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Miniature linear guides are indispensable in myriad motion designs. They impart precision and performance to machine axes in everything from semiconductor manufacture and test and measurement installations to packaging setups and even large industrial machinery. Chieftek Precision USA and Chieftek Precision Co. Ltd. (cpc) offers miniature linear guides for these precision applications and builds the guides to satisfy the design objective of high value.
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Some motion applications need axes to deliver both linear and rotary motion. Conventional designs for such functionality are often complicated and bulky. What’s more, rotary motors put to linear motion often have output shafts that are inadequate for supporting heavy side loads.
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Bishop-Wisecarver understands the difficulties you may face when designing and building a machine. A properly selected product such as QuickTrak®, reduces design and installation costs by easily integrating into machine configurations and helping to eliminate or reduce manual processes resulting in time savings of approximately 50%.
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Today we are seeing a major shift from pneumatic linear actuators to electromechanical systems. This is because of high maintenance requirements of pneumatic and hydraulic systems which results in long machine downtimes and lost productivity. But can electrical linear systems truly fill in as a perfect solution and replace pneumatic systems?
This paper examines the idea of design simplicity as it relates to compressors and vacuum pumps comparing and contrasting conventional design (i.e., motor-driven and diaphragm) with the linear motor free piston system design.
When building a machine, OEMs and end-users are faced with the challenge of finding the highest possible precision technology, while meeting demanding price-performance ratios. Learn more about the challenges designers face and what types of linear encoder technology options should be considered across different environments in this free whitepaper.
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With advances in precision manufacturing and the advent of electronic preloading, the accuracy and performance of rack-and- pinion drives can match or exceed that offered by competing hardware – often with better durability, efficiency and economics. This paper outlines four key areas for comparing rack-and- pinion drives to linear motors and ball screws.
The primary function of a linear guide system is to enable an application payload to be easily moved in one linear direction (the linear guide system’s travel axis) while constraining motion in all other directions. Motion constraint is achieved through multiple points, lines, or planes of contact between a linear guide system’s mobile carriage guide elements and stationary track.
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While there’s a lot of focus on electronic controllers that can handle nano-level positioning or multi-axis synchronization, Rexroth explains how choices machine designers make in mechanical linear motion components are critical in achieving the best accuracy possible. Mechanical systems must be capable of taking full advantage of the instructions supplied by the motion controller. Considerations such as component sizing, linear guide and bearing design, ball screw and nut options and the system environment are all vital in obtaining the desired precision.
Not too long ago, the motion systems used in medical and lab automation equipment had technical requirements that were easy to satisfy. These lightly loaded applications generally required simple point-to-point moves with low to moderate positioning accuracy requirements.
However, medical motion systems have had to become more sophisticated in other respects to keep pace with unfolding trends and developments in the medical machine marketplace. For a more detailed examination of these trends and how linear guides have developed to meet them, download this white paper.
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