Ball screws are designed for operation under high vacuum. Typical applications include actuators for use in aerospace, electron-beam inspection, lithography, synchrotron research, and nanotechnology.

Welcome to this Motion Control Classroom on roller screws and ballscrews. Absolutely core to linear-motion designs are the three types of rotary-to-linear screw drive types: Simple leadscrews ...

This visual interpretation of thread drunkenness represents the unwinding of the thread from the screw cylinder. Thread drunkenness is defined as the erratic pitch ...