MLG LINEAR SLIDE

The MLG’s Development
A customer was using slide rails with ball bearings, such as the Aluminium Mini Slide ARW2-16 and the Aluminium Mini Slide AR3-16, in motor-driven equipment.
During a consultation, the customer relayed that movement was gradually becoming slower and more difficult to move. This caused the equipment to stop due to the overloading of the motor.
The underlying issue for this problem stemmed from the creep phenomenon* caused by the vertical use of slide rails with ball bearings. To solve this problem, we began the development of a rail that does not cause creep (i.e. it does not stop midway and moves smoothly).