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Linear Rail Manufacturers and Suppliers

IQS Directory provides an extensive list of linear rail manufacturers and suppliers. Utilize our website to review and source linear rail manufactures with our easy-to-use features which allow you to locate linear rail companies that will design, engineer, and manufacture linear rails for your exact specifications. Our request for quote forms make it easy to connect with leading linear rail manufacturers. View company profiles, website links, locations, phone number, product videos, customer reviews, product specific news articles and other production information. We are a leading manufacturer directory who will connect you with the right manufacturers whether you are looking for linear slide rails, linear bearing rail, or linear guide rails.

  • Bethel, CT

    We have been in the business of providing custom solutions to your automated equipment related problems for over 30 years. Our linear rails will provide a lasting value as they stand up to the rigorous wear and tear of the everyday. You will be astounded by the quality of care that we are able to offer you. To learn more about what we may be able to do for you; get in touch with our customer service division today!

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  • Bethel, CT

    When describing Tusk Direct, a linear slide distributor, products such as linear motion components, roller tables, ball & crossed roller slides, dovetail slides, bushings, multi-axis positioners & motor ready lead screw actuators, come to mind. Our linear slide products (subminiature - heavy duty) offer high accuracy & long travel available. Same day shipment, life-load calculators, cad drawings.

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  • Hatfield, PA

    Isotech is a distributor of precision linear motion components: air cylinders, linear actuators, linear slides, ball slide assemblies, crossed roller slide assemblies, re-circulating ball slide guides. We can supply standard or high precision products in either English or metric, all with the convenience of on-line ordering. Our parts are ready for installation right out of the box.

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  • Bloomfield, NY

    Established in 1967, Velmex makes manual & motor driven dovetail slides, open frame tables, twin rail slides, rotary and XY stages. Choose hand, lead screw or belt drive. Our UniSlide, XSlide & BiSlide Assemblies can do scanning, indexing and positioning. Use them to move sensors, antennas, cameras, measure distance & more. See our website for more information, or call today!

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Linear Rails Industry Information

Linear Rails

A linear rail, also known as a linear guide or guide rail, consists of a smooth, flat base that is used to support and guide the motion of linear bearings. Typically stationary, linear rails have grooves ground into their sides that run along the entire length of the rail, in which the linear bearing roller element, whether it by cylindrical or spherical, can move within. Since the linear bearings are limited by the grooves, linear rails are able to control the direction that the linear bearings move in.

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Linear Rail Design

Linear rails have a very simple design: solid, flat metal body with two grooved sides that extend from the flat base in 90º angles. The size of the grooves, also known as raceways, affects the load-carrying capacity of the linear slide. A linear rail is one of the main components of a linear slide, the other being a moving carriage. The moving carriage has mobility due to either ball bearings or roller bearings; although, ball bearings are more common. Inside the moving carriage there is typically a type of screw assembly, either with a ball screw or lead screw, and a nut. The nut provides linear movement since it is threaded onto the non-rotating part of the screw, then driven along the threads of the screw in the corresponding direction to the screw’s rotational movement. Linear rails can be either manual or motorized. Motorized linear rails have a more complex design, and both types can be hardened or ground for increased tensile strength. Some common types of motorized linear rails include belt drive rails and chain drive rails. Linear belt drive rails have the addition of a belt made from various elastomers, allowing for quiet, yet rapid linear motion. Often used as alternatives to belt drive rails, linear chain drive rails are better suited for high temperature environments and are mainly employed in lifting applications.

Applications of Linear Rails

As an integral part of a linear slide, linear rails are utilized in a wide range of industries including: medical and pharmaceutical, for use in drug dispensing applications as well as positioners in hospital furniture such as beds and chairs; food and beverage, for processing and packaging applications; industrial manufacturing, for use in automated machinery such as drilling and grinding machines as well as other factory and process automation applications; and automotive, for use in components such as engine compartments. Linear rails are also used in many other diverse industries, such as semiconductor, chemical processing, optical, textile and commercial, for applications ranging from office machinery to CNC machining centers.



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New Linear Rail with Integrated IDEA Drive from Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions

The new BGS06 linear rail is the latest addition to Haydon Kerk Motion Solution’s new Ball Guide Screw linear rail product line. The new linear rail has an integrated IDEA Drive and is a multifunctional system which can employ either the size 17 single stack or double stack stepper motor linear actuator with a fully programmable stepper motor controller. Haydon Kerk, an AMETEK Precision Motion Control brand, offers Ball Guide Screw rail systems which utilize precision rolled 303 stainless steal lead screws and linear stepper motors. Black Ice® TFE... Read More About This