Schaeffler has developed an angular measuring system suitable for direct-driven, highly dynamic, high precision rotary axes in machine tools. The system incorporates an inductive (absolute) angular measuring system integrated in a rotary table bearing.
Phil Burge describes an innovative ‘micro-dosing’ system that can help to deliver accurate quantities of lubricant – in tiny amounts – to high-precision bearings for applications such as high-speed spindles.
In the Department of Design, Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Middlesex a Master’s Degree project has begun to look at ways that might allow robots and humans to work closer together by making the robot’s movements more akin to those of a human being.
The 60 year old family owned and run British business, Goss Springs, manufactures small, high precision components and assemblies from metal sheet and wire with diameters ranging from just 0.1mm to 8mm.
The availability of a wide range of sealed spherical roller bearings makes it possible to upgrade an extensive variety of equipment with a sealed bearing. So why is this significant, asks Phil Burge.