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Reshaping Industrial Distribution: Brian Walker Reimagining Grainger’s Digital Future

Reshaping Industrial Distribution: Brian Walker Reimagining Grainger’s Digital Future

Reboot Chronicles
Industrial distribution rarely makes headlines, yet it quietly powers nearly every corner of the modern economy. When factories run, hospitals operate, and infrastructure stands strong, it’s because an intricate and largely invisible supply network is...
PBC Linear Launches USA-Made Ball Screws with Externally Threaded Cylindrical Nuts

PBC Linear Launches USA-Made Ball Screws with Externally Threaded Cylindrical Nuts

PBC Linear, a trusted ball screw manufacturer, announces the addition of ball screw assemblies with threaded cylindrical nuts to its growing ball screw product line. This new product...
PBC Linear Broadens Pillow Block Offerings to Include Stainless Steel Housings

PBC Linear Broadens Pillow Block Offerings to Include Stainless Steel Housings

Roscoe, Illinois, USA – October 09, 2025 – PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company and global leader in linear motion solutions, has expanded its pillow block line with...
How To Build A Fortune 500 Leader With Inexperienced People

How To Build A Fortune 500 Leader With Inexperienced People

Reboot Chronicles
Not many leaders can say they’ve been at the same company for 30 years and been an active Rebooter of the organization along the way—taking it from a...
The Seven Wonders Of AI: Welcome To The Algorithmic Civilization

The Seven Wonders Of AI: Welcome To The Algorithmic Civilization

Forbes
CEO Bob Schroeder remarked on how this category will create a massive growth wave: “Humanoid Robots will drive a renaissance across precision component sectors, developing into multi-billion-dollar opportunities...
S2E4 - PBC Linear's Journey to Automated Excellence

S2E4 - PBC Linear's Journey to Automated Excellence

CADTALK
In this episode of the Integrate Intelligently podcast, host Jeff Brickler talks with Jonathan Schroeder and Ethan Kinney from PBC Linear about their remarkable journey toward manufacturing automation....
PBC Linear invests $10M in South Beloit manufacturing campus

PBC Linear invests $10M in South Beloit manufacturing campus

Rockford Register Star
PBC Linear CEO Robert Schroeder explains his company's decision to expand its South Beloit manufacturing campus.
PBC Linear celebrates 40 years of growth

PBC Linear celebrates 40 years of growth

Roscoe News
The event brought together customers, suppliers, industry peers, partners, sales representatives, and employees who have contributed to PBC Linear’s growth as a leading provider of linear motion solutions...
Building the Economy: Tom Schroeder with PBC Linear

Building the Economy: Tom Schroeder with PBC Linear

The Supply Chain Automation Workforce Hub
The Hub sits down with Tom Schroeder, president of PBC Linear, to discuss the value Registered Apprenticeship (RA) programs bring to his local economy, and how the Hub...

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V-Guides: An Economic Choice to Long-Lasting Linear Motion

V-Guides: An Economic Choice to Long-Lasting Linear Motion

Stemming from PBC Linear's Cam Roller Technology (CRT), V-Guide systems provide the end user with highly economical, smooth and quiet linear motion. V-Guides are designed to last, and...
The Simplicity® Bearing: Meeting All Packaging Needs without Fail

The Simplicity® Bearing: Meeting All Packaging Needs without Fail

Today’s packaging industry runs at a fast pace that has no room for unplanned downtime or ball bearing failure. When conventional ball bearings seize up, the entire machine...
The MLA Secures a Small Space in the Medical Industry

The MLA Secures a Small Space in the Medical Industry

The MLA miniature linear actuator has already showcased high performance and accurate linear guidance in the medical laboratory environment, but recently a medical supply company decided to incorporate...
The Cartesian Robotics System: Simplifying Automation Control

The Cartesian Robotics System: Simplifying Automation Control

Robots come in several forms. They are used to automate a wide range of tasks in manufacturing and assembly lines in virtually every industry from cell phone production...
Simplicity®: the Preferred Choice for ADI’s New De-burring System

Simplicity®: the Preferred Choice for ADI’s New De-burring System

Advance Design Industries (ADI) in Sheffield Village, Ohio has designed and built innovative custom machine systems for industrial and defense applications for more than 50 years. Their latest...
Simplicity Products Do Not Fail When Conditions are Shaken Up!

