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INDUSTRY NEWS

Two Magnetic Measurement Portfolios Join as Lika Acquires Bogen Electronics
A new product from Lika
is its bearingless rotary
encoder for position and
speed feedback on large
rotating shafts. Suitable
for potentially explosive
atmospheres, it is IECEx
and ATEX certified for
use in hazardous locations. The diameter of the
ring can be up to 230 mm
or 9.055 " and is segmented for simplified installation on large shaft machinery. Typical applications include
motors, machines and equipment with large diameter shafts in
hazardous industry locations and harsh environments.

Two companies with extensive portfolios in magnetic measurement joined recently as Lika Electronic of Italy acquired Bogen
Electronic of Germany. Both companies offer process solutions
for complex magnetic position, rotation and speed measurements and control tasks, as well as optical systems.
" The product portfolios of Lika and Bogen Electronic complement each other perfectly " , says Marco Calabrese, CEO of Lika
Electronic. " We highly appreciate the competence of our new
colleagues at Bogen and are pleased to be able to offer comprehensive solutions for optical and magnetic measurement
systems to our customers around the world " .

Based in Carre, Italy northwest of Venice, Lika specializes in
encoders and position measuring systems. Since its inception
in 1982, the company has been developing and manufacturing
incremental and absolute, optical and magnetic, rotary and linear encoders, incremental & absolute sensors, linear and rotary
incremental & absolute magnetic measurement systems, rotary
actuators, displays, signal converters and encoder interfaces.
See www.lika.it and www.bogen-electronic.com.

The deal closed October 1. Both companies employ approximately 140 people and have a turnover of EUR 17 million. The
Berlin site of Bogen's headquarters, from where it exports its
products worldwide, will operate under the name Bogen Magnetics GmbH. Both companies are prolific product developers,
applying their magnetic and optical expertise to come up with
new solutions for diverse applications.
Bogen's product line includes high-precision magnetic measuring solutions consisting of measuring heads and scales as
well as magnetic heads. Established about 60 years ago, it
employs a sophisticated production scheme which enables it to
economically produce small series of magnetic linear or rotary
scales with maximum accuracy, as well as large-run series
of products. Its core competencies include the development
and implementation of customized magnetic products and the
company is known widely for its magnetic heads for reading
and writing data.
In July, Bogen introduced its X-RMS rotational scales which
dramatically increase the reading distance on magnetic encoders. The product marks a technological breakthrough in
multipole magnetic encoding resulting in doubling the reading distance for any magnetic encoders, says the company.
Engineers and designers will benefit from much greater reading
distances than ever before even for the most elaborate patterns
since X-RMS scales provide them with much greater flexibility
in their product designs. Instead of a rare earth dipole for large
reading distances with low accuracy, it features multipole rings
with accuracy measured in arc seconds.

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