摘要:
The invention provides a rolling element string which can be bent or twisted freely in any direction in use while holding rolling elements such as balls or rollers surely and which can be used in existing linear guide devices and ball screw devices without any special processing having to be carried out on the rolling element rollways thereof along which the rolling elements are to roll, and a linear guide device and a rolling element screw device having this rolling element string fitted in an endless raceway. The rolling element string comprises multiple rolling elements for rolling along a rolling element rollway of a bearing device and a flexible link belt by which these rolling elements are arranged in a line with a predetermined spacing and each rollably held, the link belt comprising: multiple links connected in a line and each formed substantially like a ring and having a receiving hole for a rolling element; and holding parts provided projecting from upper and lower sides of each of the links at front and rear ends thereof in the rolling element alignment direction for, for each link, preventing the rolling element from falling out of the receiving hole.
摘要:
At least a ball escape hole (10) of a ball circulation passage (7) is formed of a molded body (12) and the molded body (12) is formed integrally with a block body (13) having high rigidity through an insert molding process, thereby eliminating a drilling working, possibly reducing assembling processes and reducing generation of noise.It is preferred that the molded body (12) is provided with an inner peripheral portion of a direction changing passage (11) integrally connected with the ball escape hole (10) and joined with both end surfaces of the block body (13).Furthermore, it is preferred that the molded body (12) is provided with a retainer (17) extending along a loaded ball passage (8) and integrally connected, at its both ends, with the inner peripheral portion of the direction changing passage (11), thereby providing a closed sectional shape surrounded by the ball escape hole portion (10), the direction changing portion (11) and the retainer portion (17).
摘要:
A machine tool is equipped with a feed screw unit for relatively moving a tool and a work to be worked and a contact detection means for detecting contact between the tool and the work, which is provided for a feed screw unit. With the feed screw unit is engaged a nut member and the nut member is provided with a minutely expandable member capable of being minutely or finely expanded or contracted in an axial direction of the nut member. The minutely expandable member is provided with a minutely expandable means, and the contact detection means is provided for the minutely expandable member. The contact detection means and the minutely expandable means are disposed in parallel or in series, or in combination, to each other with respect to an axial direction of a feed shaft.