LM Guide THK - Industrial Technologies
LM Guide THK - Industrial Technologies
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Индастриал Технолоджис www.industrial‐technologies.com.ua +38 044 498 21 94Structure Structure and and Features Features of the Caged of the Ball Caged <strong>LM</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Ball <strong>LM</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>0<strong>LM</strong> rail<strong>LM</strong> blockEnd sealEndplateEndplate(Turn-around section)BallBall cageFig.1 Structural Drawing of the Caged Ball <strong>LM</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Model SHSUnloaded ball circulation pathLoaded raceway area of the <strong>LM</strong> block<strong>LM</strong> railBallBall cageGrease pocket<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Technologies</strong>Fig.2 Circulation Structure inside the <strong>LM</strong> Block of the Caged Ball <strong>LM</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>With the Caged Ball <strong>LM</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>, the use of a ball cage allows lines of evenly spaced balls to circulate,thus to eliminate friction between the balls.In addition, grease held in a space between the ball circulation path and the ball cage (greasepocket) is applied on the contact surface between each ball and the ball cage as the ball rotates,forming an oil film on the ball surface. As a result, an oil film is not easily broken.A1-106