Ball-Screw Drunkenness: Debunking the Myth for Miniature Applications (.PDF Download)

    Jan. 31, 2017

    Thread drunkenness is defined as the erratic pitch error occurring within intervals of one pitch. This concept is hard to visualize unless it is represented by unwinding the thread from the screw cylinder...

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