SKF sells linear motion business to Triton for $310m
2 August 2018 SKF is selling its linear and actuation technology business, SKF Motion Technologies, to the venture capital company Triton for a total of SEK 2.75bn ($310m)… Read More
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2 August 2018 
Timken buys Italian linear motion specialist, Rollon
2 August 2018 The US-based Timken Company is buying the Italian linear motion products specialist Rollon Group, for an undisclosed sum. Rollon, which manufactures and… Read More
Lightweight plastic parts will lead to low-cost robots
4 July 2018 Igus, the German engineering plastics specialist, is expanding increasingly into robotics and had two new developments on show at the recent Hannover Fair and Automatica… Read More
Built-in sensors automate lubrication of linear axes
26 March 2018 Schaeffler has developed a system that automates the lubrication of linear recirculating ball bearing and guideway assemblies using built-in lubrication and vibration sensors, thus eliminating… Read More
‘World’s fastest’ high-load ballscrews will cut cycle times
5 February 2018 The Japanese bearings and ballscrews manufacturer NSK claims to have developed the world’s fastest high-load ballscrews, capable of linear speeds of up to 3m/s – twice… Read More
Synchronised actuators can lift loads faster
11 September 2017 Thomson Industries has developed a way of synchronising up to four heavy-duty electromechanical linear actuators to allow large or awkward loads to be moved repeatedly… Read More
Technique cuts linear stage thermal errors by up to 90%
31 July 2017 Aeorotech has come up with a software-driven technique that, it claims, can eliminate up to 90% of the thermal errors that can affect the accuracy… Read More
Servomotor with built-in screw drive is ‘unique’
9 January 2017 The German miniature servomotor specialist Wittenstein cyber motor has come up with a “unique” servomotor design which has a screw drive built into its housing. Read More
Linear axes are set up via a Web browser ‘in less than a minute’
3 November 2016 The German motion plastics specialist igus has developed an easy-to-use, Web-based system for programming the movement of linear axes, that avoids the need for special… Read More
‘Smart’ guides, cables and energy chains will boost uptime
7 July 2016 The plastics engineering specialist igus has announced a series of “smart” technologies that add sensing, monitoring and communications capabilities to its cables, energy chains and… Read More
