Corrosion resistant sliding system

A number of applications exist that require corrosion resistant sliding systems. A typical example would be a sliding roof for a home or a swimming pool. Talking to many of its customers and prospective customers, Euro- Bearings is often asked for a more economic solution. Using stainless steel ball bushings and shafts is a solution but it is not one you could call cheap, the company says.

Euro-Bearings has come up with a solution which uses hard anodised aluminium tracks and carriages with

re-circulating Delrin balls. The tracks come in three sizes (small, medium and large) with two different carriage lengths available for each track type.

There are two surface finishes for the tracks, one being hard anodised and the other being hard anodised with the addition of a PTFE coating.

End stops are also available and the tracks are pre-drilled. The carriages have tapped holes on their top surfaces. The product can be happily exposed to the English weather and even salt water, according to Euro- Bearings. The load capacity ranges from 220 to 1300kg per carriage.