Precision Guide - Inch
Precision Guide - Inch
Del-Tron Precision, established in 1974, specializes in high-quality, cost-effective anti-friction linear bearings for automated equipment manufacturers. The company introduced the first commercially available sub miniature ball slide and has expanded its product range to serve industries such as medical, semiconductor, and electronics.
Headquartered in Western Connecticut, Del-Tron operates automated, computer-controlled manufacturing facilities. The company ensures high-quality standards through 100% final inspection and maintains adequate stock levels for timely deliveries globally.
Del-Tron is committed to delivering products that meet or exceed customer expectations with consistent quality and on-time delivery at competitive prices.
The guide includes a comprehensive index of products such as Ball Slide Assemblies, Anti-Creep Ball Slide Assemblies, Non-Magnetic Ball Slide Assemblies, Crossed Roller Slide Assemblies, and more.
The selection guide provides detailed specifications for various series of slides, including load capacity, travel length, and accuracy. For example, the MINI C series has a load capacity of 0.75-1.5 lbs and an accuracy of 0.0005″/″.
Del-Tron ball slides feature factory preload adjustment, lightweight aluminum construction, and high load capacity. They are designed for long life with a low coefficient of friction and require minimal lubrication.
Standard Del-Tron ball slides have a straight line accuracy of 0.0005″/inch of travel and positional repeatability of 0.0002″. They are constructed with an aluminum carriage and base, hardened steel shafts, and balls.
Del-Tron Precision provides a wide range of linear motion components and accessories designed to meet the needs of automated equipment manufacturers, ensuring high quality, precision, and reliability.
Del-Tron's crossed roller slides offer enhanced load capacity and precision for linear transfer applications. They provide higher load carrying capacity compared to ball slides, with improved performance under high cycling rates, shock, and overhanging loads.
- Load capacity is 6-8 times greater than ball slides.
- Precision ground shafts ensure straight line accuracy of 0.0001” per inch of travel.
- Alternately crossed rollers can handle force in any direction.
- Lightweight aluminum construction for both carriage and base.
- Interchangeable with many types of ball slides.
The crossed roller slides use cylindrical steel rollers that glide over an aluminum base, providing almost friction-free movement.
- Straight line accuracy: 0.0001”/inch of travel.
- Positional repeatability: 0.0001”.
- Coefficient of friction: 0.003, typical.
- Construction: Aluminum carriage and base, hardened steel rods and rollers, stainless steel end caps.
- Finish: Black anodize, with other finishes available upon request.
Del-Tron offers over 47 models with load capacities ranging from 30 lb to 779 lb and travel distances from 0.5” to 12”.
Del-Tron's Precision Series includes both ball and crossed roller slides, featuring corrosion-resistant components and adjustable preload for customized friction and axial play.
The High Precision Series offers superior accuracy and repeatability, with straight line accuracy of 0.000040” per inch of travel and repeatability of 0.000020”.
The document outlines the specifications for various high precision series ball slides and crossed roller slides, including construction with aluminum carriage and base with hardened 400 series stainless steel components.
The document provides detailed load capacity and weight specifications for different models, with travel distances specified as half the distance from the center in either direction.
The Del-Tron Mini Posi-Drive Stages are compact with a height of 1.250 inches and a width of 1.380 inches, offering high accuracy and repeatability.
The lead screw actuator features a .168 diameter .125 lead screw with an anti-backlash nut and a flexible zero backlash coupling.
The document describes the addition of End Of Travel (EOT) and Home Position Switches (HPS) to the Posi-Drive series.
The document includes a part numbering system for EOT and HPS, detailing configurations, sensor types, and cable lengths.
The document provides detailed specifications and features of Del-Tron's Mini Posi-Drive Stages and Posi-Drive Stages, which are designed for precision motion control applications.
- Drive: Mini Posi-Drive uses a 0.250-inch diameter lead screw, while Posi-Drive uses a 3/8-inch diameter lead screw, both with anti-backlash nuts.
- Travel: Mini Posi-Drive offers travel from 1 to 4 inches, while Posi-Drive offers travel from 1 to 12 inches.
