Low Cost Encoders

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by mman1506

If you google "rotary encoder" you'll find 100's of companies that produce encoders that look nearly identical to these ones. Who copied who? No one really knows.You pay a premium to buy from American companies like Industrial Encoders because they don't just sell encoders they sell a product that comes with technical support and the guarantee that you'll get a perfectly calibrated encoder that will last years. This is great for a company like HAAS but not necessary for most teams. The end product is almost entirely different.

I wouldn't be so quick to say a lower quality encoder is sufficient for our use.

If the lower quality means an increased failure rate, we'd pass on that. The encoders we get from us digital aren't crazy expensive, and we'll always pay to not lose matches due to preventable failure.