Sensing the Position of Loading Ramp
Product: Position Transducer LWG
The London Eye was erected on the South Bank of the Thames to mark the new Millennium. One of the design criterions was that it had to be accessible by everybody. This includes the disabled. In order to enable people in wheelchairs to enjoy a ride, access is made by means of loading ramps. The positions of the loading ramps need to be accurately measured.

Novotechnik’s LWG transducers are fixed to the loading ramps and measure their positions. This information is one of the inputs to a closed loop servo system that adjusts the ramp position in order to compensate for expansion and contraction of the wheel. As the wheel is 135 meters in diameter and fabricated from steel the movement is quite significant.

Linear Rod Type Position Sensors
Novotechnik linear rod type position sensors are available in stroke lengths from 10 to 900 mm. They have high tolerance to adverse environmental conditions and provide long operating life, with various features, to meet the requirements of most any position sensor application.

Novotechnik U.S., Inc.
A leading linear and rotary position sensor manufacturer
Novotechnik develops and produces a wide variety of rotary sensors and linear transducers of contacting and non-contacting technologies. 

These are used in a wide range of motion control applications in automotive, renewable energy, machine engineering, plastics, hydraulic, pneumatic, and medical equipment industries.  

Novotechnik introduced the potentiometer to the machine controls industry in the 1950s.  . Since then, the company has developed rotary and linear position sensing technologies that set the standard with outstanding linearity and reliability over an extended operating life.

Today, Novotechnik has developed new technologies that raise the standards, bringing a new level of linearity and reliability to non-contacting applications. These technologies include NOVOSTRICTIVE® magnetostrictive technology, INDRES® inductive-resistive technology, and Vert-X® Hall technology.

An international company, Novotechnik’s US operations are headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts while the Mobile Division is located in Livonia, Michigan. Novotechnik and it's sister company Contelec are both divisions of the Siedle Group.

Novotechnik is one of the first companies certified to Quality System ISO/TS-16949, and is also certified to ISO 9001.