Simplicity Products Do Not Fail When Conditions are Shaken Up!

Simplicity linear bearings have been installed in an earthquake simulation machine developed by the Washington University Structural Control and Earthquake Engineering Lab (WUSCEEL) in St. Louis, Missouri. Due...
Simplicity® Pillow blocks and Redi-Rail® Keeps Brewer Green to Go for St. Patrick’s Day and all year round!

Simplicity® Pillow blocks and Redi-Rail® Keeps Brewer Green to Go for St. Patrick’s Day and all year round!

Too often manufacturing companies view repetitive downtime consisting of replacing failingsystems as a necessary procedure rather than a process that requires improvement. This was not the case for...
Simplicity®: Nailing its Place in the Woodworking Industry for 27 years

Simplicity®: Nailing its Place in the Woodworking Industry for 27 years

Anti-friction linear bearing systems are crutial to the production output, accuracy and repeatability on today’s modern CNC routers and waterjet cutters. The woodworking industry relies on these machines...
Simplicity Keeps Automotive Welding Line Running

Simplicity Keeps Automotive Welding Line Running

The automotive production line centers around several machines all working together with production workers to ensure high production rates and quality. A kink in this chain can halt...
Simplicity® Bearings Put Stonework Manufacturer Back on Schedule!

Simplicity® Bearings Put Stonework Manufacturer Back on Schedule!

Stonework machining has to be precise and productive. CNC multi-axis machines cut large bullets of stone into countertops, floor covering, stone laminates, and many unique shapes used in...
Raise Quality and Lower Costs with Uni-guide

Raise Quality and Lower Costs with Uni-guide

September 16, 2008 Rockford, IL - - - - The Uni-guide—formerly Dolphin Guide—has come a long way since its creation in 1995. Armed with a lightweight aluminum structure,...
Pharmacy Sorting Robot Glides without Fail with Redi-Rail Linear Guides

Pharmacy Sorting Robot Glides without Fail with Redi-Rail Linear Guides

Pharmaceutical automation cuts dispensing costs, ensures accuracy and increases thru-put, allowing pharmacies to recover their investment, ensure quality and lower costs to consumers. PBC Linear’s Redi-Rail® linear guide...
PBC Pillow Blocks Keep Gates Closed

PBC Pillow Blocks Keep Gates Closed

Raising livestock is not accomplished in a vacuum. Environmental factors are ever-present in the process. For one particular live stock company, both outside obstacles and heavy vibration caused...
PBC Linear’s ML series Mini-Actuator Named Best Product Finalist!

PBC Linear’s ML series Mini-Actuator Named Best Product Finalist!

PBC Linear’s ML series miniature linear actuator has been named a finalist for the Golden Mousetrap Best Product Award in Motion Control! Officially announced in the September 2009...
PBC Linear’s Integral V™ Extends the Reach for Equipois zeroG™

PBC Linear’s Integral V™ Extends the Reach for Equipois zeroG™

Equipois Inc., a technology company based in Los Angeles provides ergonomic solutions, to reduce injury costs and increase productivity in hand tool applications at major manufacturing companies. Their...
PBC Linear Uni-Guide Shines in Wafer Manufacturing

PBC Linear Uni-Guide Shines in Wafer Manufacturing

For over 25 years, PBC Linear has developed working relationships with its customers to help them save money and time by customizing PBC Linear products to their needs....
PBC Linear Slides out New Stainless Steel Pillow Blocks

