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

V-Roller Linear Guides Improve the Precision of CNC Routers

V-Roller Technology (IVT) in CNC machines

V-Roller Technology improves the alignment process for CNC routers

Typical gantry routers can be used to accomplish a wide variety of specialized tasks. From woodworking to foam cutting, CNC routers are a commonplace system found in many different areas on the manufacturing floor. These routers rely on precise linear motion in order to accurately complete objectives. Traditionally, this would entail several mounting components and a painstaking alignment process that drives up production costs and time. However, with the recent introduction of PBC Linear’s Integral V™ Technology (IVT) v-roller linear guide system, this alignment process is a thing of the past.

Routers typically have large work envelopes and rely on the gantry’s structure to support the router head. The router process relies on high-speed spindles that run in excess of 20,000 RPM and require the tool to quickly and accurately machine through the material with a series of high-speed cuts. Due to the machining process, the machine base does not have to be as robust as a metal cutting machine and their structural members are manufactured typically out of structural aluminum framing. However before the process can run, the linear guide must be precision aligned in a process that could take hours with the old process, or minutes with IVT.

Components:

IVT

Retrofit or OEM:

OEM

Problem:

Aligning CNC machines is painstaking process that drives up production costs and time.

Solution:

IVT's v-roller linear guides reduce installation time and drive down costs by eliminating mounting components while still maintaing a highly accurate linear motion system.

V-Roller Linear Guides from PBC Linear enhance the precision of CNC routers through Integral-V Technology (IVT), delivering a streamlined, high-accuracy linear motion solution. IVT’s v-wheels and v-rails simplify traditional linear guide systems, providing cost-effective, reliable routing for industries such as woodworking, metalworking, and foam cutting. By combining lightweight aluminum extrusions with precision-machined v-rails, IVT ensures smooth, low-friction motion, reducing installation time and production costs while achieving tight tolerances across large work areas.

IVT’s V-Roller Guides utilize v-wheels that glide seamlessly along v-rails, eliminating the need for complex alignment processes found in conventional linear guides. These durable v-wheels support high-speed spindles exceeding 20,000 RPM, enabling precise cuts without compromising accuracy. PBC Linear’s proprietary SIMO process machines v-rails with synchronized tooling, ensuring superior parallelism and flatness essential for sub-micron precision in CNC routing applications.

Results/ROI

Recently, IVT has been implemented in several different routers spanning a wide variety of industries. Using custom-built extrusions, IVT has drastically reduced the router’s mounting components, installation time, and production cost; yielding a simplified, highly accurate linear motion guide. With IVT’s custom integrated frame design, the lightweight aluminum structure can hold up against immense weight and provide highly accurate, long-lasting travel for the router. From installation to the end result, IVT creates a simplified and economical solution to linear motion in routing systems.

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