WOOD DALE, IL – Thomson has available a new Profile Rail Linear Guides catalog.? Users will find detailed information on features and benefits, options and accessories, performance attributes and specifications for the company’s next generation 500 Series Ball and Roller Profile Rail Linear Guides, ultra compact AccuMini Linear Ball Guides, MicroGuide Profile Rails and T-Series Profile Rails.? The catalog also contains a 36 page profile rail engineering guide that includes educational information on sizing, selection and life load calculations, deflection vs. applied load, lubrication, bellow cover calculations, butt joint specifications and conversion factors.

About Thomson
With more than 60 years of motion control innovation and quality, Thomson is the industry’s premier producer of Linear Ball Bushing® Bearings and Profile Rail Bearings, 60 Case? Shafting, ground and rolled Ball Screws, Linear Actuators, Gearheads, Clutches, Brakes, Linear Systems, and related accessories.? Thomson invented the Linear Ball Bushing Bearing in 1945, and has set the standard ever since with an unsurpassed set of mechanical motion control solutions serving global commercial and aerospace & defense markets.? Thomson Industries, Inc. has facilities in North America, Europe and Asia with over 2000 distributor locations around the world.

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