Application Stories (Case Studies) for Linear Motion Products

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...

Automation in the Automotive Industry

Automation in the Automotive Industry

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

Welding and Automotive Manufacturing

Welding and Automotive Manufacturing

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

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,...

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… 

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…

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… 

Plain Bearings in Cooling Equipment

Plain Bearings in Cooling Equipment

A manufacturing facility of cooling equipment operates its machinery continuously over 24-hours, and needed…

Plain Bearings in Earthquake Simulators

Plain Bearings in Earthquake Simulators

To re-capture the conditions of an earthquake, researchers construct what is typically referred to as a “shock…

Silicon Wafer Manufacturing

Silicon Wafer Manufacturing

A Silicon wafer manufacturer needed a vibration free linear guide that could function in a contaminant-free manufacturing…

Thriving in the Military Market

Thriving in the Military Market

Installed in rifle gun mount assemblies, Simplicity bearings excel in absorbing high shock forces, even under the…

De-Burring System a Success

De-Burring System a Success

De-burring is the process of removing burrs, or excess protruding material, from large gears. The de-burring machine…

Keeping Equipment Running

Keeping Equipment Running

PBC Linear recommended swapping out the continually failing rolling element bearings with a customized, Simplicity…

Self-lubricating linear bearing liner

Self-Lubricating Plain Bearing Technology Streamlining Hillman Group’s Engraver Design

PBC Linear and The Hillman Group collaborated on streamlining the design of an unattended pet ID tag engraver, with… 

Formula SAE Design

Formula SAE Design

In the automotive design and racing competition Formula SAE, the team from The Rochester Institute of Technology…

Doctor Bearings Still Thriving

Doctor Bearings Still Thriving

Doctor bearings were the perfect long-lasting solution for paper mills constantly shutting down their production…

Driving Down Energy Usage

Driving Down Energy Usage

Paper Dryers, using custom made plain bearings from PBC Linear see lower energy costs and less downtime than…

Linear bearings absorb recoil vaccine gun

Simplicity Plain Linear Bearings: Absorbing the Recoil of Livestock Vaccination

A veterinary design company needed a bearing that would absorb the recoil from a livestock vaccination gun and…