How to Calculate Surface Pressure for Plain Bearings
By Lars Butenschon Surface pressure is one of the most important factors for figuring out the right plain bearing for your application. In this post, I will show you how you can quickly and...
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Robot Cable Failures Part 1: Flexibility
By David Sandiland Quite often, when I visit users of industrial six-axis robots, they tell me that their biggest problem is cable failure. There are dozens of reasons why cables fail inside moving applications, but of the...
UL Verified: What It Is And Why It Matters
By Avory Brookins Finding out that a product or process is UL verified is like getting an unsolicited pep talk from your distant uncle: It’s interesting, but you’re not really sure what it means...
Shaft considerations for bearing applications part 2: roughness
By Nick Van Tol In a continuation of our 3-part series, deciding which shaft/pin is best for your application, Part 2 will be a short discussion on the importance of surface roughness. Even if...
Which Shaft Material is Best for My Application?
If you check out most linear bearing manufacturer’s websites, you will see an assortment of different shaft material options. Take the drylin product offerings for example: Hard-anodized aluminum, case-hardened steel, multiple stainless materials, carbon fiber…...
Colour Difference Between Aluminum Rails & Shafting
By Matt Mowry We get this question a lot, and when I say we get it, I mean, we get it—we understand. Let’s say that you are designing a piece of equipment and the linear bearing systems involved are...
The Rise of Automation: How I Learned to Love the Robot Revolution
By Matt Mowry If there is one thing I can say with absolute certainty about the future of global industry, it is that the automation age has fully begun. Over the past few decades,...
The Right Lubrication For Plain Plastic Bearings
By Lars Butenschon Despite the variety of plastic plain bearing applications – from engine block bearings to mountain bike pedals – they all have one thing in common: their best lubrication is no lubrication...
The Free CAD Library for Cable Carriers
By Christian Ziegler Create CAD models for energy chains and download them directly into your design Comprehensive CAD library without registration igus® offers a CAD library, which can save design engineers a great deal of...
Which Ethernet Cable is the Right One for Me?
By Andreas Muckes Choosing the right Ethernet cable might be more important than you think. If the right cable has not been selected, data will not be transferred correctly, which in turn could lead...