{"id":8571,"date":"2026-03-20T07:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/product\/aura-series-scale\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:15:11","slug":"aura-series-scale","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/product\/aura-series-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Aura\u00ae Series Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"hero alignfull hero--wide hero--medium has-overlay has-overlay-dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hero__image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/featured-banner.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2560\" class=\"attachment-design-max size-design-max\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/featured-banner.jpg?resize=320%2C107&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 320w, https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/featured-banner.jpg?resize=400%2C133&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/featured-banner.jpg?resize=840%2C280&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 840w, https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/featured-banner.jpg?resize=1200%2C400&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/featured-banner.jpg?resize=1680%2C560&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 1680w, https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/featured-banner.jpg?resize=1920%2C640&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n<div class=\"hero__content hero__content--vertical-align-middle\" style=\"--one-novanta-hero-pre-heading-acent-line-color: #4bb295\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__content-wrap has-medium-font-size has-heading-font-family\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero__pre-heading shiny-text\">\n\t\t\t\tOptical Encoders\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__heading line-expanding has-display-font-size\">\n\t\t\tAura\u00ae Series Scale\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull has-secondary-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-one-novanta-section-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"one-novanta-single-product-all-features\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-one-novanta-section-content alignwide\">\n<rt-tabs class=\"novanta-tabs-wrapper\" current-tab=\"tab-overview-features-1\" >\n\n\t<rt-tabs-nav class=\"novanta-tabs-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rt-tabs-nav-item class=\"novanta-tabs-nav__item has-medium-font-size\"  active=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"has-foreground-color\" href=\"#tab-overview-features-1\">Overview &amp; 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