Shaft guidance systems or ball-based or plain linear guidance systems for various areas of use and applications. Linear ball bearings are available as a light range, compact range and heavy range. Mating tracks can be solid shafts, hollow shafts or supported shaft and rail units.
The range is rounded off by a large selection of linear ball bearing and housing units and linear plain bearing and housing units. In this case, the linear ball bearings or linear plain bearings are supplied already mounted in ready-to-fit housings.
A large number of shafts (with or without machined features), shaft and support rail units and comprehensive accessories allow a broad spectrum of applications.
* single Shaft Assemblies (SA series) are a complete pre-engineered assembly which simplifies the use of a linear bearing system in a mechanical positioning application. Each assembly has a steel shaft pre- mounted to a black anodized precision machined aluminum support. The pre- drilled base mounting holes in the 6, 12, 18, and 24 inch aluminum supports allow for easy customer mounting. The SA assemblies come in standard lengths from 6 to 192 inches and with shaft diameters from 1/2 to 2 inches.
* Twin Rail shaft assemblies are a complete pre-engineered assembly which simplifies the use of a linear bearing system in a mechanical positioning application. The two steel shafts are mounted and pre-aligned on the common base, therefore eliminating the time consuming alignment process normally required for two seperate shafts. The pre-drilled base mounting holes in the aluminum support allow for easy customer mounting. Each 6, 12, 18, & 24 inch aluminum support has two threaded holes at one end, to assist in leveling the assembly in the final mechanical structure. The TRSA assemblies come in standard lengths from 6 to 192 inches, and with shaft diameters from 1/2 to 2 inches.
The shafts support rails provide a support to the shaft and are used in combination with the housing and bearing units of open design.
All of the shaft support rails are made in aluminum alloy.
They are available in multiple versions :
- FTSN, FTSW and FTSWA for mounting from the top
- FTSU for mounting from the bottom
- FTSS and FTSC for lateral mounting