The carriages or slides utilized to provide highly accurate translational motion for determining machines or optical quality machine tools present unique challenges to design engineers. All decisions ...

Axis errors rob machine tools of the necessary accuracy for the jobs to be run. Luckily, though, two common position-measuring systems prevent this from happening. However, deciding which one should ...

The HepcoMotion HDS2 heavy-duty slide system offers capacities up to 68 kN. The system has three larger bearing sizes, including a 150-mm-diameter vee bearing and a 144-mm-diameter taper roller ...

How do bearings and slides contribute to productivity in today's motion-centric automation environment? Matt • igus: An important development in recent times has been the emergence of self-lubricating ...

Linear roller guides offer several performance benefits in high-static or high-dynamic load situations. When machine tools encounter high-static or dynamic loads, linear motion roller guides offer ...

In an unusual incident, a woman in the United States was shot in her backside after she took a loaded gun into an MRI (magnetic resonance imagining) machine during a doctor's visit back in June.