Greetings

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>.If it's not centred properly you will get linearity errors in the
> movement you want to control.

You certainly do

> On the plotter this problem  is solved in software. After replacing the
> encoder a calibration routine prints thin lines and the plotter scans
> back these lines and obviously calculates the date need to linearise the
> encoder readout in software.

That sounds difficult if the only motion system you have is the "faulty" 
one - the ultimate "bootstrap". Of course Joseph Whitworth refined his early 
leadscrews by measuring errors and compensating when cutting the next one 
but an independent measuring technique was needed.

John Prentice 


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