Linear motion
Linear motor Lowdown
To fully appreciate the chief advantages of linear motors, it is helpful to compare them to ballscrews, another high-precision rotary-to-linear transmission...
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Linear motor Lowdown
To fully appreciate the chief advantages of linear motors, it is helpful to compare them to ballscrews, another high-precision rotary-to-linear transmission...
Cylinders with Air Bearings
Engineering StaffAirpot Corp.Norwalk Conn. Air bearings are motion components that are commonly integrated into linear actuation systems to reduce friction....
Linear drive systems enabling precision parts production
From aerospace to machine tooling, glass cutting, medical and more, manufacturing processes depend on reliable motion control. Delivering the speed and...
Testing tiny wafers demands miniature moves
In recent years, semiconductor labs have become billion-dollar enterprises. Accuracy in the automated testing of the wafers they produce is particularly...
Going rugged for slides
Many motion designs include straight sections that are traversed by linear components. One common element here is the slide or linear guide an unpowered...
Demystifying linear motor integration
Linear motion is central to many moving machines, and the direct-drive nature of linear motors can simplify overall machine design in these applications....
Linear actuators support weapons elevator
Among the most vital material handling systems in use today are those that handle weaponry for the armed forces. Case in point: In Cincinnati, Ohio, Federal...
Bag grippers for palletizing use linear slides
With years of experience in the declining automotive marketplace, SAS Automation in Xenia, Ohio, recently ventured into the consumer-products palletizing...
Hydrostatic linear guiding for standard design spaces
Throughout the machine tool industry, hydrostatic linear guides are considered the best technical solution for vibration damping at the point of system...
The sliding alternative
Steel ball bearings are quite common, but plastic linear bearings and guides are increasingly tough so their use is on the rise. Instead of riding on...
Straight talk on linear motion
Accuracy Accuracy has two aspects. First is the accuracy of the actuator itself, determined by the moving element and its ability to travel in an ideal...
Bearing breakdown
Disaster story Where loss of machine function may cause serious injury or even death, failure is simply not an option. Such is the case with high payload...
