Recirculating ball and roller guides are the backbone of many automation processes and machines, thanks to their high running accuracy, good rigidity, and ex...

Linear ball and roller bearings can be broadly divided into two categories—recirculating and non-recirculating—depending on whether or not the rolling elemen...

When discussing ball screw assemblies, there is often confusion surrounding common nomenclature used to describe their structure and operation.  Circuits, tu...

There’s much debate among manufacturers, and sometimes among users, regarding the superiority (or lack thereof) of ball screws with ground threads over those...

Crossed roller guides are non-recirculating linear bearings whose rollers are oriented in a “crisscross” pattern (each roller is turned 90 degrees relative t...

we answer the common question “what is torque?” Although torque refers to rotational motion, it is a fundamental concept in linear motion applications. Rotar...

If you’re involved in ball screw sizing or selection, you’ve probably noticed that there are several different standards that govern various aspects of ball ...

Cam followers are power-transmission devices with a rotary bearing core that bears load while serving as the interface between independently moving machine s...

https://www.linearmotiontips.com/planetary-roller-screws/ Screw drives are some of the most common methods of mechanical linear actuation. And planetary roll...