Air-powered motion systems combine economy, speed, and cleanliness. Linear-motion devices abound in automated assembly equipment such as robots, conveyors, and pick-and-place systems. Applications ...

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 ...

Engineers and manufacturers are increasingly turning to robots for increased productivity, and key to these engineering marvels are linear guides. Martin Ahner, head of norelem ACADEMY, discusses the ...

The rise of cost-effective CNC platforms like 3D printers, routers, and laser cutters has gone hand in hand with the availability of affordable and accurate linear rails and extrusions. However, they ...

Linear rails form necessary parts of machines and industrial apparatus. Especially those that are fundamental due to offering superior precision and smoothness of movement in machines and systems.

Some of the very largest – and coolest – CNC machines use supported linear rail for their movement axes. For any home tinkerer trying to reproduce these supported rails, the problem of cost comes up ...