Guideways out of Turcite, copper, bronce and springsteel:

We manufacture guideways out of Turcite:

Turcite is a modern plastic material with metal-inclusions, with a low friction-factor and slip-stick-free, and is still working in absence of lubrication (Trelleborg / ex Busak & Shamban)

Turcite must be glued very carefully onto the machined surface.

After drying the guideway, together with the complete machine bed, is milled and drilled and ground to final dimensions.

The Turcite-surface is quite soft and suitable for guiding delicate parts in the 0,01mm tolerance area, but at the same time it is also prone to surface-defects due to handling.

In the picture the ground surface is shown, together with oil-lubrication grooves.

We manufacture guideways out of copper and bronce:

Copper and bronce are classic materials, offering the optimum combination of hardness, friction in absence of lubrication, and cost.

Copper rails can be screwed or glued onto the machine bed. Especially gluing results in a high resistance to shearing forces.

After fixation the guideway, together with the complete machine bed, is milled and drilled and ground to final dimensions.

In the picture the machined copper guideways are shown.

We manufacture guideways out of flame-sprayed metal:

in restricted areas it is often not possible to mount separate guideways. In these cases we can flame-spray metal.

The flame-sprayed metal, together with the complete machine bed, is milled and drilled and ground to final dimensions.

In order to protect the know-how of our customers, we regret not being able to show any pictures.

We manufacture guideways out of spring steel:

Springsteel has a high hardness of 1600-1800 N/mm2 and therefore is best suited for a long lifetime.

The band of springsteel is either clamped down or glued onto the machine bed; due to the low heigth it is unusual to use screws.

After fixation the springsteel, together with the complete machine bed, is milled and drilled and ground to final dimensions.

Due to its high hardness any further machining is difficult and unusual. Therefore springsteel guideways are not receiving lubrication from below.

Other guideways:

Alternatively to the above-mentioned 4 systems we can also use linear guide-rails that are bolted down onto the bed (INA, Bosch, THK, etc.)

When using cast machine beds, the surface in the guideway-area can also be hardened by induction. But since large castings are expensive, this system is more often used for smaller machines that are built in large series.

Grinding of complete beds and assemblies:

with our grinding machines we can grind complete beds as the final operation before painting

guideways can be glued or fixed with screws

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