High Speed. High Accuracy. High Flexibility.

For system designers seeking high capacity, high speed and ultra-precise linear indexing and positioning, NSK applies our accumulated expertise with ball screws, linear guides and support bearings into our new line of single-axis actuators: the AXIS series. Compact, sleek, yet robust, NSK’s AXIS actuators are estimable workhorses that deliver seamless integration with considerable benefits including:

	Robust drive technology options
	linear motor coil and/or precision ball screw
	Flexible, open-ended integration
	servo/stepper motor compatibility (BMAX); universal position feedback (LMAX)
	Net positive performance
	achieved with proven NSK precision ball screw and linear guide technologies
	Simplified installation
	multiple datum planes and counterbore holes
	Modular compatibility
	BMAX and LMAX are interchangeable without need for machine modification

LMAX Linear Motor Drive

DESIGN FEATURES

• Linear motor drive technology with open-ended, flexible integration into control systems
• Available with 175 mm and 200 mm frame widths and scalable drive components to achieve a wide performance spectrum including:
  • sub-micron positioning accuracy
  • speeds as high as 5m/s
  • stroke distance as great as 3.8 meters
• Actuator base includes multiple datum planes to facilitate highly accurate installation
• Dimensionally interchangeable and exchangeable with BMAX series with no machine modification required
• Featuring integrated NS-AL compact, high-load series linear ball guides equipped with long-life, maintenance-free K1-L lubrication units
• Optional accessories including covers, feedback options, sensor kits, combination and gantry plates

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Immense and fluctuating loads. Speeds that range from extremely low in main shafts to rapid acceleration and deceleration in gearboxes. Lubrication challenges, including foreign and system generated contamination.

For conventional bearings, achieving fatigue life expectations without unexpected downtime and maintenance incidents is nearly unimaginable.

NSK’s long-life Super-TF (STF) series rolling bearings are designed to deliver outstanding durability in wind turbines. Through advanced material engineering and heat-treatment technology, Super-TF steel mitigates the damaging impact of these mechanical stresses to deliver:

BMAX Ball Screw Drive

DESIGN FEATURES

• Precision ground ball screw drive technology with C5 accuracy
• Wide variety of servo/stepper motor compatibility
• Available in 175 mm and 200 mm frame widths
• Actuator base includes multiple datum planes to facilitate highly accurate installation
• Dimensionally interchangeable and exchangeable with LMAX series with no machine modification required
• Special design, integrated ball nut and NS-AL compact, high-load series linear ball guides are equipped with long-life, maintenance-free K1-L lubrication units
• Optional accessories include motor wrap kits, covers, sensor kits, combination and gantry plates

AXIS series actuators are designed, tested and built by NSK Americas mechatronics experts and integration teams, with decades of accumulated expertise in materials engineering, tribology, and mechatronic integration. They are manufactured domestically at our Franklin, Indiana facility, and our ability to respond quickly and precisely to customer needs is unsurpassed in the industry.

With NSK, customers can achieve accelerated innovation and automation that meets performance needs, cost targets, maintenance intervals and operating life requirements. We bring to bear robust resources to ensure end-to-end life cycle optimization through:

	Collaborative design and development
	Agile manufacturing and speed of response
	Technical services and after sales support

Download the AXIS Series Linear Actuators brochure

Download the AXIS Series Linear Actuators brochure

High Speed. 
High Accuracy. 
High Flexibility.

For system designers seeking high capacity, high speed and ultra-precise linear indexing and positioning, NSK applies our accumulated expertise with ball screws, linear guides and support bearings into our new line of single-axis actuators: the AXIS series. Compact, sleek, yet robust, NSK’s AXIS actuators are estimable workhorses that deliver seamless integration with considerable benefits including:

	Robust drive technology options
	Flexible, open-ended integration
	Simplified installation
	Modular compatibility

AXIS series actuators are designed, tested and built by NSK Americas mechatronics experts and integration teams, with decades of accumulated expertise in materials engineering, tribology, and mechatronic integration. They are manufactured domestically at our Franklin, Indiana facility, and our ability to respond quickly and precisely to customer needs is unsurpassed in the industry.

With NSK, customers can achieve accelerated innovation and automation that meets performance needs, cost targets, maintenance intervals and operating life requirements. We bring to bear robust resources to ensure end-to-end life cycle optimization through:

	Collaborative design and development
	Agile manufacturing and speed of response
	Technical services and after sales support