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ACE has further developed the small shock absorbers from its Protection series. The PMCN family, specially designed for use under difficult production conditions, is now available with protective caps made of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).
read more...Design of gas struts. Gas struts have to meet complex requirement profiles. Modern gas spring systems from Suspa are designed from the ground up to be precisely tailored to individual performance characteristics.
read more...To ensure that complete replacement spindles or individually stored sets of wear parts are always ready for use, they must be stored correctly and regularly checked and maintained. Weiss offers this service and ensures that customer spindles are ready for delivery within a few hours.
read more...Parallel kinematic hexapods position in six degrees of freedom and work more precisely than is possible with serial, stacked systems. However, installation space in automation systems is usually limited.
read more...Plastic ball bearing vs. metal bearing
Igus has tested Xiros flanged ball bearings and metal bearings in salt water in its test laboratory. Thanks to the use of lubrication-free and maintenance-free tribo-plastics, the Xiros bearing was able to impress in the test.
read more...Shock absorption and speed regulation
With around two million visitors, the State Garden Show in Schwäbisch Gmünd set a new record in 2014. Some of its attractions have remained, including a functional sculpture. It consists of a tree handsaw and a circular saw and is designed as play equipment. Various machine elements from ACE are installed to prevent accidents.
read more...Rodriguez offers the right linear technology for almost any motion task: In addition to fully machined guide shafts including accessories, the range also includes recirculating ball bearing guides and ball and trapezoidal screw drives, for example.
read more...Thin section bearings and linear technology as well as customer-specific system solutions (value-added products) based on these components will be the focus of Rodriguez's presence at the trade fair.
read more...A pre-assembled e-chain system from Igus provides a fail-safe energy supply at the Memorial Bridge in New Hampshire. A video shows how the readychains support the vertical lifting mechanism.
read more...In order to implement customer-specific system solutions for process automation economically, ANT Antriebstechnik relies on close cooperation with selected specialist companies from the fields of electrical engineering, control technology and switch cabinet construction.
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