How Air Bearings Improve Measurement Capabilities New Way Air Bearings® is proud to offer our lineup of air bearing technology for all your metrological needs. Our Porous Media Technology™ is ideally suited to metrology related tasks including: Coordinate verification Roundness checking Flatness control The air bearings’ unique capabilities, provided through frictionless motion atop a micro-thin…
What’s New in Servo-Driven Rotary Stages
See How New Way’s Servo-Driven Rotary Bearings Are Being Put to Use This summer, New Way took our Porous Media Technology™ and applied it to rotary motion, bringing you the Servo-Driven rotary stage. This advancement represents an all-in-one solution for precision rotary motion, containing New Way’s air spindle technology, a slotless, brushless motor and a…
Researching Black Holes with the Help of Air Bearings
Air Bearings Provide the Precision for Researching Black Holes Predicted as part of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, black holes have captivated astronomers, while also becoming a figurative description for where money and time go. Black holes recently found mainstream attention with the first-ever picture of a black hole silhouette utilizing an array of telescopes….
Five Industries Considering Porous Media Technology
Emerging Industries Could See a New Way to Deliver Frictionless Motion New Way® Air Bearings have found their way into many industries you know and love: CT scanners, automobile testing, optics fabrication, and, of course, metrology. But there are a few emerging industries that could still benefit from our Porous Media Technology™ and have yet…
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Machine Tools Get an Upgrade Thanks to Air Bearing Technology
How Air Bearings are Changing the Machine Tool Industry Machine tools have advanced production and standardized machinery components. Now, they’re about to get a revolutionary facelift of their own thanks to Porous Media Technology™ from New Way®. A Condensed History of Machine Tools Humans have used machine tools for centuries. Pottery wheels were used by ancient…
Air Bearings: Positioning the Automation Industry for the Future
Learn Three Benefits of New Way Air Bearings for the Future of Automation The automation industry boasts a rich history beginning with the first use of the term “automation” in 1948 by Delmar Harder, Vice President of Manufacturing for Ford Motor Company. With electricity, companies were able to utilize machines to automate tasks, creating an…
Machining Industry & New Way Air Bearings: Partners for a Bright Future
Learn Five Ways Air Bearings Solve the Challenges of the Machining Industry Birthed from the industrial revolution, the machining industry plays a prominent role behind the scenes of today’s manufacturing world. However, the challenges faced during the industrial revolution are vastly different than those seen today. Not only have quantity and quality expectations changed, but…
Air Bearings vs. Zero Stiction: The Challenge for the Keck Observatory
Solving Static Friction Turns a Skeptic into a Believer in Air Bearings Welcome to part three of our blog series as we follow one man and see how his interest in air bearings changed the operations at two world-class astronomy observatories. In part one, we met Peter Gillingham, an astronomy engineer who implemented New Way®…
Answers to All Your Air Bearing Questions
Air Bearing Facts You’ve decided to go with New Way® and our frictionless technology to enhance your manufacturing process, but you have some more specific questions about our air bearings. Let’s go over some of the more common questions we field to learn how our air bearings work. New Way’s air bearings can be easily…
