DRAW-WIRE POSITION SENSORS / DWP
Linear travel.
A signal you can use.
Draw-wire sensors, rotary encoders and string potentiometers for industrial stroke measurement. Start with your travel. Match your controller. Define the installation.
01 / START WITH THE CONTROLLER
Digital pulse, bus or analog input?
Need pulse or absolute position?
ABZ HTL / TTL, CANopen, SSI or RS485. Define the actual decoder, protocol and supply.
Choose a draw-wire encoder →ANALOG / DWP-POS + DWP-SPNeed a current loop or voltage?
4–20 mA, 0–10 V or a 5 kΩ / 10 kΩ voltage divider. Match signal conditioning to your input.
Choose an analog position sensor →02 / FIVE ROUTES TO LINEAR FEEDBACK
From compact wire pots to long travel.
Family ranges are selection envelopes. Output availability, linearity, cable construction, drawings and delivery are confirmed for the quoted configuration.
Draw-Wire Encoders
Match cable travel to your PLC: incremental ABZ pulses or an absolute position value over an agreed industrial interface.
- Stroke envelope
- 100–15,000 mm
- Output
- ABZ HTL / TTL · RS485 · CANopen · SSI
4–20 mA & 0–10 V Draw-Wire Position Sensors
Convert hydraulic cylinder stroke or machine travel into a scaled analog signal for a PLC or data acquisition system.
- Stroke envelope
- 200–10,000 mm
- Output
- 4–20 mA · 0–5 V · 0–10 V
Compact String Potentiometers & Wire Pots
Specify a compact cable potentiometer for suspension travel, pedal movement and short-stroke test fixtures.
- Stroke envelope
- 50–1,270 mm
- Output
- 5 kΩ / 10 kΩ divider · analog transmitter options
Long-Range Draw-Wire Transducers
Review 15 m to 100 m cable displacement projects with a defined drum geometry, tension and installation route. For 10 m travel, review DWP-POS or DWP-ENC.
- Stroke envelope
- 15,000–100,000 mm
- Output
- Encoder / analog output by project
Draw-Wire Sensors with Digital Display
Specify a string potentiometer with digital display, matched input and a pre-scaled mm or inch indication for a machine retrofit.
- Stroke envelope
- 100–50,000 mm
- Output
- Matched analog or ABZ readout input
03 / REPLACING AN INSTALLED SENSOR?
Same stroke is only the first check.
Send the complete Celesco, SICK, Micro-Epsilon, Kübler or UniMeasure part number. We review travel, footprint, cable forces, signal scaling and protocol before proposing a DWP configuration.
Open the replacement checklist →- Active stroke + reserve travel
- Signal, supply + controller input
- Speed, acceleration + mounting
- Environment + target uncertainty
YOUR NEXT MEASUREMENT STARTS HERE