- Load Capacity: Mini Posi-Drive can handle up to 60 lbs, and Posi-Drive can handle up to 180 lbs.
- Accuracy and Repeatability: Both systems offer accuracy and repeatability of 0.0001 inches per inch of travel.
- Finish: Standard finish is black anodize, with other finishes available upon request.
- Both systems feature positive lead screw drive, zero backlash, and friction-free linear ball or roller slides.
- They are adaptable to standard NEMA configurations and offer accurate, repeatable linear travel.
- Special configurations, motor mounts, and hand crank actuation are available.
The document describes the End Of Travel (EOT) and Home Position Switch (HPS) kits, which can be used independently or together.
Del-Tron also offers pneumatically actuated crossed roller slide assemblies with Airpot actuators, known for low friction and stiction characteristics.
Del-Tron's motion control solutions are designed for high precision and adaptability, making them suitable for a wide range of industrial applications.
The document provides detailed specifications and features of Del-Tron Ball Slide and Crossed Roller Positioning Stages, which are used for precise positioning in various applications.
- Travel: Models offer travel distances ranging from 0.5 to 2 inches (12 to 50 mm).
- Load Capacity: Standard load capacity is 5 lbs, with some models supporting up to 160 lbs.
- Accuracy: Straight line accuracy is 0.0005 inches per inch of travel, with repeatability of 0.0002 inches.
- Construction: Made from aluminum carriage and base, with hardened steel shafts and balls, and mild steel endcaps.
- Micrometer Drives: Spring-loaded micrometer drives allow precise, repeatable adjustments with low friction and zero backlash.
- Posi-Lock™: A feature that allows the user to lock the position of the carriage, preventing movement during use.
- Versatility: Positioning slides can be stacked for multi-axis applications.
- Customization: Custom designs and finishes are available upon request.
- Ball Slide Positioning Stages: Over 60 models available, including subminiature, standard, and heavy-duty series.
- Crossed Roller Positioning Stages: Offer greater load-bearing capacity and are better suited for impacts and overhanging loads.
These positioning stages are ideal for gauging and positioning in applications requiring high precision.
The document provides detailed specifications and features of Del-Tron LPT slides and Crossed Roller Rail Sets, focusing on their construction, accuracy, and application in various industrial settings.
- Straight Line Accuracy: 0.0001″ per inch of travel.
- Positional Repeatability: 0.0001″.
- Coefficient of Friction: 0.003 typical.
- Construction: Aluminum carriage with hardened steel crossed roller rail set.
- Finish: Black anodized carriage, hardened steel base.
- Low profile, high accuracy slide tables with adjustable preload and lightweight aluminum carriage.
- Standard inch type threaded and counterbored holes for easy mounting.
- 400 series stainless steel models available with aluminum carriage and stainless steel components.
Ideal for low friction reciprocating mechanisms in automated equipment, precision machine tools, measuring instruments, assembly fixtures, and medical instruments.
- Versatile and rugged with hardened steel V-grooved rails and rollers.
- Corrosion-resistant with 400 series stainless steel available.
- High accuracy with parallelism of 2 microns over 4 inches.
- Designed for vertical applications and cantilevered loads.
- Prevents roller cage slippage during operation.
- Mounting holes are threaded and counterbored for flexible installation.
- Preload forces must be evenly distributed, and surfaces must be smooth and flat for maximum accuracy.
- Load ratings are dynamic and based on theoretical data, proper installation, and appropriate lubrication.
- Life can be increased by operating at half the rated load.
The document provides detailed specifications and installation procedures for Anti-Creep Crossed Roller Rail Sets and Del-Tron Crossed Roller Slide Tables.
Each set includes four V-grooved rails, eight end screws, and two Anti-Creep crossed roller retainers.
Bearings are typically installed in pairs to support loads in any direction and can be preloaded to eliminate side play.
Load ratings are dynamic and based on theoretical data, proper installation, and lubrication.
Slide accuracy is measured in terms of parallelism and depends on proper installation.
The document outlines a detailed 12-step installation process.
Various models are available, with specifications for load capacity, travel, and dimensions.
These tables are lightweight, made of aluminum, and designed for high accuracy and load capacity.
