Rotary indexing table with ball bearing

Wire race bearings and linear guidance systems for equipment and apparatus engineering

Precision & Reliability

Precision and reliability are essential in equipment and apparatus manufacturing, where space is at a premium. Franke wire roller bearings and linear guides offer precisely the compact design and high performance that are crucial in this industry. Discover how our components can make your equipment even more efficient.

Equipment and Apparatus Engineering

Precision, compactness and reliability take center stage in appliance and apparatus engineering. The demands on the components used are high: they not only have to be durable and efficient, but also save space and optimize the efficiency of the entire system. Franke wire race bearings and linear guides are ideally suited to these requirements.

Franke components impress with their compact design, low friction and high load capacity. This allows them to be used even in tight installation spaces and helps to reduce the overall weight without compromising on performance. They also ensure smooth operation, which extends the service life of your appliances and minimizes maintenance intervals.

By using Franke Wire Race Bearings and Linear Guides, equipment and apparatus manufacturers benefit from increased efficiency, longer product life and reduced total cost of ownership. Our wire race bearings and linear guidance systems are the perfect choice when it comes to achieving maximum precision and reliability in compact designs and offer impressive performance:

  • Low weight for reduced masses during drive and acceleration
  • High load capacity and robustness for machining processes and workpiece handling
  • High adaptability to special environments (dirt, moisture, clean room, vacuum, food)

Franke rolling bearings in equipment and apparatus engineering

Optimum adaptation to your specifications

Our wire race bearings and linear guidance systems offer outstanding flexibility in drive design thanks to their large center clearance. Thanks to their high level of integration capability, they also enable considerable savings in terms of weight, energy and space.

This is achieved through the free choice of materials and optimum adaptation to the existing surrounding structure. We also offer the option of developing our products individually according to the specific requirements of your applications.

Bearings and ball bearings: illustration of the different materials
Bearing design example

The advantages for you:

  • Large center clearance for adaptation to your drive design
     
  • High integration capability in your design
     
  • Weight and energy savings through free choice of materials
     
  • Customized design, possibly as a complete assembly
     
  • Sustainability and resource efficiency through refurbishing
     
  • Individual and series production, even for large quantities

 

 

Franke advantages rotational

Your goal is to develop an optimal product?
We can help you achieve it!

Compact

compact

Maintenance-free

maintenance free

Individuality

individual

Lightweight

light

Dynamic

highly dynamic

Application examples rolling bearings


Equipment & Apparatus engineering

Customer Story

Making lifting easier: with handling systems from Sachs Products

Easy operation and good design: the young company Sachs Products attaches particular importance to these features in its handling systems. Sachs Products uses Franke slewing rings in its Mantis and Vertis manipulators. Their ease of movement, small installation space combined with high load capacity and low weight are decisive benefits for Sachs Products.

Smooth running, compact installation space and high load capacity are the benefits of Franke slewing rings

Rolling bearing product range

Franke linear guideways in appliance and apparatus engineering

Light & Dynamic

Franke linear guides impress with their low weight and smooth, quiet running. Numerous variants are available to best meet your requirements.

What they all have in common is the adjustability of the sliding resistance as well as lifetime lubrication and freedom from maintenance.

The advantages for you:

  • High acceleration and travel speeds
     
  • Smooth, easy running
     
  • Adjustable sliding resistance
     
  • Sealed rollers
     
  • Maintenance-free

Whitepaper linear systems

Discover in our whitepaper what the special features of this technology are and how individually it fulfils every customer requirement.

Rely on maintenance-free linear systems with consistent performance in the future.

Franke advantages linear

Your goal is to develop an optimal product?
We can help you achieve it!

Goal

precise

Dynamic

dynamic

Individuality

individual

Corrosion-resistant

corrosion resistant

Smooth-running

smooth-running

Application examples for linear guideways


Apparatus & equipment engineering

Customer Story

How do you digitize a library?

Scanners are commonplace devices these days. However, when it comes to entire books, standard office devices and their users quickly reach their limits. The Swiss company 4DigitalBooks - ASSY SA manufactures scanning robots that are used to digitize books in national libraries efficiently and gently. 4DigitalBooks has been using linear guides from Franke in its market-leading fully and semi-automatic book scanners for 20 years.

Franke linear guides in fully and semi-automatic book scanners for 4DigitalBooks

Product range linear systems



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