Application Stories

Stories that reveal our productive relationships with industries that rely on Linear Motion Technology.

Cobot Feeder Improves Efficiency and Safety on Grinders

One of the first Cobot Feeder applications at the manufacturing plant was to automate the loading of Simplicity® linear plain bearings onto grinders… Read More

Robot Excavator for Off-World Deployment

Student engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute participate in the NASA 2022 Lunabotics Competition to create a robotic excavator for off-world mining … Read More

Coating Process Gets Automation Upgrade

Pierce Design & Tool needed to develope a solution to automating their client's Electrospark Discharge (ESD) coating process… Read More

Streamlining Automotive Airbag Production

A manufacturer of safety equipment for automobiles needed to remedy a series of major roller bearing failures that were consistently breaking down the machine and causing production delays … Read More

Uni-Guide Actuator Refines Inspection System

Engineers at SigmaPro needed a linear guide system that would be highly accurate and take either a NEMA 17 or NEMA 23. In addition, the XY guides were required to have the desired stroke and mounting options… Read More

Customized Actuators Help Protect Observatory Lens

Engineers at Las Cumbres Obervatory, a non-profit organization providing a network of robotically controlled telescopes for education outreach, relies on PBC Linear actutors for their custom retractable cover… Read More

SIMO Series and 3D Printer Supports Marine Corps

XLAB is an additive manufacturing hub that can be readily deployed for support maintenance duties that include fabrication and repair or modification of equipment… Read More

Bringing Mobility to 3D Printing

MilleBot has successfully designed and built the first patented advanced digital-manufacturing system within… Read More

Stage Construction using Hevi-Rail

A renowned entertainment company implements Hevi-Rail products to create a complex and movable staging aparatus… Read More

Dairy Processing Washdown

Dairy processing requires periodic washdown and cleaning of the packaging area, which can lead to rusted ball… Read More

On Demand Book Printing

Available in college libraries and bookstores worldwide, the Espresso Book Machine automatically prints… Read More

Carpet Tufting is a Tough Environment

With 36 ball bushing bearings operating at up to 1600 cycles/minute short strokes, carpet tufting machines create… Read More

Simplicity in the Woodworking Industry

For the woodworking industry, Simplicity bearings harmlessly absorb wood shaving debris and continue functioning… Read More

Washdown Bottling Automation

A manufacturer of bottling equipment looks to PBC Linear to find a solution for the total failure of ball bearings within… Read More

Automation in the Automotive Industry

Robotics manufacturer utilizes bearings from PBC Linear for the auto industry to improve efficiency and equipment longevity… Read More

Keeping Cargo Accessible

A storage containment manufacturer wants to create an improved solution to container storage, that maximized… Read More