Linear slide

Festo linear slides are pneumatic guided cylinders with a particularly compact design. To ensure optimum cycle times with minimum vibration transmission to the machine, we offer guided slides in a large range of sizes with multiple mounting options and many damping choices. Festo mini slides achieve a repetition accuracy of 0.01 mm.

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Mode of operation of linear slides

Linear slides normally consist of one or two piston rods and a guide rail. These are guided in the slide housing via recirculating ball bearing elements or cage guides. As a result, they provide extremely accurate movement with high repetition accuracy even when subjected to transverse loads and a torque. Linear slides always perform linear movements in horizontal or vertical attachment and are therefore perfect for tasks where high precision and repetition accuracy are required. They make excellent tools attached to a gantry, such as on a 2D linear gantry with X and Z-axis. Also, they can be combined in pick & place or piggyback configurations, often without adapters.