Application Stories (Case Studies) for Linear Motion Products

V-Roller Guides Improve the Precision of CNC Routers with Integral-V Technology

V-Roller Guides Improve the Precision of CNC Routers with Integral-V Technology

Priceless artifacts requiring precise measuring using smooth and accurate movements, are the perfect job for… 

Plain linear bearings push away sawdust

Plain Linear Bearings in the Woodworking Industry

The sawdust problem Sawdust build-up can cause premature failure in rolling-elements within linear bearing systems. It finds its way through their best sealing systems and...

Maintenance-Free Linear Bearings

Self-Lubricating Plain Bearings in Automotive Industry Robotics

Robotics manufacturer utilizes bearings from PBC Linear for the auto industry to improve efficiency and equipment longevity…

Welding Splatter Pushed Away by Plain Bearings in Automotive Robotics

Welding Splatter Pushed Away by Plain Bearings in Automotive Robotics

An auto assembly plant needed a cost-effective and reliable welding and assembly machinery that would work well

Coating Process Gets Automation Upgrade

Coating Process Gets Automation Upgrade

Pierce Design & Tool needed to develop a solution to automating their client's Electrospark Discharge (ESD) coating process

Sleeve Bearing Application

Sleeve Bearings: Streamlining Automotive Airbag Production

A manufacturer of safety equipment for automobiles needed to remedy a series of major roller bearing failures that were consistently breaking down the machine and...

Linear Slide Actuator Uni-Guide Refines Inspection System

Linear Slide Actuator Uni-Guide Refines Inspection System

Engineers at SigmaPro needed a linear guide system that would be highly accurate and take either a NEMA 17 or NEMA 23 motor. In addition,...

Customized Actuators Help Protect Observatory Lens

Customized Actuators Help Protect Observatory Lens

Engineers at Las Cumbres Observatory, a non-profit organization providing a network of robotically controlled telescopes for education outreach, relies on PBC Linear actuators for their...

On Demand Book Printing

On Demand Book Printing

Available in college libraries and bookstores worldwide, the Espresso Book Machine automatically prints…

Pillow Blocks Lifts a Bed of Nails

Pillow Blocks Lifts a Bed of Nails

CW Shaw Inc has over two decades of experience in exhibit design and providing visitors with an exciting and informative… 

Eliminating Stalls on Injection Machines

Eliminating Stalls on Injection Machines

Cleveland Machine and Tool, a US based manufacturing company, approached PBC Linear for an upgrade…

Redi-Rail Linear Guides for Beer Brewing

Linear Guides Keep Beer Flowing

A brewery switched out the competing linear bearing and cam roller system in its canning line with the proven Simplicity…

Raising Touch Screen Monitors

Raising Touch Screen Monitors

Florida Motion & Control created a positioning stand for large 60" touch screen monitors for exhibition and other…

SIMO Series and 3D Printer Supports Marine Corps

SIMO Series and 3D Printer Supports Marine Corps

XLAB is an additive manufacturing hub that can be readily deployed for support maintenance duties that include fabrication and repair or modification of equipment

Dairy Processing Washdown

Dairy Processing Washdown

Dairy processing requires periodic washdown and cleaning of the packaging area, which can lead to rusted ball…

Bringing Mobility to 3D Printing

Bringing Mobility to 3D Printing

MilleBot has successfully designed and built the first patented advanced digital-manufacturing system within...

Stage Construction using Hevi-Rail

Stage Construction using Hevi-Rail

A renowned entertainment company implements Hevi-Rail products to create a complex and movable staging aparatus…

Carpet Tufting is a Tough Environment

Carpet Tufting is a Tough Environment

With 36 ball bushing bearings operating at up to 1600 cycles/minute short strokes, carpet tufting machines create…

Washdown Bottling Automation

Washdown Bottling Automation

A manufacturer of bottling equipment looks to PBC Linear to find a solution for the total failure of ball bearings within… 

Keeping Cargo Accessible

Keeping Cargo Accessible

A storage containment manufacturer wants to create an improved solution to container storage, that maximized…