‘Ball Screw’
A Manufacturingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Flexicon bulk conveyor fits through tight spaces from
Flexicon Europe, which we summarised at the time by saying "Flexicon has introduced a bulk conveyor with tilt-down portable base to fit through tight spaces and provide easy access for removal of the flexible screw. ".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Schaeffler bearings help reduce vehicle emissions from
Schaeffler: "The Schaeffler Group has developed rolling bearings for tractors and graders that are said to enable greater drive train efficiency, providing reduced fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. ".
In August 2010, we covered the news from TSM Control Systems
- take a look at TSM provides loss-in-weight tool for blending
which says: "The TSM loss-in-weight (continuous) gravimetric blenders provide a 'dosing' solution for blending and extrusion control for up to seven components and up to 3,000kg/hr. ".
Take a look also at the news release from Ruland Manufacturing, Ruland shaft collars provide high holding power,
as well as Washers enable attractive screw joint finishes from Winco,
and Rodford installs 51mm-capacity Miyano machine from Miyano.
Latest stories...
Compensation units help robots avoid malfunctions (August 2010)
Schunk is offering a range of compensation units to help robots to avoid malfunctions and damages to the tooling or part and to ensure improved efficiency and process reliability.
Return line filters for industrial and mobile use (August 2010)
Parker Hannifin's European Hydraulic Filter Division has launched a range of tank-top-mounted return line filters designed to increase productivity within the industrial and mobile sectors.
Coupler resists leakage in solar panel capacitor (August 2010)
Huco Dynatork has supplied its Multi-Beam coupler for use in a solar panel high-voltage capacitor manufactured by a Japanese consumer electronics company.
Actuators used in motion bases for 4D theatre (August 2010)
Gridspace has chosen Exlar's I-Series linear actuators for the six-degree-of-freedom motion bases in a South Korea museum theatre for 4D entertainment to satisfy motion simulation requirements.
Ball-nose cutters mill deeper cavities in metal (August 2010)
Deeper cavities can be milled using high levels of tooling rigidity and cutting stability, following the launch of LMT's Kieninger GWR 5x range of solid-carbide tapered shank ball-nose cutters.
Mills unveils Doosan Puma lathes for CNC machining (August 2010)
Mills CNC unveiled a new range of Doosan Puma lathes at the recent Mach exhibition.
Energy Box converts waste energy into hot water (August 2010)
ABAC has developed a system that can be used to recover the waste heat generated by compressed air systems.
Burkert provides control system for Mersen plant (August 2010)
Burkert has provided a complete process control system for a new moulding station and an effluent treatment plant at Mersen's new production facility at Eurocentral in Scotland.
Further reading
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Precision ball screws catalogue issued
Latest ballscrew catalogue includes DIN standard ball ccrew and flanged nut assemblies with and without preload and cylindrical nut and ball screw units with and without axial clearances.
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Ball screws with reduced wear and torque variation
Danaher Motion, has launched a new range of Thomson ball screws featuring a complete redesign of the ball recirculation mechanism of the nuts which results in even less wear.
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