The carriages or slides utilized to provide highly accurate translational motion for determining machines or optical quality machine tools present unique challenges to design engineers. All decisions ...

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Rank Pneumo has been attempting to develop machine slides that can deliver a high level of precision and thus help enhance the performance of its diamond grinding and turning machines. Following ...

In an unusual incident, a woman in the United States was shot in her backside after she took a loaded gun into an MRI (magnetic resonance imagining) machine during a doctor's visit back in June.

How do actuators increase productivity? Slides and screws indeed reduce friction, making movement easier. Where else can their designs increase — or decrease — performance? The ultimate goal is quick ...