Find the ideal encoder in just a few clicks

Simply choose your industry, application and encoder type and our selector tool does the work for you, identifying the encoders best suited for your specific automation project from across our broad family of brands and product lines.

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We live for your light-bulb moment

Our customers are committed to turning the hard-to-imagine into the impossible-to-live-without. Their drive fuels ours—to listen carefully, collaborate closely and work diligently to help enable life-changing advances. So let’s talk ideas—the next “a-ha” moment could be just around the corner.

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The TNC contouring control for milling and turning machines

Ask for a HEIDENHAIN TNC control on your next 5-axis machine.

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A new breakthrough in lab automation

Achieving the high throughput and extraordinary accuracy necessary for lab automation—liquid handling, DNA sequencing and sample analysis to name a few—is extremely challenging. But now, a groundbreaking partnership between HEIDENHAIN, ETEL and IMT is changing lab automation design forever.

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Precision Measuring Tools and Motion Control Solutions that Drive Innovation

From jet planes to laboratory equipment, today’s life-changing technologies require ultimate accuracy—and mere microns can make the difference. For more than 125 years, HEIDENHAIN has delivered the trusted precision measurement and motion control solutions behind the machines and devices that move us forward. Our products enable everything from improved manufacturing processes to safer, more reliable medical diagnostics—and we’ve perfected the delicate balance of cutting-edge innovation and universal compatibility.

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Products

Linear Encoders for Length Measurement

Angle/Rotary Encoders and Angular Systems

Machine Controls and Touch Probes

Length Gauges and Metrology Solutions

Digital Readouts and Interface Electronics

Direct Drive Motors and Motion Systems

Applications

Machine Tool

No matter what the machining application, countless shops count on CNC machine tool controls from HEIDENHAIN. Read stories about how they've improved efficiencies and overcome challenges with our balance of cutting-edge innovation and universal compatibility.

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Semiconductor

As chips and other semiconductor components become smaller and more complex, accuracy and speed are of the essence. HEIDENHAIN encoder technologies set the pace—delivering innovation that helps enable the industry's breakneck progress.

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General Automation

Process plants and factories around the world have discovered significant opportunities to cut per-unit-production costs by applying or updating instruments or controls, refining manufacturing methods and implementing automation.

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Metrology

Metrology demands run the gamut of simple measuring stations to complex inspection systems with multiple measuring points—in industries ranging from aerospace to biotech. HEIDENHAIN supports the spectrum with compatible evaluation electronics.

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Electronics

In electronics manufacturing, demands range from high-throughput pick-and-place automation to exceedingly accurate PCB drilling machines. Regardless of the scenario, HEIDENHAIN products offer rock-solid repeatability and precision.

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Medical

From more reliable diagnostics to more accurate, repeatable lab equipment,
HEIDENHAIN products enable some of the world's most advanced—and life-saving—medical technologies.

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Different Types of Encoders and Their Applications

Encoders play an integral role in almost every mechanical system that involves motion monitoring or control. There are a variety of types that work with different kinds of motion with different options for how they detect and communicate. Let’s explore some of the foundational elements and variables in the world of encoders: What Does an […]

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HEIDENHAIN Opens TNC-CNC Academy

HEIDENHAIN opened its new TNC-CNC Academy, an expanded training center in the Chicago area available for users at all levels, including 5-axis machining.

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ACU-RITE’s G2 Control Now Available for Bed Mills

HEIDENHAIN’s easiest-to-operate CNC for vertical knee mills, the ACU-RITE-brand MILLPWR G2 control, is now also available for bed mills with AC motors.

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