SKF® miniature slides deliver high carrying capacity, smooth motion, and precision guidance for linear motion applications requiring short strokes. Their compact dimensions ideally suit the smallest design eAnvelopes. Typical applications include a wide range of equipment and devices in the fiber optics, medical, pneumatics, semiconductor, microassembly, and electronics industries, among others. These miniature slides are […]
MISUMI offers an extensive line of linear ball bushings.
With varying shape, length, material and surface finish combinations MISUMI linear ball bushings feature a range of available types. Choose from either 52100 bearing steel or 440C stainless steel materials with Electroless Nickel Plating offered as an optional surface treatment for 52100 bearing steel. Furthermore, compatible spacers, stopper plates and mounting housings are offered to […]
Upgrade your motion system
Motion systems require upgrades for several reasons including obsolescence, cost, or technolog advancement. Such progress, however, is often accompanied by design and implementation challenges. How you handle these challenges will determine the success or failure of the change. Recent advancements in field programmable gate array technology enable digital servo amplifiers like the Danaher Motion S200 […]
New Micro Website From Thomson
(WOOD DALE, IL) – A new micro website from Thomson promises to help users linear guides go from making functional selections to specifying the optimal guide for their particular application. Visitors to www.linearguidance.danahermotion.com can take a linear aptitude test, review round vs. square technology and related case studies, get answers to questions in the FAQ […]
Bishop-wisecarver’s Dualvee® Integral Studded Guide Wheels
Pittsburg, CA – Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation, manufacturer of the original DualVee® guide wheel, announced the availability of custom stud lengths for its patent-pending integral studded wheels. Available in carbon steel or polymer versions, integral wheels feature a one piece design. Lower profile and larger diameter fasteners provide greater rigidity and increased mounting torque capability. Specified stud […]
Parker Releases Trilogy Linear Systems Catalog
Rohnert Park, CA, – Parker’s Electromechanical Automation Division announces the release of a new catalog featuring its Trilogy brand of linear motors and linear motor positioners. This 114-page, full-color guide covers a breadth of linear motor technologies, including ironless and ironcore linear motors, as well as industrial-grade and precision-grade linear motor positioners. Featured are the […]
Piezo Motor Drives from MicroMo Electronics, Inc.
Clearwater, Florida – MicroMo Electronics, Inc. announces the addition of a family of linear and rotary piezo motors to its product offering. The Piezo LEGS® and PiezoWAVE™ motor lines eliminate common problems and offer new possibilities. Interfacing piezo-electric material directly with the output drive allows backlash-free positioning down to nanometer or microradian resolution and eliminates […]
The Slipstream Series 1
The Slipstream Series 1, ready-to-run, compact linear stages, have a 0.2 mm/300 mm accuracy and 0.1 mm repeatability, and come in travel lengths to 6 m. They have T-slots on three slides for installation and accessories. Motor options include a NEMA 23 step, and a 100 or 200 W servo-motor with encoder. Motors can be […]
Baldor Listed in Fortune 1000
Baldor Electric Company has joined Fortune magazine’s elite “Fortune 1000”. The list is a compilation of the largest U.S. industrial corporations ranked by sales volume. Baldor’s 2007 sales of $1.8 billion placed Baldor in the 935th position. www.baldor.com ::Design World::
PILine® Miniature Piezo Linear Motor
P-653 PILine® OEM piezomotor slides are ideal for OEM applications where space is at a premium. These tiny linear positioners can be used to replace classical drive elements like miniaturized motor/spindle systems or other linear motors, which P-653 outclasses with its speed of up to 200 mm/s. PILine® piezo linear motors offer a number of […]
