Linear Slides
Improved Precision
A key differentiator of New Way Air Slides is our unique mechanism for integrating the slide and the rail. Vacuum replication is used to position the stage?against the rail, eliminating vibration and harmonic noise. The resultant superior stability, straightness, and stiffness ensure nano-level positioning is achieved each and every time.
Reduced Maintenance
The use of air greatly reduces the maintenance profile in operations. Not only are there no burdensome lubrication requirements to perform, but contamination and outgassing concerns become obsolete.
Four Solutions—Same Fundamentals
New Way offers four types of linear slides to accommodate a wide range of customer requirements. All built on our foundational Porous Media TechnologyTM, each type provides standard off-the-shelf options in terms of slide size and rail length. Custom slides are also available.
End-Supported Air Slides
The simplest of the slides, End-Supported Air Slides are designed for use in situations where continuous support of the slide is impossible or impractical. End-Supported slides are often used in a gantry in traditional X/Y axis configurations, yet can also be used in the Z axis by fixing the stage and moving the guide bar for controlling probes.
Dovetail Air Slides
The Dovetail series features a lean, low profile track providing high and consistent acceleration even with moderate loads. The guide bar is mounted in continuous support configurations. These linear air slides can also be stacked and include mounts for encoders and non-contact linear motors.
Boxway Air Slides
The Boxway slides partner our widest stage with a T-shaped rail, enabling the largest load capacity. Boxway slides are continuously-supported, and also include mounts for non-contact linear motors and encoders.
AirWay® Linear Motion Guide System
The AirWay system is designed as an alternative for existing rolling element guide systems bolted to a flat surface. Once the current system is unscrewed and removed, the AirWay system is designed to be bolted back down in the same place. It is used in the same manner, but now with all the benefits of Frictionless MotionTM.
Custom
New Way also offers customers the ability to provide their own slide for integration into a slide series. Contact us to tell us more about your application to get you started!
Linear Slides Product Line
Discover the benefits, applications and specifications of non-contact linear air slides
- No Contact
- No Noise
- No Wear
- No Lubrication
- High-speed
- No vibration
- Nano-precision positioning
- Increased reliability
- Crash resistant
- Clean Room Class 1 Compliant
- Increased operations time
- Less maintenance downtime
Applications
New Way offers four types of linear slides to accommodate a wide range of customer requirements. All built on our foundational Porous Media TechnologyTM , each type provides standard off-the-shelf options in terms of slide size and rail length. Custom slides are also available.
- High-speed operations concurrent with nano-level precision improve both production quantity and quality
- Contamination and outgassing concerns are overcome with the use of air over traditional lubricants, making them ideal for clean-room operations
- The even distribution of air by Porous Media Technology not only provides sub-nanometer precision but inherently provides a crash-resistant design, minimizing potential damage
- Operational efficiencies are gained as maintenance downtime is reduced
- Non-contact motion coupled with vacuum replication provide the confidence demanded by an industry where precision is vital
- Versatile design enables use in vertical applications for probes/sensors, as well as traditional horizontal applications
- With vibration and harmonic noise removed, grinding operations achieve high precision, repeatedly
- Use of air instead of lubricants obviates concerns of contamination
Questions
Contact us for a complimentary consultation to determine which linear air slide series is the best fit for your application!
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