RoundRail Linear Guides and Components: Shafting, Guides, Bearings
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RoundRail Linear Guides and Components Linear Ball Bushing® Bearings, 60 Case® Shafting and RoundRail Linear Guides

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Thomson - the Choice for Optimized Motion Solution Often the ideal design solution is not about finding the fastest, sturdiest, most accurate or even the least expensive option. Rather, the ideal solution is the optimal balance of performance, life and cost. Quickly Configure the Optimal Mechanical Motion Solution Thomson has several advantages that makes us the supplier of choice for motion control technology. • Thomson owns the broadest standard product offering of mechanical motion technologies in the industry. • Modified versions of standard product or white sheet design solutions are...

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RoundRail Linear Guides 60 Case Special Machining 60 Case Quick Shaft Metric 60 Case Shafting Inch 60 Case Shafting Metric Ball Bushing Bearings Inch Ball Bushing Bearings Thomson RoundRail Linear Guides and Components

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Ball Bushing Bearings Thomson offers an extensive family of linear bearings. Super Smart Ball Bushing® Bearings are available in inch and metric sizes. Thomson uses the latest technology - universally self-aligning bearings. These bearings are offered in a dual-track design and offer load capacities up to 7,760 lbf (30,000N). The Super Smart Ball Bushing Bearings are available in sizes 0.5 to 1.5” (8 to 40mm). Super Ball Bushing pillow blocks are available in closed, adjustable and open styles in both single and twin versions. These are the original, self-aligning, precision, anti-friction...

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Shafting RoundRail Linear Guides While shafts may appear the same, there are significant performance differences due to the manufacturer's selected standards, and the manufacturing processes used to achieve them. The linear inner race demands the highest levels of material cleanliness, surface topography, surface hardening, diameter, taper and roundness, surface finish and straightness to provide optimum performance, minimal maintenance and long life. Unlike common shafting, Thomson 60 Case® LinearRace® shafting is manufactured to the highest quality standards. Our techniques are...

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Ball Bushing® Bearings • Closed Type O Open Type ® Closed and Open Type S Single Configuration T Twin Configuration A Adjustable Configuration F Flanged Configuration

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Thomson RoundRail Linear Guides and Components Imperial (Inch) ® ® • ®®®®® ® STAF STAF STA STA STA STA STA STA STA ®®® • ®®®®® ®® STAF STAF S T A S T A S T A S T A S T A S T A S T A S T A S T A

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Material Hardness Tolerance Class Optional Features 5 mm 8 mm 10 mm 12 mm 15 mm 16 mm 20 mm 25 mm 30 mm 40 mm 50 mm 60 mm 80 mm Catalog Page Carbon Steel 60 min. MM (ISO h6) MM Tx Predrilled Thomson 60 Case shafting is sold as cut-to-length (CTL), random length (RL), special machined (SM) and quick shaft (QS). Since Thomson grinds and hardens all of its own shafting, diameters and tolerances not listed are available as special grind and are made to order. Minimum lots may apply. Tolerance Classes: L - For use with XA, Open and Adjustable Ball Bushing® Bearings and Pillow Blocks as well as...

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Standard Support Rail Size and Availability Chart Standard Support Rail Assembly Size and Availability Chart

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RoundRail linear guides are the non-driven building blocks for linear slide tables. They offer the customer flexibility to fit specific envelopes by allowing customized separations between shafts and between bearings on shafts to produce higher moment capacity. When combined with ballscrew assemblies, they become a driven slide table. Because RoundRail linear guides are offered in a wide range of sizes, bearing types and mounting configurations, they are typically selected by the qualitative attributes that are most appropriate for a given application (i.e. environmental considerations,...

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Thomson RoundRail Linear Guides and Components Round or Square? Let Thomson help you choose the right rail type and carriage. Since the introduction of the square, or profile rail, linear guide in the 1970s, the design engineer has been faced with the pivotal question: round or square? While square rails initially cost many times more than round technology due to the extensive grinding requirements inherent in the design, new manufacturing techniques and economies of scale have allowed square rails to compete effectively in a broader application space. Once subjugated to the realm of...

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RoundRail Bearings Description Plain Contact - FluroNyliner Product Overview Provides self-lubricating, low friction, smooth motion for high load conditions. • PTFE tape is bonded to the ID of an aluminum housing. • Suitable for wash-down & food applications. • Can withstand high vibration & shock loads. • Extremely smooth running; does not require an overly smooth surface to run on. • Compensated • Sizes ¼” – 2”, closed, open, adjustable Plain Contact - Polymer Offer reliable and economical, linear motion for machines in which moment load is non-critical or where contamination is a...

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Specialty Bearings Accessories/Options 60 Case® Shafting Description There are a multitude of specialty bearings that can be configured or developed to suit almost any customers' needs. Product Overview • RoundWay® - all-steel construction and a chain that connects the rolling elements; Sizes V" - 4". • NB (nylon ball) Bearings, Cartridge Bearings, etc. Comments • Highest load rating of the linear bearings. The ratings are based on a longer travel than other linear bearings use. • The chain enables the bearing to withstand high speeds and accelerations. • Temperatures up to 450°F/232°C. •...

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Inch Ball Bushing Bearings Thomson RoundRail Linear Guides and Components

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Thomson Linear Motion Components The RoundRail Advantage… Super Smart Ball Bushing® Bearings Thomson Super Smart Ball Bushing Bearings represent a major advancement for linear bearing technology worldwide. This patented, self-aligning linear bearing provides twice the load carrying capacity or eight times the travel life of the industry standard Thomson Super Ball Bushing Bearing. This dramatic increase in load capacity allows the use of less expensive drive motors, linkages, gears and ball screws. The unique Super Smart design allows the bearing to maintain its diametrical fit up when...

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