The term linear guide covers several categories of products, from plain bearings to ball bushings and recirculating roller bearings. To compound the potential for confusion, many terms are used interchangeably, or are so generic (take linear guide for example) that they could refer to any one of several different products. And this doesn’t apply to just […]
How do self-aligning linear bushings work?
Linear bushings, also known as ball bushings, are linear bearings that ride on a hardened, round shaft to provide linear guidance with low friction. The first linear bushing designs were patented in 1945 and became commercially available in the 1950’s. Until the introduction of profiled rail linear guides in the 1970’s, linear bushings served as the […]
