Offenburg – Linear movements involving ballscrews can now be com­pleted even faster and more dynamically than ever thanks to the new flanged single nuts from HIWIN's DEB-N series. The Offen­burg-­based electro­mechanical drive technology specialist has achieved these great advances by overhauling its successful DEB series. A key feature of the DEB-N product family is an innovative ball guideway which allows the load to be distributed to a larger number of balls, significantly increasing the resilience and service life of the ballscrew. A ballscrew featuring these new flanged single nuts can last up to twice as long as the previous generation – yet not a single change has been made to their external geometries. At the same time, HIWIN's engineers were able to improve running performance with the new ball guideway, enabling the nuts to run much more quietly and increasing the maximum permissible speed.

Every detail of the new nuts has been carefully considered: as the wipers can be replaced, design engineers can tailor the ballscrews to the environmental conditions of their application. NBR wipers are included as standard. The material is highly resistant to oils, greases and hydrocarbons, and its low rate of wear enables it to achieve a long service life. Alterna­tively, felt wipers or additional finger wipers are available as an option.

As a result, the new DEB-N nuts are suitable for universal use and are ideal for conveying and positioning tasks in the plant and mechanical engineering sectors, as well as in transport and logistic systems, to name but a few examples. They are also particularly suited to applications which require highly precise, dynamic and reliable linear movements.

Ballscrews with the new flanged single nuts are now available from HIWIN and, on request, can be produced with machined ends and matching bearing units.