Michigan Scientific End of Shaft Slip Rings are designed to mount directly onto the end of a rotating shaft to make electrical connections to sensors in wheel, gearbox, engine, compressor, and many other applications to transmit strain, acceleration, and temperature measurements.
Features
- Low electrical noise level
- Reliable – no cleaning or routine maintenance
- Rugged housing
- Permanently lubricated bearings
- Wire termination to color coded solder terminals and/or quick disconnect circular connectors
- Vibration resistant
- 500 mA current capacity
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Rated to 12,000 RPM
1.625” diameter rotor flange
Sealed against dust

Rated to 12,000 RPM
Short length for applications with limited space
Sealed against dust
1.625” diameter rotor flange

Weatherproof models require sealants and / or accessories.
2” and 2.5” diameter rotor flanges

Optical encoder for measuring average RPM
60 pulses / revolution standard
Single channel
Encoder pulse location accuracy 0.5°
2” and 2.5” diameter rotor flanges

Completely weatherproof
2” and 2.5” diameter rotor flanges
Rotation sensor, options:
(E) optical encoder, quadrature outputs (50, 100, 256, 360 or 512 ppr) & index pulse. Encoder pulse location accuracy 0.25°.
(R) resolver, which is an absolute analog position sensor.
(T) tachometer, optical encoder explained in (E) and instantaneous analog velocity and angular position outputs, which are easy to record.

4000 RPM max speed
Instrumentation quality rings and brushes
Rugged stainless steel construction
Permanently lubricated bearings
Sealed against dust

Rated to 2,000 RPM with weatherproof seal and 4,000 without weatherproof seal
0.75" diameter rotor and stator
