Here’s a little engineering quiz for you: If an app needs to move a 500 kN axial load along a 1,500 mm stroke, is it best to use a roller screw or ball screw? If you instinctively said roller screw, ...
Can a ball screw with a reasonable amount of preload but no outside thrust last forever? Eschatological considerations aside, it's not likely. The balls still have to resist the internal, preload ...
A new line of precision-ground ball screws from Steinmeyer Inc., Bedford, Mass., runs faster than ball screws with conventional tube-type ball-return systems. The 3526 UltraSpeed Series has a ...