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Nook Industries Introduces Modular Actuator Calculator

July 29, 2015 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Nook Industries, a leading innovator of linear motion components and systems, has introduced an engineering calculator for modular actuators—one of the only of its kind in existence. The calculator works by simply choosing the desired product, entering its load definitions and allowing the tool to calculate the bearing stress and load to determine the bearing […]

Filed Under: Industry news, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: Calculations, Linear Actuator, Linear Actuators, nook industries

Nook Industries offers complete line of worm gear screw jacks

July 14, 2015 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Nook Industries Actionjac

Nook Industries, a leading innovator of linear motion components and systems, offers the ActionJac™ series worm gear screw jack product line. ActionJac models are ruggedly designed and produced in standard styles with load-handling capabilities from ¼ to 100 ton and can be used individually or in multiple arrangements. There are no specific travel lengths and each […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Ball + leadscrew driven, Industry news, Linear actuators (all), Linear drives (all) Tagged With: Ball Screw, ball screw jack, nook industries, screw jack

Ball screw lubricant from Nook Industries

June 26, 2015 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Ball Screw Lubrication

Nook Industries, a leading innovator of linear motion components and systems, offers E-900 ball screw lubricant for use on any of its ball screw products, such as ball screw assemblies, ActionJac ball screw jacks and ball splines. The E-900 lubrication provides a lasting film for wear protection and corrosion resistance. The lubrication system offers a wide […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Industry news, Linear drives (all) Tagged With: Ball Screw, lubrication, nook industries

Standard ball screws now available from Nook Industries

June 5, 2015 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Nook Industries, a leading innovator of linear motion components and systems, proudly offers a complete line of standard ball screw products. An upgrade from acme screws, ball screws provide advantages similar to those had by antifriction bearings over plain bushings. Ball screws serve a variety of applications, including machine tools, assembly devices and robots.Nook’s precision […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Industry news Tagged With: Ball Screw, ball screws, nook, nook industries

New line of metric ballscrews alternative to expensive ground-thread devices

May 19, 2015 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Cleveland-based Nook Industries now sells a complete line of precision metric ballscrew (PMBS) products. They’re an alternative to expensive ground-thread devices manufactured overseas. The ballscrews can move significant loads and masses with great precision, making them useful for aerospace to tool-making applications. Options include linear lead-accuracy classes of T10, T7, T5 and T3 that comply with ISO 3408-3 ballscrew standards. Preloaded and […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Linear drives (all) Tagged With: nook industries

Bevel-gear screw jack for variety of specifications, duty cycles

May 7, 2015 By Mike Santora Leave a Comment

Nook-Bevel-Gear-jack-screw

Nook Industries‘ line of bevel gear screw jack systems, under the ActionJac brand, is available in many configurations.  Available in machine and ball models, all bevel gear screw jacks offer load-handling capabilities from 12.3 kN to 117 kN. They may be used individually or in multiple arrangements, and because there are no standard travel lengths, […]

Filed Under: Industry news Tagged With: nook industries

Programmable actuators available with ball screws or Acme screws, and servo or stepper-drive systems.

April 28, 2015 By Mike Santora 1 Comment

Nook-industries-programmable-actuator

Nook Industries’ line of Series 500 programmable actuators are designed for continuous duty and long service life. The Series 500 uses a direct or toothed-belt drive for better mechanical efficiency, while also allowing quieter running performance. Ball screw-driven programmable actuators are available in parallel and in-line models with either a servo motor or stepper motor. […]

Filed Under: Ball + leadscrew driven Tagged With: nook industries

Nook Industries offers caged ball profiled rails for linear guidance

April 17, 2015 By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

Nook Caged Ball Rail

Nook Industries, a leading innovator of linear motion components and systems, introduces caged ball profile rails for linear guidance. Caged ball chains provide reduced friction and lower noise levels and prevent the bearings from making incidental contact. An industry leader for more than 40 years, Nook’s new line improves on more traditional designs with lubrication advantages, […]

Filed Under: Ball + roller guides, Industry news Tagged With: Linear Guides, nook industries

Miniature linear ball rails from Nook Industries for high-speed running capacity

April 16, 2015 By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

Nook Mini Ball Rail

Nook Industries, a leading innovator of linear motion components and systems, has launched a new miniature linear ball rail ideally suited for high-speed, belt-driven mechanisms and carrier designs as well as automation linkage between stations. Offered in three accuracy grades, Precision (P), High (H) and Normal (N), these miniature linear ball rails provide significant maintenance […]

Filed Under: Ball + roller guides, Industry news Tagged With: Linear Guides, nook industries

Nook Sensor System offers precision position control

August 10, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Nook Industries (www.nookindustries.com), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of linear motion control systems and components, has launched its latest patent-pending Nook Sensor System (NSS), which was designed to offer precision position control for translating screw jack systems. Specifically developed for the ActionJac, the NSS delivers a highly accurate repeatability of up to +0.004 inches […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: ActionJac, linear motion, nook industries, nook sensor system, nss

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