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PBC Linear and Moons’ to make linear actuators and systems

★ By Lisa Eitel 1 Comment

Lisa-Eitel-Design-WorldPBC Linear of Pacific Bearing Co. is a linear-motion and bearings manufacturer in Roscoe, Illinois, perhaps best known for its self-lubricating bearings. At the recent CIIF Show in Shanghai, China, PBC Linear and Moons’ Industries — the fourth largest stepper motor manufacturer in the world — announced a joint venture to make integrated mechatronic designs for linear-motion applications.

The two manufacturers hope to leverage complementary expertise in designing and making precision linear rails, bearing types, and drives … as well as experience in producing stepper and smart stepper motors, control solutions, and parts for network connectivity. That will give the industry a new option for integrated linear actuators.

But to find out how the joint venture between PBC Linear and Moons’ Industries will affect design engineers, I chatted with John Good of PBC Linear about the venture.

Listen to the brief interview here:

http://www.linearmotiontips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/PBC-Linear-Moons-venture-podcast.mp3

So in fact, the partnership’s main purpose is to form a global, simplified approach to integrated mechatronics for single-axis robot modules and multi-axis systems.

PBC-Linear-Moons-actuator-component-map

The combination of technical disciplines should also consolidate the number of vendors that engineers need to use for sourcing linear actuators and other mechatronic designs.

PBC-Linear-Design-World-Leadership-podcastWant more?

⇦ Listen to the archived Design World podcast in which Miles Budimir, Motion Control Editor, speaks with John Good of PBC Linear about their Leaders in Engineering for Motion Control award.

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Filed Under: Linear actuators (all), Linear drives (all) Tagged With: Moons' Industries, PBC Linear

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