Lead Screw Automation Flexibility Key to Medical Device Manufacturing by Christopher Nook
Date: Jul 12 2013

Lead Screw Automation Flexibility Key to Medical Device Manufacturing

The only thing constant is change, especially for medical device manufacturers, which face ongoing pressures to introduce new products or highly modified versions of existing devices at a faster pace than any other industry.

Lead Screw Actuators Enable World Class Rail Car Design by Christopher Nook
Date: Jul 08 2013

Lead Screw Actuators Enable World Class Rail Car Design

Globally, rail car systems build-out is projected for strong growth well into the foreseeable future. The design of rail car components has seen similar steady movement.

Advancing Security System Positioning and Control with Lead Screws by Christopher Nook
Date: Jun 18 2013

Advancing Security System Positioning and Control with Lead Screws

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, dramatically increased demand for automated security systems in practically all facets of society. From military and governmental security technologies to commercial and residential surveillance systems, automated security represents one of the fastest growing markets in today’s global economy.

10 Reasons Lead Screws are Better than Ball Screws by Christopher Nook
Date: Jun 12 2013

10 Reasons Lead Screws are Better than Ball Screws

Once thought of as little more than a cheap substitute for ball screws and only suitable for limited use in less demanding applications, lead screws (sometimes called lead screws, power screws, acme screws or translation screws) have evolved and now offer many significant advantages over alternative technologies

Drive Linear Motion in Industrial Robots with Lead Screws by Christopher Nook
Date: May 24 2013

Drive Linear Motion in Industrial Robots with Lead Screws

While industrial robots have been used to manipulate parts, tools, material, and specialized devices for half a century, industrial robot manufacturers face a range of new challenges associated with increased demand for greater levels of adaptability, agility, and flexibility

Lead Screw Thread Forms and Options by Christopher Nook
Date: May 17 2013

Lead Screw Thread Forms and Options

The screw thread of a lead screw or Acme screw—the helical, shape used to convert rotational motion to linear motion or force—is an important factor in engineering and configuring a mechanical actuator that will perform optimally for a specific linear motion application.

How Are Lead Screws Used in a 3D Printer? by Christopher Nook
Date: May 10 2013

How Are Lead Screws Used in a 3D Printer?

With a 3D printer, product developers can quickly and cost effectively create actual physical parts of product designs directly from product design data. Just as a desktop printer produces type on a 2D page, a 3D printer builds a physical object in 3D space, layer by layer.

Maintaining Syringe Pump Precision at Lower Cost with Lead Screws by Christopher Nook
Date: May 02 2013

Maintaining Syringe Pump Precision at Lower Cost with Lead Screws

The use of syringe pumps for medical treatment and chemical/biomedical research has substantially increased in recent years. The most common application for these small infusion pumps is to gradually administer intravenous medications to patients, including pain-killing analgesics, nausea-suppressing anti-emetics, and other drugs.

How Plastic Acme Nuts Resolve Lead Screw Challenges by Christopher Nook
Date: May 01 2013

How Plastic Acme Nuts Resolve Lead Screw Challenges

While lead screws provide cost, performance, and dependability advantages for many of today’s linear actuation requirements, some motion control applications present challenges that require the use of plastic acme nuts, which are engineered to provide internal lubrication, to make lead screws operate more smoothly, quietly, and reliably.

Lead Screws Drive Missile Fin Actuation Systems by Christopher Nook
Date: Apr 26 2013

Lead Screws Drive Missile Fin Actuation Systems

Lead and acme screws are used for a variety of linear motion control applications, ranging from syringe pumps to pan-and-tilt systems for security cameras. However, one of the more interesting applications of these screws involves their use for driving the fin actuation that guides a missile to its target.