that include process innovation, plant operations, quality/inspection, and automation, The IMTS 2022 Conference addresses improving productivity; improving part quality; and developing a stable, competent workforce to lower the cost of manufacturing in the United States and create new levels of market demand.

Meet your presenter
Matt Price is a technical manager for PI, working in precision automation technologies for microfabrication and metrology. A physicist with a background in laser materials processing and characterization, he has contributed to the development of motion technologies to advance capability in these fields.

About the company

Physik Instrumente (PI) is a precision positioning technology company. PI has been developing and manufacturing standard and OEM products with piezo or motor drives for more than 40 years, resulting in 200 technology patents. PI is a privately owned company with healthy growth. In addition to four locations in Germany, the PI Group is represented internationally by fifteen sales and service subsidiaries. By acquiring the majority shares in ACS Motion Control, a worldwide developer and manufacturer of modular motion controllers for multi-axis and high-precision drive systems in 2016, PI has made a major step forward in providing complete systems for industrial applications with the highest demand on precision and dynamics.

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