‘Roller Screw’
A Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Torque motors eliminate extruder vibration from
Parker Hannifin - Electromechanical and Drives Division, which we summarised at the time by saying "The latest high-performance torque motors and variable speed drives from Parker Hannifin are playing an important role in a range of extruders manufactured by plastics machinery company, Ghioldi.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Ixthus offers miniature load cells from
Ixthus Instrumentation: "Ixthus has been appointed as exclusive UK agent for the Burster range of miniature load cells. ".
In November 2008, we covered the news from SKF UK
- take a look at SKF introduces relubrication-free bearing unit
which says: "SKF has introduced a relubrication-free bearing unit for industrial fans used in air-handling equipment in factories, airports, hospitals, office buildings and so on. ".
Take a look also at the news release from Mollart, Mollart extends subcontract service,
as well as Heason has ZF Industrial planetary gearboxes from Heason Technology,
and Corus upgrades vertical billet plant caster from Corus Northern Engineering Services.
Latest stories...
Tolomatic improves bagging system at Thiele (November 2008)
Thiele Technologies has turned to Tolomatic to solve the problem of how to compensate for inconsistent bag dimensions on its modular bag filling and sealing system.
Atlas Copco screw compressor aids weapon disposal (November 2008)
EOD Solutions and Caldo Engineering have combined their technical expertise to meet the global challenge of the disposal of stray and unserviceable ammunition and weapons.
Bracket secures cables in 6KQ switches (November 2008)
Garrettcom Europe has introduced a low-cost, retrofittable device for its 6KQ range of Ethernet switches, to eliminate the possibility of cables coming loose in high-vibration environments.
Souriau releases airtight link-repair connector (November 2008)
UTS In-Line is a connector designed to expand or repair links, which assures a level of dynamic airtight sealing to IP68 or IP69K.
Igus introduces adjustable-clearance linear guide (November 2008)
Igus has developed the Drylin W linear guide with a turn-to-fit function for manual setting of the clearance.
Abssac introduces Budgetbeam shaft coupling (November 2008)
The Budgetbeam shaft coupling delivers a high torsional stiffness and torque transmission capability.
Schaeffler offers various bearing lubricants (November 2008)
More than 40 per cent of all premature failures of rolling bearings are caused by inadequate or incorrect selection of lubricant.
Spelsberg offers Bimed cable glands (November 2008)
Spelsberg now offers the entire range of Bimed cable glands in the UK.
Further reading
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Roller screw actuators save energy and maintenance
Olsen Engineering's Tritex units package up the actuator, the servomotor, encoder, amplifier and positioner in one compact, efficient frame, dispensing with the need to mix and match vital components.
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Roller screw actuators outlast other technologies
Olsen Engineering's roller screw servo linear actuators take up much less space for a given load rating and can outlive ball screw models by up to 15 times.
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