NSK Ltd. (NSK; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO: Norio Otsuka) has developed and is set to launch random matching products with high load capacity that will enable customers to purchase rails and ball slides for NSK's PU/PE Miniature Linear Guide Series in any combination they like.
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NSK Develops Random Matching Products with High Load Capacity for the PU/PE Miniature Linear Guide Series
Individual sales of rails and ball slides contribute to shorter delivery times, enabling customers to reduce their stocks
Since its launch in 2003, the PU/PE Miniature Linear Guide Series has been well received and widely accepted in both Japanese and overseas markets because of the outstanding features it offers. These include a high motion performance that ensures a smoother motion and a design that ensures easier assembly by preventing balls from dropping out of the ball slide. Not only that, it has a light weight and low inertia suited to providing high acceleration and deceleration rates.
NSK has developed random matching products with high load capacity and added them to the lineup for the PU/PE Series. Built based on existing high-load capacity models, these products have been improved in terms of the precision of the rail and ball slide sizes and are now sold in random combinations of rails and ball slides, meeting the demand for quicker deliveries in markets such as those for semiconductor/liquid crystal production equipment, medical equipment, and inspection equipment.
Inventory-controlled and sold on a single-unit basis, these products contribute to a shortening of delivery times, enabling customers to reduce their stocks.
NSK is set to launch these products in January 2010 and aims to achieve total sales worth one billion yen for the whole series by 2011. NSK exhibited these new products at SEMICON Japan 2009, an exhibition that was held from December 2 through 4.
Product features
- Improved processing accuracy results in high-precision random matching
- Improved accuracy in the processing of the race-way and installation surfaces for the rails and ball slides has resulted in dimensional tolerances being reduced to half the levels of standard assemblies and suitable gaps being secured. Consequently, any random combination of rails and ball slides can enjoy approximately the same levels of precision as high-class assemblies.
- Single-unit inventory control and sales result in shorter delivery times
- These rails and ball slides are inventory-controlled and sold on a single-unit basis. This allows for immediate delivery, making it possible for customers to reduce their stocks. Prompt delivery is also possible if customers place additional orders for ball slides or request replacements, as well as when forms or other specifications are changed.
Applications
Offering a wide range of applications, these products can be used with semiconductor production equipment, liquid crystal production equipment, medical equipment, inspection equipment, and various types of compact precision stages.
Environmental friendliness
These products are friendly to the environment as they are completely free from any environmentally hazardous materials.