The document provides detailed dimensions and specifications for different series.
The document highlights the benefits of Del-Tron products, such as high accuracy, load capacity, ease of installation, and compatibility with various applications.
The document provides detailed specifications and features of Del-Tron's Anti-Creep Crossed Roller Slide Tables.
- Construction: Aluminum base and carriage with hardened steel linear bearings.
- Accuracy: Straight line accuracy of 0.0001" per inch of travel and positional repeatability of 0.0001".
- Factory assembled and ready to install.
- Interchangeable with other manufacturers' slides.
- Mount on flat surfaces for full support.
- Loads can be applied in any direction.
- Standard slide tables can be ordered by model number according to load and travel requirements.
- Stainless Steel Models: Available for applications where particulate contamination from corrosion must be reduced.
The document includes detailed tables listing various models, their travel, length, load capacity, and mounting hole specifications.
Catalog excerpts
Precision Linear Motion Components & Accessories Product Guide
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Our Mission Del-Tron Precision was founded in order to serve the needs of automated equipment manufacturers for innovative, high quality and reasonably priced anti-friction linear bearings. Our Company The originator of the sub miniature ball bearing slide assembly; Del-Tron Precision Inc. began operations in 1974 supplying original equipment manufacturers with the world's first commercially available sub miniature ball slide, model D-1. Since then, thousands of Del-Tron® slides have been incorporated into automated equipment throughout the world. Manufacturers of medical analyzing and testing...
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INDEX Selection Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P 4 Ball Slide Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P 7 Anti-Creep Ball Slide Assemblies Non-Magnetic Ball Slide Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P 13 Crossed Roller Slide Assemblies Precision Series (Ball & Crossed Roller Slides) High Precision Series (Ball & Crossed Roller Slides) . . . . . . . . . . . . .P 22 Mini Posi-Drive™Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P 27...
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Selection Guide BALL SLIDES SERIES ANTI-CREEP BALL SLIDE ASSEMBLIES SERIES NON-MAGNETIC BALL SLIDES SERIES CROSSED ROLLER SLIDES SERIES PRECISION BALL SLIDE SERIES SERIES PRECISION CROSSED ROLLER SLIDE SERIES SERIES HIGH PRECISION SERIES BALL SLIDES (LOW PROFILE & FLANGE BASE) SERIES HIGH PRECISION SERIES CROSSED ROLLER SLIDES (LOW PROFILE & FLANGE BASE) SERIES
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Selection Guide MINI POSI-DRIVE™ & POSI-DRIVE™ STAGES SERIES Friction Free Air Actuator SERIES PNRE 1-3 BALL SLIDE POSITIONING STAGES (MICROMETER DRIVEN) INCLUDING SIDE DRIVE CONFIGURATION Available with inch or metric micrometers, in X, XY, and XYZ configurations. SERIES WORK SURFACE 101P-3206-P 4-60, 4-60 (11 MODELS, X and XY ONLY, no micrometers) CROSSED ROLLER POSITIONING STAGES (MICROMETER DRIVEN) INCLUDING SIDE DRIVE CONFIGURATION Available with inch or metric micrometers, in X, XY, and XYZ configurations. SERIES WORK SURFACE R101P-R3206P 23-160, 23-160 (11 MODELS, X and XY ONLY, no micrometers)...
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Selection Guide LOW PROFILE CROSSED ROLLER TABLES SERIES LPT-1025-3205 50-825 (21 MODELS) Stainless steel available. CROSSED ROLLER RAIL SETS SERIES MINI NB1 NB2-NB6 (49 MODELS) Stainless steel available. ANTI-CREEP CROSSED ROLLER RAIL SETS SERIES NB2-AC / NB6-AC CROSSED ROLLER SLIDE TABLES (ALUMINUM) SERIES MINI NBT-1A NBT-2A-NBT-6A (72 MODELS) Stainless steel available. ANTI-CREEP CROSSED ROLLER SLIDE TABLES (ALUMINUM) SERIES CROSSED ROLLER SLIDE TABLES (STEEL) SERIES BALL SLIDE GUIDES SERIES
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Ball Slides 6 Reasons to choose Del-Tron® Ball Slides Del-Tron ® Ball Slides Load Ratings and Life Estimates ® The rated load capacity of Del-Tron ball slides may be a mass load on a horizontal slide,or a force load normal to the mounting surface in any position. The rated load must be centered and distributed over the slide, and the base must be fully supported on a flat mounting surface so that the ball slide does not act as a beam subject to concentrated or distributed bending forces. Loads supported by protruding arms reduce accuracy and load capacity by acting as levers or ratio arms, and...
