(Monee, IL) – Bimba Manufacturing announced the availability of Electric Ultran High Load slides, Bimba’s first standard electric models. The slides achieve a new level of performance with higher positioning accuracy, smoother operation, and facility for positioning control. With a footprint similar to the Bimba Ultran High Load pneumatic line, the products are perfect for […]
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From the IMTS Show Floor
At IMTS, the usual focus is on machines. A closer look, however, shows that “the guts” of the machine – the components – display considerable innovation. Here are a few highlights of the trends visible at IMTS. Vendors are introducing technology that helps eliminate components as well as the need for continuous operation. For example, […]
Precision Motion Systems Catalog
A 75-page catalog displays a range of linear and rotary positioning systems. The stages have low runout accuracies and use mechanical linear bearings. The catalog includes single-multi axis precision stages with resolutions to 5 nm and built-in motors and controllers. It also details available drive mechanisms, such as ball screw, linear motor, and Piezo motor. […]
From the IMTS Show floor
Manufacturing communications – Again Years ago General Motors spearheaded a move to create a common communication platform that would enable all manufacturing devices to send data among each other. The goal was to increase efficiency. That effort was the Manufacturing Automation Protocol or MAP. Because GM was the “big Gorilla” in industry, nearly all vendors […]
Bishop-Wisecarver Awarded Patent for Dualvee® Integral Guide Wheels
Pittsburg, CA – Today, Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation, manufacturer of the original DualVee® guide wheel and industry leader in guided motion technology, announced that it has been awarded a U.S. Patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for its technology developed in the latest addition to its DualVee product line, integral guide wheels. Available in carbon […]
PBC Linear Unveils Custom Products at IWF 2008
Rockford, IL – – PBC Linear has recently attended the International Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Supply Fair (IWF) in Atlanta, GA. Exhibiting our most exciting new products: Uni-guide, linear actuators, and Integral V™ Technology (IVT), PBC Linear was met with a great deal of enthusiasm as to what it can offer the woodworking industry. Showing […]
New Catalog from GAM
Mount Prospect, IL, USA – In-line gear reducers, right-angle gear reducers and linear mount products with varying degrees of precision are the focus of a new 72-page catalog from GAM. Eleven product lines are featured including four new lines – the SPL Series of shaft output in-line planetary gearboxes, the FP Series of shaftless in-line […]
From the IMTS Show floor
It’s about time If the old adage, “time is money” is still true, then vendors at IMTS will help you find and reduce “wasted” time. The focus is on fine tuning processes to eliminate wasted minutes that prevent productivity from increasing. Developers of cable management systems, such as Igus Inc., and Kabelschlepp, for example, have […]
Rexroth Releases New Linear Motion Resource Kit
Charlotte, NC – Bosch Rexroth’s new Linear Motion Resource Kit CD offers everything you need to know about linear motion technology in one convenient package. The resource kit features a comprehensive Linear Motion Technology Handbook, product animations, a complete collection of linear motion white papers and the most popular linear motion catalogs available from Rexroth. […]
NSK Named to Global 100 for Sustainability Activities
Franklin, Indiana – NSK Precision America proudly announces NSK’s selection as one of the 2008 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. The Global 100 is a list compiled and released annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. NSK is an industry leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR), with a comprehensive strategy […]
