Accurate Technology ProScale 18W User Manual page 8

2. Stationary Scale installation
If your application is better suited for the scale to be held stationary and
the encoder moved along it during a measurement, you
should use the
move it along the scale (see illustration).
Attach the scale to a fixed point in your application
using the included screw. Place the encoder on the
scale. Attach the guide clip to a moving point in your
application such that the slot on the underside of the
clip engages the post on the top of the encoder and
captures it's movement along the scale. The guide clip
should exert some pressure on the encoder over the
full range of travel as the two move as a single unit.
Insure the scale and encoder are properly aligned as the encoder is
moved (the guide clip will compensate for slight misalignment in the
direction perpendicular to movement).
necessary. Plug the encoder cable into the readout.
E ncoder
Manual Part # 800-1405-001, Rev A
Guide Clip
Encoder stationary, Scale moving
M oving part
Scale stationary, Encoder moving
to capture the encoder and
Adjust the scale alignment if
Moving Part
Connector Link
Encoder
Scale
Guide Clip
G uide Clip
S cale
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