Miniature linear guides suit compact machine builds while offering high rigidity and high load capacity

A new range of miniature linear guidance sets has been specially developed to suit the latest generation of industrial machinery, which requires machine components that are compact and provide high performance and rigidity.

Schaeffler Group’s INA Linear Technology Division has developed a range of miniature linear guidance sets that offer machine builders a number of technical advantages, including high performance, high rigidity and compact size.

The latest machinery and industrial automation systems are becoming smaller and more compact, while also demanding increased performance. Machine builders and designers are therefore under pressure to source machine components that offer a compact size and high performance. Unfortunately, these two characteristics often do not go hand-in-hand.

This issue is particularly important in bearings for miniature machine components, where it is often very difficult to satisfy the dual requirements of compactness, coupled with high rigidity and high load carrying capacities.

However, Schaeffler’s new range of miniature linear guidance systems satisfies these often-complex requirements. The miniature guidance sets with cylindrical roller flat cages, for example, are ready-to-mount units that are designed for use as linear locating bearings. The guides are available in numerous guideway lengths, offering very cost effective system designs. A special corrosion-resistant version is also available.