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Thomson Industries

Enhanced Thomson website offers rich library of mechanical motion products

January 19, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Thomson Industries, a leading manufacturer of mechanical motion control solutions, has launched a new, multilingual website that improves access to its extensive library of mechanical motion product and application solutions. The new Thomson website has a smart, modern design which is responsive to differing mobile, tablet and PC screen sizes. It saves user’s time with […]

Filed Under: Industry news, Linear actuators (all), Linear drives (all) Tagged With: Thomson Industries

Top ballscrew trends: More capacity and miniaturization

March 2, 2015 By Lisa Eitel 1 Comment

NB High-speed-ball-screw

Ballscrews are a mainstay in motion applications, partly because their performance is so predictable, and they’re relatively easy to design into machinery. Over the last few years, advances in manufacturing and materials have improved ballscrew performance so OEMs today can get better linear motion with them at lower cost. For starters, the latest generation of […]

Filed Under: Applications, Ball + leadscrew driven, Linear drives (all) Tagged With: NB Corp. of America, Thomson Industries, Yamaha Robotics

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