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Bishop-Wisecarver Promotes National Sales Manager Bishop-Wisecarver Promotes National Sales Manager

Pittsburg, CA - Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation announced that National Sales Manager Michael McVeigh has been promoted to Vice President of Sales. He will have the primary responsibility of overseeing the entire sales channel for Bishop-Wisecarver, and manage all global efforts both domestically and internationally. “I have had the pleasure... [Read more]

PBC Linear’s Uni-Guide Design Helps Team Win FRC Innovation Award PBC Linear’s Uni-Guide Design Helps Team Win FRC Innovation Award

The FRC (First Robotic Competition) is put on through FIRST and used to provide hands-on design/mechanical physics and engineering experience to high school students—along with valuable teamwork building and project management skills. This year, Team 2641 (a.k.a. the Vikings) of Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School decided to implement PBC... [Read more]

Linear Motion Slide Solution from Accuride Linear Motion Slide Solution from Accuride

Accuride announces the launch of Model 115, a linear motion ball bearing slide that provides captive travel within the length of the outer member. Model 115 may be side, flat, or vertically mounted. When mounted vertically, it may be used as a guide in non load-bearing applications. This product provides a low-cost solution for component guidance,... [Read more]

Guide to Motion Solutions for Packaging Applications Guide to Motion Solutions for Packaging Applications

WOOD DALE, IL –Thomson has available a new Guide to Motion Solutions for Packaging Applications that offers information on how to leverage motion technology to design and build optimized packaging and related material handling machines. Specific examples with detailed 3D application renderings include pick-and-place/palletizing, label printing/scanning,... [Read more]

Bimba Introduces New Movable Housing Linear Slide Bimba Introduces New Movable Housing Linear Slide

Monee, IL—Bimba Manufacturing introduces the newest addition to their linear slide product offering, the Movable Housing Linear Thruster. The Movable Housing Linear Slide is available in bore sizes 9/16” through 3”, spanning 7 different bore sizes and five guide shaft diameters. In addition, the Movable Housing Linear Slide is available with ball... [Read more]

Del-Tron Crossed Roller Tables Del-Tron Crossed Roller Tables

Del-Tron’s aluminum and steel crossed roller tables are the perfect choice for applications requiring high accuracy and exceptional load carrying capabilities. Accuracies range from 0.0001” per inch of travel straight line accuracy on our aluminum tables to 0.00008” of parallelism on our steel crossed roller tables and are capable of carrying... [Read more]

Thomson Opens New Northeast Machining Center Thomson Opens New Northeast Machining Center

WOOD DALE, IL –Thomson has opened the new Northeast Machining Center for rapid delivery of genuine Thomson 60 Case™ Shafting. Located in Long Island, New York, the 10,000 sq. ft. Northeast Machining Center promises same and next day shipment of the highest quality stainless or carbon steel shafting available in the industry, in quantities up to... [Read more]

Miniature Piezomotor Linear Slide Miniature Piezomotor Linear Slide

Auburn, MA – Physik Instrumente’s (PI) patented P-653 piezomotor linear slide is significantly smaller than other miniature linear stages and provides significantly higher velocities and resolution. It features a travel range of 2mm with force generation to 0.15N and comes pre-assembled and mounted on a PC board and is only 8mm long. This true... [Read more]

Heavy-Duty Slide 2 Carries Heavy-Cantilevered Loads with Ease Heavy-Duty Slide 2 Carries Heavy-Cantilevered Loads with Ease

New Hyde Park, NY – Techno, Inc. Linear Motion Systems introduces the newly improved Heavy-Duty Slide 2, constructed from a single rigid aluminum extrusion profile and capable of handling heavy-cantilevered loads. The 225mm wide, modular design is available in travels from 122mm (4.8in.) to 2722mm (107.2in.) with a new wraparound motor mounting kit... [Read more]

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