Essentially, a guide wheel is a ball bearing that has a special shaped outer race. The inner and outer races of ball bearings are a framework with a groove for the balls to rest in. Burke explained ...

Low-friction, high-stiffness ball guides support on one rail (top) or two (bottom). The trade-offs for this performance are higher cost and more noise. The shortest path between two points is a ...

Cleanrooms play an essential role in contamination-sensitive applications such as semiconductor fabrication, pharmaceuticals, optics, medical devices/life sciences, and many more. Cleanrooms control ...

Design engineers that want to ensure their high-precision linear motion systems are made to last can get a video lesson from Thomson Industries. The company, which supplies mechanical motion solutions ...

Brian Burke of Bishop-Wisecarver explains why guide wheels are often used as a component of linear motion systems in automated machinery and why they're considered critical to the dependability of ...

A new range of hydrostatic linear guides has been developed that combines excellent damping characteristics with the compact dimensions of a profiled rail linear guide. Following extensive research ...

Latest Festo ELGD models increase load capacity, stiffness, and configuration options for OEM linear motion systems.