BOXWAY AIR SLIDES

New Way boxway air slides combine an accurate guide with an air slide ready-fit for installation. This provides you with the convenience of an integrated guide-and-bearing system.

These slides have a straightness of motion and dynamic response an order-of-magnitude better than conventional rolling element bearings. Boxway air slides provide a local straightness (in X and Z) of 250 nanometers (0.25 microns) per 25mm travel and a maximum error (global) of 2 microns per 1000mm travel.

The guidebar for the boxway can be end-supported, or continuously-supported (preventing the sag inherent in long span end-supported configurations). Featuring a low profile linear track, and a slightly wider stage than the dovetail, the boxway also provides the largest load-carrying capacity and the longest travel length.