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Ball Slide Assemblies moment load ratings + load / life formulas. pg.91 *Travel is 1/2 distance from center in either direction. LOAD CAPACITY WEIGHT LENGTH HEIGHT MODEL TRAVEL* LB OZ A B CARRIAGE HOLE SPACING BASE DIMENSIONS HOLE HEIGHT WIDTH SPACING H F G M SERIES C D E CARRIAGE 2-56 UNC-2B 2-56 UNC-2B 4-40 UNC-2B 6-32 UNC-2B THREAD 4 HOLES (I) THREAD THREAD THREAD .125 BASE HOLE d 2-56 UNC .101 .125 .198 BASE HOLE D1 .144 .198 .125 .100 .125 BASE HOLE h COUNTER BORE SCREW SIZE
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Straight Line Accuracy .0005″/inch of travel Coefficient of Friction 0.003 typical Construction Aluminum carriage and base, hardened steel shafts and balls, mild steel end caps. Finish Clear anodize carriage and black anodize base. Other finishes on request. For all metric slides please call for our metric catalog. moment load ratings + load / life formulas. pg 91 *Travel is 1/2 distance from center in either direction. BASE DIMENSIONS HOLE SPACING H CARRIAGE HOLE SPACING
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Anti-Creep Linear Slides 6 Reasons to choose Del-Tron® Anti-Creep™ Ball Slides 1. Ideal for vertical applications 2. Increased life with overhanging loads 3. Positive internal stops 4. Low friction, straight line design 5. Factory preload controls side play and backlash 6. 0.0005″/inch straight line accuracy Del-Tron ® Anti-Creep ™ Slides In certain applications, uneven loads, improper preload, vertical mounting, or offset forces may cause the ball retainers to become misaligned relative to each other. The misalignment (“creep”) can ultimately cause a reduction in overall travel, the need for...
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Anti-Creep Linear Slides moment load ratings + load / life formulas. pg. 94 *Travel is 1/2 distance from center in either direction. LOAD CAPACITY WEIGHT LENGTH HEIGHT MODEL TRAVEL* LB OZ A B CARRIAGE HOLE SPACING BASE DIMENSIONS HOLE HEIGHT WIDTH SPACING H F G M C D E SERIES 2-56 UNC-2B 2-56 UNC-2B 4-40 UNC-2B 6-32 UNC-2B CARRIAGE THREAD THREAD THREAD THREAD 4 HOLES (I) .125 2-56 UNC .101 .125 BASE HOLE d .198 .144 .198 BASE HOLE D1 .125 .100 .125 BASE HOLE h COUNTER BORE SCREW SIZE
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Straight Line Accuracy .0005″/inch of travel Coefficient of Friction 0.003 typical Construction Aluminum carriage and base, hardened steel shafts and balls, mild steel end caps. Finish Clear anodize carriage and black anodize base. Other finishes on request. For all metric slides please call for our metric catalog. moment load ratings + load / life formulas. pg 94 *Travel is 1/2 distance from center in either direction. CARRIAGE HOLE SPACING BASE DIMENSIONS HOLE SPACING
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Non-Magnetic Linear Slides 6 Reasons to choose Del-Tron® Non-Magnetic Ball Slides Del-Tron ® Ball Slides Load Ratings and Life Estimates ® The rated load capacity of Del-Tron ball slides may be a mass load on a horizontal slide,or a force load normal to the mounting surface in any position. The rated load must be centered and distributed over the slide, and the base must be fully supported on a flat mounting surface so that the ball slide does not act as a beam subject to concentrated or distributed bending forces. Loads supported by protruding arms reduce accuracy and load capacity by acting...
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