Absolute Linear Sets New Standards for Large Measuring Lengths

SCHAUMBURG, IL (July 2012) – HEIDENHAIN’s new LC 200 linear scale sets new standards in linear measurement on long machine-tool axes. With this scale, the advantages of absolute position acquisition are now available for measuring lengths of up to 28 meters (almost 92 feet), and provide that reference routines, which can be particularly cumbersome on long axes, become unnecessary since the absolute position value is available immediately upon switch on. The new LC 200 features a METALLUR steel scale tape as the measuring standard. Even with large measuring lengths, the position value is