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@Linear_Motion

Linear Motion Tips covers news + tech info on motion transfer components, actuators, guides, conveyors, drives, rail systems, bearings and linear motors.

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Bell-Everman to demonstrate gantry robots at Automate 2026 bit.ly/4ewu4P3
Bell-Everman to demonstrate gantry robots at Automate 2026

Bell-Everman to demonstrate gantry robots at Automate 2026

Bell-Everman will exhibit its motion control systems at Automate 2026, taking place June 22–25 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The company will be located

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Edmund Optics expands motorized stage portfolio bit.ly/4whDu9l
Edmund Optics expands motorized stage portfolio

Edmund Optics expands motorized stage portfolio

Edmund Optics has expanded its range of motorized stages, adding more configurable motion products for industrial and scientific applications. The

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Rollon adds roller guides to myRollon configurator bit.ly/3QhaU7k
Rollon adds roller guides to myRollon configurator

Rollon adds roller guides to myRollon configurator

Rollon has added its range of roller guides, including Compact Rail and X-Rail, to the myRollon configurator tool. The platform supports engineers and Updated platform includes improved navigation,...

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Festo expands ELGD rodless actuators for higher loads bit.ly/48TKMWv
Festo expands ELGD rodless actuators for higher loads

Festo expands ELGD rodless actuators for higher loads

As packaging, life science, and light assembly machines evolve, linear axes are being required to meet higher performance demands without increasing New models support longer strokes, under-machine...

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Algorithmic learning and occasional trauma on old weird computers bit.ly/4smqThR
Algorithmic learning and occasional trauma on old weird computers

Algorithmic learning and occasional trauma on old weird computers

Many Generation Xers from normal families were blessed with Ataris and Nintendo NESs, and maybe even Apple IIs or Commodore 64s if especially privileged,

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Thermal management in tubular linear motors bit.ly/4saEEjy
Thermal management in tubular linear motors

Thermal management in tubular linear motors

Certain approaches simplify the sizing, integration, and protecting of tubular linear motors destined for thermally constrained applications — and they

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Combining hydraulic and electric-motor strengths for presses bit.ly/4rtWopX
Combining hydraulic and electric-motor strengths for presses

Combining hydraulic and electric-motor strengths for presses

Press equipment in the machine-tool industry often employs hydraulic systems for their ability to deliver high force … yet fluid leaks, energy

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NB STUDROLLER system targets cage creep in bearings bit.ly/4cpMqBT
NB STUDROLLER system targets cage creep in bearings

NB STUDROLLER system targets cage creep in bearings

Powered by NB’s STUDROLLER system, the design uses an anti-cage creep mechanism to help maintain consistent retainer performance in cross roller bearings. Design boosts effective rollers up to 53%...

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THK introduces GL-N compact linear actuators for tight spaces bit.ly/3M9y5it
THK introduces GL-N compact linear actuators for tight spaces

THK introduces GL-N compact linear actuators for tight spaces

THK’s GL-N actuators are compact linear actuators intended for space-limited automation, positioning, and inspection applications. The series integrates GL-N-BS adds a QZ lubricator for the ball...

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Bogen adds IKS9 and IKS15 magnetic sensors for linear motors bit.ly/4bT5jgo
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Gear and motor choices for linear actuators bit.ly/4ss43qo
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Linear encoders give it straight bit.ly/4bd6ZAR
Linear encoders give it straight

Linear encoders give it straight

Linear encoders are often essential. Even where they’re not, benefits they offer can justify the additional cost they incur. Linear encoders bypass the

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How some sensors use giant magnetoresistance bit.ly/4bjgj6a
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Sticking with plain bearing guides for newbies — here's a classic install on a small gluing machine ...
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OES launches dual-axis goniometer and rotary stage series bit.ly/3MK2tzJ
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Plain bearing linear guides (which use sliding instead of rolling contact for linear motion) can have boxway, dovetail, or shaft-and-bushing geometery.
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Behold the screw drives on this 3D printer's vertical axes and the belt drive on the horizontal ... giving assist on the horizontal are linear guides in the form of bushing plain bearings. Think there's no advanced engineering in these round shafts? Think again.
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Maximizing cobot ROI through seventh-axis-enabled collaboration dlvr.it/TDf108
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High-accuracy position sensors unaffected by magnetic fields dlvr.it/TDdTz1
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Omega Drive technology outputs linear or rotational motion dlvr.it/TDS0zB
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