Balluff
Balluff Linear Position Sensors
Balluff magnetostrictive linear transducers giving absolute position without contact, for cylinders and press axes.
Need Balluff Linear Position Sensors?
Send a part number or nameplate photo. We respond within one business day.
Request a QuoteMagnetostrictive linear transducers give absolute position along a stroke without contact and without the wear of a potentiometer, which is why they end up inside hydraulic cylinders and on press and injection-molding axes.
Absolute output means position is known immediately at power-up, with no homing move. Stroke length, output signal and rod or profile style are all encoded in the order code, so a replacement has to match the original exactly.
Send the order code as printed on the unit, or the stroke length, output signal and mounting style, and we will quote.
Applications
- Hydraulic cylinder position feedback
- Press and molding machine axes
- Absolute stroke measurement
- Potentiometer and encoder replacement
Balluff Linear Position Sensors: Common Questions
Send the order code from the unit. Stroke length, output signal and mounting style are all encoded in it, and a near match will not read correctly.
Usually yes, and it removes a wear part, because it measures position without contact. Tell us the stroke, output signal and mounting.
Position is known immediately at power-up with no homing move, which is a real safety and cycle-time advantage on a machine that should not be moving to find out where it is.
Rod-style transducers are built for exactly that. Send the stroke and the cylinder's mounting detail.
