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Here’s a better way to look at vibration-isolation systems.

The 5997 MatTop chain from Rexnord Industries LLC tried Rexnord Duralon bearings in the cooler and in hot water spray. Inspections after an eight-month trial revealed no visible wear, so the company planned to replace the remaining bearings.

A novel motion-control scheme on a custom woodworking sander has automated the precision finishing of fret boards for highquality guitars.

Linear encoders keep their accuracy when things start to heat up.

Linear precision bearings, in both inch and metric sizes, have three times the load capacity and can provide up to 27 times the normal travel life of conventional slide bushings.

Machined springs combine the elastic properties of materials, such as high strength steels, aluminum, and titanium, with a curved beam helix for precise deflection rates for compression, extension, torsion, lateral bending and lateral translation spring functions.

The VED05M proportional-control valve with onboard electronic amplifier and Hall-effect spool position sensor is for closed-spool, inner-loop operation.

Could self-lubricating bearings with a wide temperature range actually save you money?

The 384-page B620 Bearing catalog/ handbook features over 4,978 off-theshelf bearings.

The SRH Series of 180° swivel heads are completely modular and consist of the tried-and-tested SRU rotary modules combined with two swivel corners, electric feed-throughs, and media feed-throughs.

The Lage 125 and 250 lubricators from SKF, Kulpsville, Pa. (skf.com), have double the capacity of most other single-point lubricators.