PBC Linear Slides out New Stainless Steel Pillow Blocks

PBC Linear introduces total stainless steel pillow blocks for their Simplicity® linear bearing product lines. Designed to ensure long-lasting linear and rotary performance in corrosive, wash-down, clean-room and...
PBC Linear Provides Complete, Fast Automation Solution for Medical Sample Equipment

PBC Linear Provides Complete, Fast Automation Solution for Medical Sample Equipment

Delicate, critically important biological samples are carefully transported at high speeds using a complete linear motion gantry solution designed by PBC Linear. A medical equipment manufacturer needed a...
PBC Linear & Moons’ Industries Announce Joint Venture

PBC Linear & Moons’ Industries Announce Joint Venture

Roscoe, Illinois, USA – November 12, 2014 – At the recent CIIF Show in Shanghai, China, PBC Linear and Moons’ Industries announced a joint venture together to develop...
PBC Linear Launches USA-Made Ball Screws with Externally Threaded Cylindrical Nuts

PBC Linear Launches USA-Made Ball Screws with Externally Threaded Cylindrical Nuts

PBC Linear, a trusted ball screw manufacturer, announces the addition of ball screw assemblies with threaded cylindrical nuts to its growing ball screw product line. This new product...
PBC Linear expands its product selection with launch of Miniature Metric Ball Screw Assemblies

PBC Linear expands its product selection with launch of Miniature Metric Ball Screw Assemblies

Roscoe, Illinois, USA – May 15, 2025 – PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company and a global leader in linear motion solutions, has expanded its comprehensive portfolio to...
PBC Linear Broadens Pillow Block Offerings to Include Stainless Steel Housings

PBC Linear Broadens Pillow Block Offerings to Include Stainless Steel Housings

Roscoe, Illinois, USA – October 09, 2025 – PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company and global leader in linear motion solutions, has expanded its pillow block line with...
PBC Linear Announces Universal Robots+ Partner Certification for Its Applied Cobotics Cobot Feeder

PBC Linear Announces Universal Robots+ Partner Certification for Its Applied Cobotics Cobot Feeder

Roscoe, Illinois, USA – May 22, 2023 – PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company and a global leader in linear motion solutions, is pleased to announce that its...
PBC Linear and Miller Weldmaster Cut Down Assembly Cost

PBC Linear and Miller Weldmaster Cut Down Assembly Cost

Miller Weldmaster, an Ohio-based manufacturer of thermoplastic fibers, has turned to PBC Linear’s new, cost saving Integral V™ Technology (IVT) for a simplified linear guide system on their...
PBC Linear Actuators Put Medical Testing on the Fast-track

PBC Linear Actuators Put Medical Testing on the Fast-track

Clean-room dependant linear motion can be the most painstaking for a product to excel. Grease, oil, and other common lubricants have no place in this environment. For medical...
PBC Linear Actuators Provide Smooth Horizontal Guidance in Sandblasting

PBC Linear Actuators Provide Smooth Horizontal Guidance in Sandblasting

Fabricated steel structures and processed steel are often treated with protective coatings or polished to ensure long life and enhanced appearances. To guarantee these coatings are solidly adhered...
PBC Linear Actuator Gives Green Energy a Lift

PBC Linear Actuator Gives Green Energy a Lift

In an economy that is gearing more towards green energy, PBC Linear is helping lay down the initial framework. Utilizing the high-accuracy PLA linear actuator, a cutting edge...
PBC Linear - $10 Million Facility Expansion

PBC Linear - $10 Million Facility Expansion

Roscoe, Illinois, USA – June 7, 2018 – PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company, and a global leader in linear motion solutions, held a celebratory groundbreaking for its...
New Sensor Bearing Outlasts Competition

New Sensor Bearing Outlasts Competition

Linear has recently implemented a new, custom made sensor bearing into large paper plant dryers. Previously using Babbitt bearings, the paper plant was experiencing constant downtime, using an...
Meeting Cost Efficiency with High-Precision—Integral V™

