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Tips for Selecting an Industrial-Strength Telescoping Linear Motion Guide
Industrial applications that require telescoping motion often have operating conditions that can compromise ordinary telescoping guides. Whether it’s continuous use, heavy loads or harsh environments, telescoping linear guides for industrial uses have to exhibit durability and reliability. That begins with heavy duty construction and finishes that can withstand the elements. As you choose a telescoping guide for industrial applications, remember these criteria to be sure you get the reliable motion that the job requires.
Take The Burden Out of Managing Misalignment in Linear Motion Systems
No one wants a linear bearing to fail prematurely. While many factors can threaten a bearing’s expected life, designers of industrial machines must especially guard against alignment errors between the bearing rails and moving elements. Not only is misalignment one of the most common causes of bearing failure, it is also among the most costly and complex factors to address. But in many cases, it doesn’t have to be such a burden.
Telescopic and Linear Guides Have a Home In Specialty Architectural, Decorating Applications
Rollon linear and telescopic rails provide high-quality motion in many types of buildings and furniture. Inside the home, for instance, they provide smooth, precise motion for sliding kitchen countertops, wardrobe sliding units, bed slides or rotation systems, and shower door slides. The rails can be fitted to make home accents like aquariums or even a fireplace slide inside and outside a wall. Outdoors, these rugged devices stand up to harsh environmental conditions.
Selecting an Accurate Telescopic Linear Motion System That Lasts
Designers sometimes try to cantilever a load in order to use a standard linear rail in unsupported areas. This approach may achieve a long load extension, but it comes at a price: bearing wear and overloading, especially when working with significant loads and cycles.
How to Select Pneumatic Or Rodless Electric Actuators
For some automation applications, it can be difficult to decide if a pneumatic or electric motor-driven actuator is best. Obviously, cost can be a big factor when choosing between the two, with pneumatic actuators typically costing less. So why should you pay more for an electric rodless actuator? The answer boils down to higher levels of stiffness, as well as dynamic speed and motor control.
Linear Guides Overcome High-Load Challenge In Security Gates
One specialty of Youngblood Automation, a Michigan-based provider of industrial automation components, is building aluminum extrusion machine guarding and sliding guard fences. Although the specific application requirements vary—from small 10-pound sliding doors to larger 150-pound security gates—the cantilevered setup requires robust linear bearings that can handle very high moment loads.
New Case Study: Laser-Etching Machine Finds Solution In Compact Rail
For over thirty years, CMS Laser has provided laser drilling, cutting and welding capabilities for a range of applications. When one of its customers reported contamination-induced linear bearing failure in its laser-etching machines, CMS Laser needed to find a new linear system that could handle high loads and operate reliably in a contamination-prone environment.
Rollon’s Gantry Robot Boosts Tire Bead Production
In a recent application, a Rollon gantry robot was used in a pick and-place system that transports finished tire beads to automated carts at the end of a production line. Bartell Machinery Systems, a global manufacturer serving the tire and rubber industry, needed a custom gantry robot to automate this part of the process because the machine’s cycle time was roughly four cycles per minute––too fast for shop floor workers to keep up with.
White Paper Explores Hardness Solutions In Linear Motion Rails
When it comes to linear motion rails, a high hardness value is critical. Unfortunately, some rail manufacturing processes don’t impart sufficient hardness to the rails. If hardness doesn’t extend to a sufficient depth, the component won’t be able to withstand heavy loads, resulting in time-consuming and costly downtime.
New White Paper Explores Adding A Seventh Axis To Your Six-Axis Robot System
Many automated tasks across the automotive, electronics and consumer goods industries are accomplished by sophisticated, six-axis articulated arm robots designed to perform highly precise operations. But if you need to move these robots into position, it makes sense to add a seventh axis––a linear shuttle system that moves the robot to different stations to extend its operating area.
How To Protect Your Actuator From Contamination
Contamination can be tough on your linear actuators. Airborne contaminants can work their way into crevices, causing premature wear and shortening your actuator’s life. Some solutions, like polyurethane seal strips, boast 100 percent protection from particulates as small as 10 microns in diameter. But in harsher environments, dust and debris can still find their way in.
Light Rails That Can Stand Up To Heavy Loads
When it comes to linear guides, we’re beginning to see a shift towards lighter rails––not in terms of load capacity, but in terms of the weight of the material. Although this shift translates to significant cost savings, the rails must still be able to handle heavy loads, an engineering balancing act that has made its way into the aerospace, railway and packaging industries.