HEIDENHAIN
HEIDENHAIN is a Germany-based precision measurement technology company founded in 1889 and recognized worldwide as one of the leading manufacturers of high-accuracy encoders, scales, and digital readout systems for machine tools, semiconductor manufacturing, medical technology, and precision automation. The company’s encoder portfolio is among the most technically comprehensive available anywhere — spanning optical rotary encoders (incremental and absolute, hollow-shaft and solid-shaft), angle encoders (modular and sealed), magnetic angle encoders, linear encoders for direct-drive and ball-screw axes, position displays, and its proprietary EnDat bidirectional serial interface — with position accuracies down to fractions of an arc-second and resolutions approaching the single nanometer range in its linear scale products. HEIDENHAIN encoders are the reference standard in CNC machining, precision grinding, lithography, pick-and-place automation, and direct-drive torque motor position feedback, and the company maintains subsidiary offices and service centers in over 50 countries to support its global installed base of machine builders and end users.