Linear Screw Actuators With Low-Profile Guide Rails: drylin® SLW

drylin® SLW/SAW are lead screw-driven actuators equipped with fully-supported guide rails, offering more rigidity and resistance to twisting than shaft-guided actuators, like our HTS product line.  They are high-performance, low-cost, low profile and highly flexible, and therefore are some of our most popular actuator series.

Benefits:

  • Lower cost than ball bearing actuators
  • Fully supported rails for torsion-resistance
  • Low-profile and low-weight
  • Grease-free & corrosion-resistant
  • Highly flexible, with many accessories and materials
  • Motors and drive controls available

Typical Applications:  Packaging machine format and lane adjustments, Lab machinery, CNC Machine Gantries

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SLW - Low Cost and Compact


SLW - Low Cost and Compact

  • Suited for applications under 100RPM
  • Ideal for manual positioning
  • High Axial Load Capacity
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SAW


SAW - For Motorized Applications

  • Higher profile for better motor alignment
  • Ball bearing lead screw supports
  • For speeds up to 1,500rpm (depending on length/load)
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SLWE-BB


SLWE-BB - Low-Profile Motorized Applications

  • Up to 1,500RPM (depending on load and length)
  • Adjustable low clearance linear bearings
  • Low-profile
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SLWS


SLWS - with High Helix Lead Screws

  • Multiple high-pitch leads available
  • For faster format adjustments
  • Ideal for applications under 100RPM
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SLWE-PL


SLWE-PL - Reduced Axial and Radial Clearance

  • Features pre-loaded nut to remove axial play
  • Adjustable linear bearings offer optimizable radial clearance
  • Quiet with reduced lead screw vibration
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SLW-ES


SLW-ES - Compact, stainless steel

  • 300 Series stainless steel housings, blocks and rails
  • Multiple nut and bearing materials including high temperature and FDA-compliant
  • Extreme corrosion-resistance
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SLW-PT


SLW-PT - with Protected/Covered Lead Screw

  • Multiple lead screws available
  • Low-profile and compact
  • Ideal for dirty environments
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SLWT twin lead screw


SLWT - Twin Lead Screw

  • Separate carriage adjustment
  • Ideal for format adjustments
  • Multiple lead screw leads available
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SLWM - with measuring system


SLWM - with measuring system

  • Space-saving sensor integration
  • Battery-operated
  • For Accurate, repeatable positioning
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SLW - XY compact slide table


SLW - XY table

  • Compact
  • Modular and flexible
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drylin SLW - XY table - SS


SLW-ES - XY Compact, stainless solution

  • 300 Series stainless steel housings, block and rails
  • Multiple nut and bearing materials including high temp and FDA-compliant
  • Extreme corrosion-resistance
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hts standard screw actuator


Screw Actuators w/ Unsupported Shafts

  • Guided by support shafts
  • 8mm-50mm shafts available
  • Dry-running
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Applications for drylin SLW linear actuators

drylin slw

Heavy things become easy, positioning with no maintenance

In the filling systems of Fricke Abfülltechnik GmbH & Co. KG, a drylin SLW linear axis ensures that the 80 kg filling head can be easily positioned over the container.

medical technology

SLW linear unit with spindle drive in medical technology

Sasyaka Engineering Services Pvt Ltd uses a linear module with spindle drive from the drylin SLW range for a conveyor belt for the pharmaceutical sector. The absence of external lubricants and the fine adjustment of the linear module gave the linear axis system from igus the contract.

drylin SLW

Level packing and lamination

10,000 siliconized paper strips per hour - with the drylin SLW linear unit

Bernhardt Maschinenbau oHG opted for the folding and gluing machine for the SLW linear unit. The machine manufacturer wanted a self-lubricating and maintenance-free linear axis system with a long service life. The drylin SLW linear unit fulfills every requirement.

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