Belts and rack and pinions have a few common benefits for linear movement applications. They’re both well-established drive mechanisms in linear actuators, providing high-speed travel over incredibly lengthy lengths. And both are frequently used in large gantry systems for materials handling, machining, welding and assembly, especially in the auto, machine device, and packaging industries.

Timing belts for linear actuators are typically made of polyurethane reinforced with internal metal or Kevlar cords. The most common tooth geometry for belts in linear actuators may be the AT profile, which has a big tooth width that delivers high resistance against shear forces. On the powered end of the actuator (where the electric motor can be attached) a precision-machined toothed pulley engages with the belt, while on the non-driven end, a flat pulley simply provides assistance. The non-driven, or idler, pulley is certainly often utilized for tensioning the belt, although some designs offer tensioning mechanisms on the carriage. The type of belt, tooth profile, and applied stress force all determine the push that can be transmitted.
Rack and pinion systems found in linear actuators consist of a rack (generally known as the “linear gear”), a pinion (or “circular gear”), and a gearbox. The gearbox helps to optimize the speed of the servo electric motor and the inertia match of the machine. One’s teeth of a rack and pinion drive could be directly or helical, although helical tooth are often used because of their higher load capability and quieter operation. For rack and pinion systems, the maximum force that can be transmitted can be largely dependant on the tooth pitch and how big is the pinion.
Our unique understanding extends from the coupling of linear system components – gearbox, engine, pinion and rack – to outstanding system solutions. We offer linear systems perfectly designed to meet your unique application needs with regards to the easy running, positioning precision and feed drive of linear drives.
In the research of the linear motion of the apparatus drive system, the Linear Gearrack measuring platform of the gear rack is designed to be able to measure the linear error. using servo engine straight drives the gears on the rack. using servo motor directly drives the apparatus on the rack, and is based on the movement control PT point mode to recognize the measurement of the Measuring range and standby control requirements etc. Along the way of the linear motion of the apparatus and rack drive mechanism, the measuring data is certainly obtained by using the laser interferometer to measure the position of the actual motion of the gear axis. Using the least square method to solve the linear equations of contradiction, and to prolong it to a variety of occasions and arbitrary number of fitting features, using MATLAB programming to obtain the actual data curve corresponds with style data curve, and the linear positioning accuracy and repeatability of gear and rack. This technology could be prolonged to linear measurement and data evaluation of nearly all linear motion system. It may also be utilized as the basis for the automated compensation algorithm of linear movement control.
Consisting of both helical & directly (spur) tooth versions, within an assortment of sizes, components and quality levels, to meet nearly every axis drive requirements.

These drives are ideal for an array of applications, including axis drives requiring exact positioning & repeatability, journeying gantries & columns, choose & place robots, CNC routers and materials handling systems. Weighty load capacities and duty cycles can also be easily dealt with with these drives. Industries served include Materials Handling, Automation, Automotive, Aerospace, Machine Tool and Robotics.