Flexible and now well-suited to very heavy loads, the dual rotational and sliding movements of ball splines are in demand in robotics, CNC machinery and more.
Denser machines, distributed control and a call for smarter components have turned the linear axis into a system-level decision. In many cases, specification habits haven’t caught up.
That part, product or equipment you design, manufacture or use has plenty to say about itself. Here’s how some of today’s software systems are listening and putting that data to work.
