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 ...

In aeronautics, weight optimization and precision are of utmost importance. Telescopic slides find usage in storage systems, maintenance access panels, and all sorts of other specialized equipment.

Axis errors rob machine tools of the necessary accuracy for the jobs to be run. Luckily, though, two common position-measuring systems prevent this from happening. However, deciding which one should ...