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Yes, you can optimize performance, balance installed costs and extend machine life.
All it takes is the right round or profile rail guide. And expert guidance from Thomson.

We know how to weigh the impact of every variable of your application and lead you to the linear guide that helps you build a better machine, faster. It all starts with the right questions and answers. So, be sure to visit the FAQs page. And test your knowledge with the pop quiz below. Even if you don’t fare well, don’t worry. Our applications engineers have you covered.

Linear Aptitude Test

  1. Which Profile Rail (Square) Bearing design has the higher roll moment capacity?
    a. Double back (DB)
    b. Gothic
    c. Double faced (DF)
  2. Which product is "typically" better at high loads?
    a. Round rail
    b. Profile rail
  3. Which is true of round rail?
    a. More accurate than profile rail
    b. Can be supported at both ends or continuously
    c. More expensive than profile rail
  4. What is the most important advantage of a profile rail?
    a. High load and positioning accuracy
    b. Need not be used in pairs
    c. Compact size
  5. Which product generally operates more smoothly?
    a. Round rail
    b. Profile rail
  6. Which bearing offers the lowest installed cost?
    a. Roller profile rail bearings
    b. Ball profile rail beareings
    c. Round rail linear bearings
  1. What term describes the force that two objects exert upon each other through their contact surface, hindering each other’s relative movement when they are in contact?
    a. Torsion
    b. Running parallelism
    c. Friction force
  2. Which bearing has the highest load, speed, and acceleration capacity?
    a. The RoundWay
    b. Die-set Ball Bushing Bearings
    c. MultiTrac
  3. Which requires less mounting surface preparation?
    a. Round rail
    b. Profile rail
  4. A rail is always scaled to a shock load.
    a. True
    b. False

Extra Credit Question: In what decade did Thomson invent the
world’s first anti-friction linear Ball Bushing bearing?

  • a. 1930s
    b. 1960s
    c. 1940s
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