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Can I do connection between Rotary Encoder with PLC without use any External Counter in the machine , to measure the length by cm or mm ?

I use Delta DVP with an encoder1000 ppr and HMI to can change the value

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Question added by Hazem Alsarhan , Logic Engineer , Interel Building Automation
Date Posted: 2015/05/09
Ahmed Mustafa
by Ahmed Mustafa , Electrical Sections Manager , Coca-Cola Egypt

Its's not difficult; How to do it depends on the PLC you are using and what speed the encoder is rotating at. The PLC must cycle fast enough to reliably count all the pulses.

My team uses them all the time to measure belt travel. In our case it works out to about one pulse per linear inch. We use a wheel giving5 pulses per rotation, but we use both channel A and channel B so we actually have10 pulses per rotation. The encoder is wired directly to a DC input card. No high speed module is required in our case. An application with high RPM and many pulses per rotation may require one and most PLC's have high speed counters that will take the pulses from the A and B channels of the encoder. It will increment or decrements the count depending on which way the shaft is rotating.

Waqar Ahmed
by Waqar Ahmed , Instrument Technician , ADNOC Gas Processing

Yes ofcouse, you can connect rotary encoder with PLC directly. You must have Pulse input module in PLC Rack for this purpose. Distance covered/pulse by rotary encoder is mentioned in its manual, so you can calculate its distance.

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