The expected life at one half the rated load is 100 million inches. Del-Tron offers over 20 models of crossed roller slides. Load capacities range from 30 lb to 704 lb, with travel from 0.5-in. Installation into a production system is simple. Counterbored holes in the base permit quick attachment to the assembly.
Components attach to the carriage in the existing threaded mounting holes.
Crossed roller slide rated load capacities may be a mass load on a horizontal slide, or a force load normal to the mounting surface in any position. The rated load must be centered and distributed over the slide, and the base must be supported on a flat mounting surface, while though crossed roller slides cost more than the equivalent size ball slides, their overall performance, especially in applications where heavy loads must be moved in compact assemblies, often justifies selection. The slides have contributed to the reputation that Cambridge Automatic's inserter has earned for exceptionally high reliability. Customers report that they can run between 12 and 20 million cycles without performing any maintenance at all to the machines. These machines have helped to further burnish Cambridge Automatic's reputation as a high-reliability supplier in the inserter market.