Sick | Stegmann Gmbh

Florian Grieshaber

Josef Siraky

A length measurement apparatus () has a bistable magnetic element (), an elongated physical scale () with a plurality of measurement graduation elements () spaced apart from one another and a reading head () movable relative to the physical scale () in its longitudinal extent and which includes a first and second reading head magnet () arranged transverse to the longitudinal extent and with opposite polarity to one another. The measurement graduation elements () each have a magnetic short-circuit element () to suppress the magnetic field () of the first reading head magnet () in a first relative position of the reading head () and the magnetic field () of the second reading head magnet () in a second relative position of the reading head ().

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Schönwald, Germany

Florian Grieshaber