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Nook Industries sells family business to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

January 3, 2022 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Nook Industries, a leader in US engineered linear motion products and solutions, announced today that it has sold the family-owned business to Braintree, Massachusetts-based Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (Nasdaq: AIMC), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of motion control, power transmission and automation products. The Nook business, which will be integrated into Altra’s Thomson operating […]

Filed Under: Linear bearings, Slides + guides (all) Tagged With: nook

Online app has guides and calculators for selecting jacks, cylinders and bearings

January 21, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Nook Industries, a leading innovator of linear motion components and systems, now offers a DesignGuidePro application, which lets engineers and designers quickly find the appropriate worm gear jack, bevel gear jack, electric cylinder and bearing products for their application. The application makes for easy navigation when searching for design considerations for worm jacks, bevel jacks, electrical cylinders […]

Filed Under: Featured, Linear actuators (all), Linear drives (all), Software Tagged With: nook

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

Caged ball profile rails for linear guidance

May 28, 2015 By Mike Santora Leave a Comment

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Nook Industries introduces a caged ball profile rail for linear guidance. Caged ball chains provide reduced friction, lower noise levels and prevent the bearings from making incidental contact. Nook’s new line improves on more traditional designs with lubrication advantages, a reinforcement plate and an overall dustproof design. The lubrication design adds no additional length to the […]

Filed Under: Ball + roller guides Tagged With: nook

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