1. INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION FROM ONE PROVIDER EAST ELECTRIC 1 SYSTEMINTEGRATOR & SALES PARTNER

2. 2 INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION FROM ONE PROVIDER Integrated measurement system for ball rail systems and roller rail systems

3. 3 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The basis of the integrated measuring system for Bosch Rexroth profiled rail systems is a highly-accurate physical gage integrated into the guide rails. The physical gage is read using an adapted reader head on the runner block. Integrating a direct travel measurement system into the profiled rail system opens up new possibilities for machine design.

4. 4 FEATURES-ADVANTAGES-BENEFITS Features of guide rails with physical gage  Photo-lithographically etched markings  Spot-welded non-magnetic metal strip  Laser-welded cover strip  Integrated grid strip and reference marks  Up to ± 3 µm “absolute accuracy“  ± 3 µm to 2500 mm measured length  ± 5 µm to 4400 mm measured length  ± 10 / 30 µm 4400 mm measured length  Permanent pitch information  Thermal behaviour of steel (11 µm / °C m)  Temperature compensation due to different thermal behaviour not necessary  IP 67 system of protection (absolutely sealed)  Shock up to 200 g  Easy to install  No adjustment required  no installation costs  No additional room needed for installation  simple design  Customer-specific coding possible

5. 5 FEATURES-ADVANTAGES-BENEFITS Features of runner block with adapted reader head  Analog and digital signals  Inductive measurement principle  Contactless reading  Real-time signals  Guidance and measurement form a single unit  Runner blocks are adjusted on master rails  Accurate replication  ± 2 µm (all output signals 1 Vpp, TTL 10/5/1/0.25 direct from sensor)  Not sensitive to dust, water, oil, chips  Not sensitive to magnetic field disturbances  Traversing speed of up to 5 m/s (dependent on block)  Non-wearing  no servicing required  No time-delays  Modest additional installation space  simple design  Machine faults are reduced to a minimum (no system errors due to reversal error, no deviations due to parallelism etc.)  Interchangeable design  Can be retrofitted

6. 6 FEATURES-ADVANTAGES-BENEFITS Contactless reading – No aging; maintenance-free; stable signal amplitude  Installation  Installation on guide rail as standard; no additional installation space for scale; optimal positioning  Sensor  All signal types 1 Vpp (analog) / TTL (digital to 0.25 µm);  Physical gage  Grid strip in steel; manufactured using photolithography; permanent pitch information; no aging  Accuracy of scale comparable to a glass scale (+/- 3µm)  Measured length = rail length (max. 4500 mm in one part)

7. 7 UNIQUE SELLING POSITION / SALES ARGUMENTS  Excellent market opportunities for applications in “dirty” environments, e.g. laser-welding, laser cutting etc.  The sought-after improvement in interpolation accuracy will enable use in machine tools going forward.  Inductive measurement system, integrated into the profiled rail system  Extremely robust due to the principle for measurement and the contactless readings.  Physical gage is highly accurate, comparable with glass scales.

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