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Techniques

=Introduction= A linear-motion bearing or linear slide is a bearing designed to provide free motion in one direction. There are many different types of linear motion bearings.

Motorized linear slides such as machine slides, X-Y tables, roller tables and some dovetail slides are bearings moved by drive mechanisms. Not all linear slides are motorized, and non-motorized dovetail slides, ball bearing slides and roller slides provide low-friction linear movement for equipment powered by inertia or by hand. All linear slides provide linear motion based on bearings, whether they are ball bearings, dovetail bearings, linear roller bearings, magnetic or fluid bearings. X-Y tables, linear stages, machine slides and other advanced slides use linear motion bearings to provide movement along both X and Y multiple axis.

=Challenges=

=Approaches= <gallery> Linearbearing1.jpg|Linear bearing Linearbearing2.jpg|Linear bearing </gallery> Todo: * integrate live spring into hollow side of bolt mount for linear bearing tension adjustment and preload

Drive

Belt and pulley

Rack and pinion

Off the shelf

Screw and nut

Rail

[[Frames]]

Ground steel profile

Off the shelf

Supported smooth rods

Unsupported smooth rods

Bearings

Limit switches

Microswitches

Off the shelf

Optical obstruction sensors

Capacitive sensors