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Special Vehicles Demand Careful Mechanical Component Selection
When vehicles are built to serve a distinct purpose, there’s an excellent chance that they’ll be outfitted with special components to perform some type of linear motion. Because specialty vehicles are typically used for unconventional tasks, they have to perform...
Tips for Selecting an Industrial-Strength Telescoping Linear Motion Guide
Industrial applications that require telescoping motion often have operating conditions that can compromise ordinary telescoping guides. Whether it’s continuous use, heavy loads or harsh environments, telescoping linear guides for industrial uses have to exhibit durability and reliability. That begins with...
Take The Burden Out of Managing Misalignment in Linear Motion Systems
No one wants a linear bearing to fail prematurely. While many factors can threaten a bearing’s expected life, designers of industrial machines must especially guard against alignment errors between the bearing rails and moving elements. Not only is misalignment one...
Telescopic and Linear Guides Have a Home In Specialty Architectural, Decorating Applications
Rollon linear and telescopic rails provide high-quality motion in many types of buildings and furniture. Inside the home, for instance, they provide smooth, precise motion for sliding kitchen countertops, wardrobe sliding units, bed slides or rotation systems, and shower door...
Selecting an Accurate Telescopic Linear Motion System That Lasts
Designers sometimes try to cantilever a load in order to use a standard linear rail in unsupported areas. This approach may achieve a long load extension, but it comes at a price: bearing wear and overloading, especially when working with...
How to Select Pneumatic Or Rodless Electric Actuators
For some automation applications, it can be difficult to decide if a pneumatic or electric motor-driven actuator is best. Obviously, cost can be a big factor when choosing between the two, with pneumatic actuators typically costing less. So why should...
Rollon’s Gantry Robot Boosts Tire Bead Production
In a recent application, a Rollon gantry robot was used in a pick and-place system that transports finished tire beads to automated carts at the end of a production line. Bartell Machinery Systems, a global manufacturer serving the tire and...
Light Rails That Can Stand Up To Heavy Loads
When it comes to linear guides, we’re beginning to see a shift towards lighter rails––not in terms of load capacity, but in terms of the weight of the material. Although this shift translates to significant cost savings, the rails must...
Reduce Engineering Difficulties With Cartesian Robot Systems
Even if you start with a basic setup, gantry systems often require more than 100 hours of engineering activity, including specifying dozens of parts across many vendors. With countless failure points and a multitude of suppliers, it’s hard to know...
Actuator Requirements For 7th Axis Robotics
Adding a seventh axis to your six-axis robotic system can be beneficial in a number of ways. Your work envelope is expanded, allowing the use of smaller, less-expensive robots. Parts can also be transferred to multiple workstations at greater distances,...
Playbook: Linear Bearing Applications
In many industrial applications, linear bearings can fail prematurely due to misalignment of the bearing rails and moving elements, inadequate lubrication of the bearing’s unsealed components or contamination of the bearing rails and raceways. Rollon has developed an alternative bearing...
Playbook: Avoiding Linear Bearing Failure
When linear bearing systems fail prematurely, the reason almost always involves an overlooked application error. These errors fall into just five different categories and when left unchecked, can reduce the life of a bearing by 50 percent or more: Misalignment...