Product Description

The MAC160C-0-ED-4-C/250-R-0/WI520LV is an AC servo motor which means it gives information on its speed and also on its rotor position. This motor has a tacho feedback and encoder mounted on its back for this purpose. These mounted encoders are specially designed for this kind of motor and are very resistant to its environmental behaviors. The encoder can be a standard type that is used in an environment where there are low shock loads around. Another version of this encoder is available which is shock-damped mounted on the back of the motor. This shock-damped is more suitable for applications like presses, stamping machines, and similar high-vibration-producing machines.

The incremental encoders either work with the square wave pulses or with the signals of sinusoidal shape. The supply voltage for the square wave is usually 5 volts but, in some cases, it can also be 10-16 volts. The sinusoidal signals work on the 5 volts of power supply. The maximum sampling frequency of the 5-volt square wave signal is 300 kHz with a load capacity of 200 mA at high and low signals, whereas its current consumption is 150 mA.

The 10-16 volts supply encoder of the same signal shape has a maximum sampling frequency of 75 KHz with 60 mA load capacity at high and low signals. Its current consumption is 220 mA. The sinusoidal-shaped signal encoders have a current consumption of 120 mA. It produces two output signals against one reference signal. The maximum scanning frequency of this type of encoder depends upon the slave electronics being used. The incremental encoders with motor output shafts with keyways use a reference point to define the angular position of the motor. This reference point acts as a home position for the encoder from where it starts incrementing.