A1.2 Noise-free Inspection of Rotary Encoder Magnets
- Event
- SMSI 2020
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(did not take place because of Covid-19 virus pandemic) - Band
- SMSI 2020 - Sensors and Instrumentation
- Chapter
- A1 Magnetic Sensors
- Author(s)
- K. Vervaeke - Magcam NV, Leuven (Belgium)
- Pages
- 43 - 44
- DOI
- 10.5162/SMSI2020/A1.2
- ISBN
- 978-3-9819376-2-6
- Price
- free
Abstract
We report on a method to measure a noise-free magnetic field distribution of rotary encoder sensor magnets, based on Magcam’s established 3-axis magnetic field camera technology. This method in-volves measuring the 3-axis magnetic field distribution in a 2D plane at close distance above the mag-net and extrapolating this field distribution into a 3D volume using a patented ‘Distance Filter’ algo-rithm that yields virtually noise-free data at larger distances. This powerful method allows to evaluate the magnetic field distribution and the magnet’s intrinsic angular error, with a resolution better than the measurement resolution of the originally measured plane.