Easy Slide Rails from Automotion
Our easy slide is a low profile, compact, heavy duty linear rail system. It has very high load capacities, low friction, and very long service life all within a very small footprint. This linear guide consists of a slider which runs within a ball cage inside the rail with different length slider and rail options to suit any application.
As specialists in linear motion systems we offer you a choice of materials and sizes. So whether you need lightweight aluminium rails for use in aviation applications or stainless steel components for when exposure to water or corrosive chemicals is a factor, our knowledgable technical engineers are always on hand to provide assistance.
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Size 28. High precision, bearing steel balls with steel cages. Made from cold drawn zinc plated steel. For smooth horizontal movement of speeds up to 0.8 m/s. Loads up to 2600kg per rail.
Size 35. High precision, bearing steel balls with steel cages. Made from cold drawn zinc plated steel. For smooth horizontal movement of speeds up to 0.8 m/s. Loads up to 4575kg per rail.
Size 43. High precision, bearing steel balls with steel cages. Made from cold drawn zinc plated steel. For smooth horizontal movement of speeds up to 0.8 m/s. Load up to 6527kg per rail.
Size 63. High precision, bearing steel balls with steel cages. Made from cold drawn zinc plated steel. For smooth horizontal movement of speeds up to 0.8 m/s. Load up to 12,200kg per rail.
Features
The Easy Slide family of linear rails have a compact cross-section and low-friction movement.
Robust and long service life
Easy Slide’s range of cross-sectional rail sizes allow for applications in which high load capacities can be applied, combined with a very long service life.
This is achieved through producing the guide rails and sliders from cold-drawn bearing steel, the ball cage from steel and the balls from hardened bearing steel. The raceways of the guide rails and sliders are induction hardened. The system can be provided with anti-corrosion coating and stainless steel cages and balls.
Cost-effective
- 4 rail profile sizes to suit a range of loads.
- Lengths up to 5 metres.
Robust
Suited for repeated, long life applications, the system features hardened raceways.
- Corrosion resistant coating.
- Stainless steel cage & ball option.
Horizontal applications only
Please note: For high acceleration/deceleration movement, cage creep may occur especially with long ball cage versions. Please see technical notes to minimise this.
Specifications
- Available rail widths: 22, 28, 35, 43mm.
- Induction hardened raceways.
- Maximum rail length 1970mm.
- Rails and sliders made of cold-drawn steel.
- Balls made of hardened steel.
- Maximum operating speed 0,8 m/s.
- Temperature range -30°C to +140°C.
- Coefficient of friction ~ 0.01
- Electrolytic zinc-plating to ISO 2081; increased anti-corrosion protection and stainless steel balls on request.
- Linear accuracy 0,1mm/m stroke.
- For horizontal installation only.
- External end stops must be used.
- Fixing screws of class 10,9 must be used for all linear bearings.
General Guidance
Rail sizes
Anti-corrosion treatments
The telescopic slides have a standard electrolytic zinc plated coating (to ISO 2081). We offer a number of alternatives to increase the anti-corrosion protection including nickel plating.
However, our preferred and most eff ective solution to inhibit corrosion is to apply a special corrosion resistant (ATCoat) plating to the rails and sliders and to combine this with stainless steel ball bearings.
This coating is applied after the zinc plating process and is a special trivalent chromium passivation that is approximately 4 microns thick (and is free of Chromium VI). This applies a nano-particle coating and has extremely good results of 200 hours in salt spray tests before any signs of white rust.
Use with stainless steel fixing screws, strength class 10,9
The corrosion resistant alloy coating on the telescopic slides is a soft coating and will (over time) wear off the raceways (which are subject to loads from the ball bearings) – this can be seen sometimes by a thin line on the raceways. However lubricating the raceways with grease (as recommended) ensures, as far as possible, the good corrosion properties of the overall coating.
This coating is often re-applied to linear guides and telescopic pullouts in the food and chemical industries, where they can be exposed to corrosive or aggressive environments.
The ATCoat has received USDA approved and also EU approved No.1935/2004 for use in the food industry.
Single sliders
L1972 - This linear bearing consists of a guide rail and a slider that runs within the ball cage in the guide rail. High load capacities, compact cross-sections and simple and easy mounting characterise the series. Slider lengths can vary here as well and then form a total unit, which implements the required stroke.
Multiple independent sliders
L1972.MI - Variant with several sliders, which each runs in its own ball cage, independently of each other, in the guide rail. Slider length and stroke for each slider can be different within one rail.
Multiple synchronised sliders
L1972.MS - Several sliders run in a common ball cage within the guide rails. The slider lengths can vary here as well and then form a total unit, which implements the required stroke.
