PRECISION METRIC & MINIATURE BALL SCREW ASSEMBLIES
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www.nookindustries.com TABLE OF CONTENTS
TECHNICAL DATA...... 4-13
PRECISION METRIC BALL SCREWS...14-29
MINIATURE BALL SCREWS...... 30-39
EZZE MOUNT™ END BEARING SUPPORTS...... 40-65
Precision Ball Screws Ball Splines CC™ Cylinders Linear Slides Electric Cylinders MOTOR MOUNTS...... 67-73
GUIDANCE PRODUCTS...... 74-75
NOOK QUALITY...... 76-77
Worm Gear Screw Jacks Profile Rails Planetary Roller Screws EZZE Mounts™ Modular Linear Actuators
NOOK HISTORY
In 1969, Joseph H. Nook Jr. founded Nook Industries, screws to the latest technologies, Nook Industries strives Inc., intent on becoming a global supplier of Linear Motion to provide customers with high quality products and products. Ball screws, both rolled and ground, were the engineered solutions. cornerstone products in the early 1970’s, putting Nook Companies around the world depend on the quality Industries on the map as a successful business and a products provided by Nook Industries to ensure their trusted company. NOOK PARTNER success. Nook Industries offers a complete line of Through the years, Nook Industries has served as a leading linear motion products, serving a wide range of market manufacturer of engineered products. From the first ball segments.
MARKET SEGMENTS SERVED NOOK DISTRIBUTORS Aerospace Tire Manufacture Pulp & Paper
Packaging Entertainment Steel
Automotive Semiconductor Chemical
Electronics Military and Defense Medical & Diagnostic NOOK TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
Transportation Factory Automation INTRODUCTION Nook Industries has always been a leader in developing high- Nook offers both preloaded and non-preloaded ball nuts in multiple quality linear motion components and systems to meet the ever- configurations; Flanged, V-Threaded, and Cylindrical Keyed increasing demand for precision linear motion. Precision-rolled mounting options are able to satisfy virtually all applications. ball screws have long been a hallmark of Nook Industries, and the The flanged ball nuts are manufactured to the DIN 69 051. Non- latest innovations from Nook Industries are Precision Metric Ball preloaded ball nuts are available from stock and can easily be Screws (PMBS™). They are manufactured in the United States to mounted in the field for ease of assembly. meet the increasing demand for metric ball screws in the global Consult factory or Nook website to design end machining and market. bearing mounts for ease of applications. Check engineering The PMBS™ product line offers linear lead accuracy classes of section of the catalog to verify application data to assure product T10, T7, T5, and T3, which comply with the ISO 3408 ball screw performance. standard. All ball nuts are precision ground and engineered to operate with precision rolled ball screws or precision ground (T3) ball screws. FEATURES:
• Utilizing precision thread-rolling technology • Wide range of diameters and leads • T3, T5, T7, and T10 lead accuracy per ISO 3408-3 • DIN-style flanges • Preloaded and clearance nuts • State-of-the-art ball return mechanisms • 3 different styles available: Integral-flange, V-thread, and Cylindrical keyed. • Integral wipers
2 INTRODUCTION nookindustries.com
The specifications and data in this publication are believed to be accurate and reliable. However, it is the responsibility of the product user to determine the suitability of Nook Industries products for a specific application. While defective products will be replaced without charge if promptly returned, no liability is assumed beyond such replacement. 3 TECHNICAL DATA TECHNICAL DATA TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS...... 6-7
TORQUE CALCULATIONS ...... 8-9
LIFE EXPECTANCY...... 10-11
COLUMN STRENGTH AND CRITICAL SPEED...... 12-13
LUBRICATION...... 13
TECHNICAL DATA
4 NOOK PRECISION METRIC AND MINIATURE BALL SCREWS nookindustries.com
The specifications and data in this publication are believed to be accurate and reliable. However, it is the responsibility of the product user to determine the suitability of Nook Industries products for a specific application. While defective products will be replaced without charge if promptly returned, no liability is assumed beyond such replacement. 5 TECHNICAL DATA PRECISION METRIC AND MINIATURE BALL SCREWS TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS LEAD ACCURACY ISO LEAD ACCURACY BALL SCREW SELECTION Lead Accuracy for Nook Precision Metric Ball Screws conforms to The selection of the correct ball screw and nut for a particular OVERTURNING LOAD - A load that tends to rotate the nut radially T3 T5 T7 T10 ISO 3408. ISO 3408 prescribes the tolerance on specified travel and 300 application involves five interrelated factors. Before attempting to around the longitudinal axis of the screw. PERMISSIBLE VALUE 12µm* 23µm 52µm 210µm determine the ball screw and nut combination, the following values travel variation in respect to the effective length of travel of nut or SIDE LOAD - A load that is applied radially to the nut. must be known: to the effective length of the threaded portion of the screw shaft. It Travel variation in respect to 300mm taken arbitrarily within the CAUTION - Although a side load will not prevent the ball screw from also prescribes travel variation in respect to a length of 300mm taken effective length of threaded portion of screw shaft. • Load measured in newtons arbitrarily within the effective length of the screw shaft and on travel operating, the nut is not designed to operate with a side load, such * Precision ground ball screws • Speed measured in millimeters per minute TECHNICAL DATA as those generated from pulleys, drive belts, misalignment, etc. variation in respect to arbitrary one revolution (2 rad) within the • Length between bearings measured in millimeters effective length of threaded portion. OVERTURNING • Life expectancy LOAD THRUST LOAD Effective thread length L • End fixity type u