Typical applications for fork and angle sensors include:
The fork sensors with laser light (OPU7xx products) have four selectable application-specific modes. Each mode is optimized for the application and only one application can be selected at a time.
| Mode (Fork width in mm) |
Resolution (µm) |
Switching frequency (Hz) | Excess gain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | |||
| OPU700 (30) | 50 | 5000 | +++ |
| OPU701 (50) | 50 | ||
| OPU702 (80) | 50 | ||
| High resolution | |||
| OPU700 (30) | 30 | 2000 | +++ |
| OPU701 (50) | 30 | ||
| OPU702 (80) | 40 | ||
| Power | |||
| OPU700 (30) | 100 | 1000 | ++++++ |
| OPU701 (50) | 100 | ||
| OPU702 (80) | 150 | ||
| Speed | |||
| OPU700 (30) | 50 | 10000 | ++ |
| OPU701 (50) | 50 | ||
| OPU702 (80) | 50 | ||