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HUBDISK-2 2 IN. TRANSMISSIVE ROTARY DISK

HUBDISK-2 Product Description US Digital offers a wide variety of standard HubDisk assemblies (optical encoder disk attached to an aluminum hub) to aid mounting onto a shaft. Encoder disks may also be ordered as stand-alone items. The rotary encoder disks are made from 0.007 in. thick Mylar polyester film, and the material allows for a -40C to 100C temperature range. The disk on the HubDisk assembly comes attached with the emulsion side up when the disk text is...

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PCN 7115 - HUBDISK-2 PACKAGING

PCN 7115 - Hubdisk-2 Packaging As part of our ongoing continuous improvement efforts, US Digital is implementing a change to the packaging of our 2 in. Hubdisk assemblies. Download PCN 7115...

PCN 6644 - 2" HUB/DISK ASSEMBLY SCREW CHANGE

As part of our ongoing continuous improvement efforts, the screws used in the assembly of the 2" hub/disk assembly, that is with a bore of 12mm and larger, will be changed from a black oxide to a zinc plated screw.The zinc plating improves corrosion resistance as well as...

PCN 6297 - HUBDISK-1 PACKAGING

As part of our ongoing continuous improvement efforts, US Digital is implementing a change to the packaging of our 1-inch Hubdisk assemblies.We are replacing the current plastic tube packaging with a 25-count plastic tray. The tray is a two-piece design with snap-on lid and...

PCN 5367 - HUB SET SCREW PRODUCTION CHANGE

As part of our ongoing continuous improvement efforts, US Digital is implementing a change related to the production of our 5/16" (.313), 8mm (.315), 3/8" (.375), and 10mm (.394) HUBDISK assemblies. We are adding a low strength threadlocker to the set screw during our assembly...

PROJECT PITLANE VENTILATORS USE ENCODERS COVID19

US Digital encoders may play a role in helping save lives during the coronavirus pandemic. Project Pitlane, a group of seven UK-based F1 teams working together to design and make ventilators, placed an order for several thousand E5 Optical Encoders in early April. The...

ENCODER RESOLUTION ACCURACY AND PRECISION

If you need an encoder that can measure very small distances, which of the following is most important to you: high accuracy, high precision or high resolution? If you said "high resolution," nice work. You got the answer right. If you didn't, don't worry you aren't...

HOW DOES AN ENCODER WORK?

Encoders can use a variety of technologies to turn physical motion into electrical data. In this post (and the above video) we look at how optical incremental encoders work. Before we begin, we want to clarify that this is an oversimplified explanation of how our rotary...

ENCODER PACKAGING EXPLAINED

You can save some cash on your encoder purchase if you order in bulk, but that might not be the best for option for you. In this blog post we’re going to do a deep dive on our packaging options to help you make an informed decision. For packaging on most of our encoder kits, we...