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Four-point bearings in tool changers
Machining centers must be able to access up to 60 different tools and change them within a few seconds. Schmid Maschinen installs special four-point bearings from Rodriguez in its tool changers.
read more...A British soft drinks manufacturer experienced premature bearing failures on an automatic bottle labeling system. By switching to NSK deep groove ball bearings with non-contact seals and lifetime lubrication, the service life of the bearings was increased by a factor of 52.
read more...Wear on the spindle in ball screws can be continuously monitored and evaluated using an intelligent system from the KIT.
read more...Ball transfer units and tolerance sleeves
The range of ball transfer units and tolerance sleeves will be on display at Dr. Tretter. The ball transfer unit consists of the ball and a large number of small supporting balls. A hardened support shell serves as the raceway.
read more...Polymer plain bearing technology
Two brothers want to drive across Alaska in an amphibious vehicle they built themselves. To enable "Urmel" to drive over hill and dale, ice and snow, lightweight and wear-resistant bearings were needed. The young inventors rely on lubricant-free Iglidur Tribo polymers.
read more...A ball screw or trapezoidal screw is usually connected to the drive journal via a flexible coupling. This allows center misalignment or misalignment errors to be compensated and vibrations and shocks in the drive train to be minimized. Dr. Tretter now offers compact shaft couplings for this purpose.
read more...Since the construction of a new production hall at its headquarters in Waiblingen, Swabia, and the expansion of the company's own machinery, LTK Lineartechnik Korb has built up its own spindle technology center.
read more...At this year's Formula Student, the lightweight construction of the vehicle was one of the criteria. Several students opted for the lightweight, lubricant-free and maintenance-free plain bearing technology from Igus.
read more...New pitches for ball screws from Bosch Rexroth open up more possibilities for optimizing the drivetrain.
read more...Dr. Tretter's ball screw drives convert the rotation of a motor into linear motion with a high degree of efficiency. The economical components can be seen at the all about automation trade fair in Leipzig.
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