What is pan rotation on a monitor arm?

Pan rotation (also called swivel) is the left-right horizontal rotation of the monitor arm head, allowing the monitor to pivot to face different angles without moving the arm itself. A good monitor arm provides 360° pan rotation at the monitor head, allowing the screen to face directly left, right, forward, or any angle in between. This is useful for turning the monitor to share content with a colleague sitting beside the desk, or for rotating from landscape to portrait orientation. Pan rotation is different from arm swivel (the lateral movement of the arm from its mount point). OfficeFurniture2go.com's monitor arms include full-range pan rotation — call 1-800-460-0858.