Automation

Ball screws and lead screws drive automation to peak performance

Screw drives make a significant contribution to automation. This is because effective automation requires highly precise, fast and resilient movements - often in the smallest of spaces. Eichenberger lead screws can already be found in every conceivable area of automation, and technological development is constantly presenting new challenges for linear drive technology. Through individual design or special manufacturing processes, we adapt our products to the respective application with its specific requirements - and make the impossible possible. This results in products that bring your innovations to the forefront of the market.

Application examples

Pick-and-place applications
Handling systems
At the heart of the spindle cantilever units, which allow mechanical retooling within a very short time, are the steep threaded ball drives "Carry" with end cap deflection. Extraordinary travel speeds with low drive power and low self-heating come into play here - power, speed and precision.
Science fiction becomes reality
Robotics
The durable universal device performs automated serial tests and analyses, often over months. Moving the Z-axis, drawing up the liquid, controlling the guide axis: three standard "Speedy" threaded spindles manage and control the sample procedures - with unprecedented travel speeds and maximum precision.
Stargazer "Magic"
Robotics
17 meters in diameter, around 1000 aluminium mirror segments and 2000 ball screw drives, 240 m2 of mirror surface: the world's largest telescope of its kind can be focused on any point in the firmament in just 20 seconds. Each mirror plate aligns itself to a pre-adjusted laser point - driven by two "Carry" 12 x 2 ball screw drives.