There are a number of linear motion technologies availableto machine and device designers, each with advantages and disadvantages.Medical device design in particular, in which applications typically ...

Design engineers considering linear guides often struggle with which basic shape to choose: round or square. Square or profile rails once cost significantly more than round because the former need ...

The ability to mount and move equipment is essential to any modern manufacturing plant. Many factory and machine setups have doors, cages, containers, and panels that move to allow workers access to ...

Essentially, a guide wheel is a ball bearing that has a special shaped outer race. The inner and outer races of ball bearings are a framework with a groove for the balls to rest in. Burke explained ...

Dover Motion released a new open-frame XY scanning stage designed for transmissive imaging and life science instrumentation. The SmartStage Open Frame XY combines high-precision motion control with a ...