PBC Linear brings in a new solution to low profile
tasks and applications: the Low Profile Uni-Guide (UGA). A economical expansion
of the popular Uni-Guide family, the UGA allocates the performance advantages
of the larger designs - self-lubricating, maintenance-free, easy assembly - into
a compact, 24 mm profile for smooth, reliable and long-lasting linear motion in
print/scan, food processing and machine tool applications.
The Uni-Guide family utilizes the proven plane
bearing technology of Simplicity(R), which allows the carriage to glide smoothly
along the slide. The proprietary Frelon liner ensures safe travel over dirt,
dust, grime and other particulates without damaging the rail or carriage.
Maintenance-free and self-lubricating, the Uni-Guide products require no
additional grease or oil and thrive in applications where contamination must be
prevented: food processing, lab automation and medical equipment.
 |
Comprised of a simple, two-piece rail and carriage assembly, Uni-Guide products facilitate quick system integration without the mounting components and alignment necessitated by other linear slide products. These competing products, such as re-circulating ball or polymer insert linear slides, use assemblies with multiple rails and components, and require painstaking alignment to ensure uniform parallelism across all assembled rails and carriages. The Uni-Guide family promotes ease of installation by machining two parallel rails in one profile. The one-piece carriage design also simplifies assembly by directly fitting onto the rail without fasteners - saving the end user on cost and reducing tolerance stack-up.
To ensure precision tolerances are maintained, the rail and carriage of the Low Profile Uni-Guide are machined by our patent-pending SIMO(R) process. SIMO uses a synchronized tooling system to mill all critical edges concurrently - creating consistently tight tolerances that hold within A plus or minus 0.001 inch (0.025 mm) for assured high accuracy travel.
