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Slide guides, also known as linear guides, are precise, linear bearings that use rolling elements, either balls or rollers, moving along two raceways to reduce friction and stick-slip to provide ...

Chieftek Precision USA supplies linear stages and motors, linear encoders, servo drives, direct-drive rotary tables, and linear guides to the medical device and laboratory industries. Of course, the ...

Telescopic sliding systems are one of those quietly brilliant engineering solutions that often go unnoticed and unappreciated ...

AutomationDirect has added seven new sizes of PBC linear guide tracks with slides in lengths up to 2000mm. The guide tracks are ceramic-coated 6061-T6 aluminum, paired with a self-lubricating slide.

We asked several people familiar with linear slides and actuators how to keep machine productivity up. Here they explain the most important things to consider to make sure those components are not the ...

New acoustic sensors from THK GmbH, Ratingen, Germany, promise to diagnose damage to linear guides and ballscrews without having to dismantle machine tools. In addition, the Acoustic Emission (AE) ...

Entry-level drylin Econ series for simple adjustment and positioning tasks reduces costs by around 80%. Linear systems used for simple adjustment and positioning tasks, such as adjustable retail ...