Meeting Cost Efficiency with High-Precision—Integral V™

Since the products first introduction in 2008, Integral V™ Technology (IVT) has proceeded to gain momentum as a cost-saving solution to precision aligned linear motion. With over 20...
Linear Slides from PBC Linear Assembled in Underwater Drill

Linear Slides from PBC Linear Assembled in Underwater Drill

Deep underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, PBC Linear is providing smooth and precise linear motion for submarine oil pipeline maintenance and repair. Using their Linear Slide Technology...
Large Printer Glides Smoothly Along PBC Linear Path

Large Printer Glides Smoothly Along PBC Linear Path

Smooth, un-interrupted precision linear motion is essential to high end printing, and PBC Linear has been maintaining these qualities since the company fist began in 1982. Using PBC...
Keep a Competitive Edge with PBC Linear Commercial Rail

Keep a Competitive Edge with PBC Linear Commercial Rail

Rockford, IL – October 10, 2008 Save on costs with the newly reduced-price PBC Linear Commercial Rail! With new advancements made to our production process, costs on products...
IVT Lightens up Costs and Improves Precision on CNC Routers

IVT Lightens up Costs and Improves Precision on CNC Routers

Typical gantry routers can be used to accomplish a wide variety of specialized tasks. From woodworking to foam cutting, CNC routers are a commonplace system found in many...
Integral V™ Frame Allows for Faster, Precision CNC Plasma Cutter

Integral V™ Frame Allows for Faster, Precision CNC Plasma Cutter

CNC plasma cutting framework is traditionally heavy and cumbersome. The steel framing effects the construction and design time as well as the overall performance of the system. Precision...
Inch Series Redi-Rail Product Migration

Inch Series Redi-Rail Product Migration

Roscoe, Illinois, USA – August 15, 2019 – PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company and a global leader in linear motion solutions, will be making a slight change...
How Does IVT Fit as a Solution to Your Application?

How Does IVT Fit as a Solution to Your Application?

How and where does Integral V™ fit into an application? When IVT was first introduced, PBC Linear presented the new linear guide technology as the solution to innumberable...
Hevi-Rail®: The Original Heavy Duty Bearing

Hevi-Rail®: The Original Heavy Duty Bearing

Providing years of success in the toughest environments, Hevi-Rail®—the original heavy duty roller bearing system—has placed itself as a proven technology in the linear motion arena. From foundries...
Golden Mousetrap Award for New Integral V™!

Golden Mousetrap Award for New Integral V™!

August 22, 2008 Rockford, IL - - - -PBC Linear’s new Integral V technology has been named a Design News Golden Mousetrap finalist for the 2008 Best Product...
Build it or Buy it: The Advantages of a Pre-engineered Sub-assembly Product Over a Component System

Build it or Buy it: The Advantages of a Pre-engineered Sub-assembly Product Over a Component System

When constructing a linear guide system, the first choice is selecting what type of product to use: a pre-engineered sub-assembly (such as the Uni-Guide) or a component system...
Ball-bearing vs. Plane Bearing Technology in Heavy Wash-down

Ball-bearing vs. Plane Bearing Technology in Heavy Wash-down

The wash-down process—frequently used in food, beverage and pharmaceutical production—is a large obstacle for effective long-lasting linear motion. Periodic, high pressure spraying of water or other chemicals (often...
Carpet Manufacturer Cuts 95% of Scrap Losses with Simplicity Self lubricating Bearing Solution

Carpet Manufacturer Cuts 95% of Scrap Losses with Simplicity Self lubricating Bearing Solution

Carpet tufting creates a tough environment for linear motion products. Processing synthetic fibers into carpet backing using a high speed, reciprocating short stroke machining system, a carpet manufacturer...
Advanced Manufacturing Open House showcases Factory of the Future Program

Advanced Manufacturing Open House showcases Factory of the Future Program

Roscoe, Illinois, USA – May 17, 2021 – PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company and a global leader in linear motion solutions, is looking to showcase their Factory...

Board Member Dean DeBiase "Reboot Chronicles" Podcast

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