A few simple tips for maintaining accurate, reliable ball screws. It's relatively simple to determine the lead accuracy of a ball screw before you buy it. Just ask the manufacturer and get a protocol.

Profiled rails offer high accuracy and load capacity but require precise installation and support along their full length, making them suitable for demanding ...

Suggested applications include optics positioning, z-axis positioning of sensors in surface metrology, and general purpose high-precision alignment. The precision ground, preloaded ball-screw coupled ...

Ironwood Electronics has unveiled a new socket for testing ball grid array (BGA) devices; it uses a compression screw to apply downward pressure and thus allows the device to conveniently interconnect ...