Essentially, a guide wheel is a ball bearing that has a special shaped outer race. The inner and outer races of ball bearings are a framework with a groove for the balls to rest in. Burke explained ...

Profiled rails offer high accuracy and load capacity but require precise installation and support along their full length, making them suitable for demanding ...

The 2013 Linear Motion Catalog and Design Guide contains new product sections, including Idea encoder-ready stepper motor controllers, BGS linear rail systems, and a linear-rail application checklist.

Design engineers that want to ensure their high-precision linear motion systems are made to last can get a video lesson from Thomson Industries. The company, which supplies mechanical motion solutions ...

Packaging, material handling, semiconductor fabrication, automotive assembly, linear motion, three-axis Cartesian robotics systems, LOSTPED, linear module, Bosch Rexroth Linear Motion and Assembly ...

The new Allen-Bradley LDAT-SeriesTM Integrated Linear Thruster from Rockwell Automation is the first commercially available moving magnet iron core linear motor actuator with a built-in linear guide ...