New Way Air Bearings is no stranger to the flat panel display (FPD) sector, as well as the energy production sector as a whole. This is why we see immense potential for the application of our Porous Media™ air bearings in the production of solar glass panels and solar cells. As the world goes green…
How Air Bearings Can Benefit Cryptocurrency Through the Semiconductor Industry
From Mine to Mint: Solving the Semiconductor Shortage The semiconductor shortage is old news by now. For well over a year, overstressed production lines have meant that vital industries have been unable to access these complex components in the qualities necessary to maintain production. However, video game consoles and other consumer electronics are not the…
How Air Turns and Porous Media™ are the Future of Immersive Virtual Reality
What a Porous Media™ Web Turn Bar Can Mean for New VR Tech It’s no secret that virtual reality is the next big thing in media. From video games to job training to the new Facebook metaverse, ubiquity seems to be the inevitable future of VR. This is borne out by the numbers as well….
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Learn MoreWhat's Old and What's New with Flat Round Air Bearings
How We Continue to Innovate With Our Original Product New Way Air Bearings has expanded into numerous industries in the past several years, but this doesn’t mean we’ve paid any less attention to our mainstay products and industries. Flat Round Air Bearings were our earliest products and remain one of our most popular, and not…
Air Bearings and Agriculture: How Porous Media Can Revolutionize Farming and Produce Transport
Air Bearings: A New Epoch for Agricultural Technology New Way Air Bearings ® proudly supports a variety of industries, from metrology and semiconductor manufacturing to turbomachinery and rapid machine tooling. Now, we want to focus on a new market with vast potential for improvements in speed, reliability and longevity of operation: Agriculture. Here’s how flat…
The Top 3 Industries Air Bars are Set to Disrupt
Precision Conveyors Offer New Possibilities to Tech Industries Modern manufacturing has created a whole new ecosystem of machines and processes specially designed for factory automation. Conveyors alone were a $7.73 billion dollar industry in 2020, covering everything from automotive to pharmaceutical applications. However, when it comes to precision tech manufacturing, there is still significant room…
Why Radial Air Bearings are the Future of Precision Rotation
New Way Air Bearings offers a variety of products for both linear and rotary applications, and the foundation of our rotary-focused lineup is the radial air bearing. Radial air bearings provide non-contact support for rotating artifacts with our proprietary Porous Media Technology™, and allow for speeds up to 100 meters per second. Radial air bearings…
Retrofit Revolution: How Modern Servo-Driven Rotary Stages Transform Old Processes
New Technology Offers Incredible Benefits As evolving technology has changed what is possible for precision industries, the standards for durable, consistent, and ultra-tight resolution have only risen. This can pose a problem for the older machines many companies and research bodies still use. A specialized measurement device can cost tens of thousands of dollars, making…
Retrofitting With Air Bearings Brings Systems Into the Future
Maintaining components and systems past their anticipated life cycle can be a challenge for even the most forward-thinking original equipment manufacturer (OEM.) It can be difficult to anticipate how long a system will last, and if the manufacturer goes out of business, you might be up a creek. At New Way® Air Bearings, we have…