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Designing long-travel axes: When rack and pinion outperforms ball screws and linear motors

September 17

Sponsored by GAM . A gearbox, pinion, and rack system provide the 7th axis, or lateral movement, for an articulated robot. (Image: GAM.) Pull a tape measure out a few inches and the blade is rigid.

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