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BALL SCREW [1 record]

Record 1 2012-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A lead screw [using] a ball nut which houses one or more circuits of recirculating steel balls [that] roll between the nut and screw.

Key term(s)
  • ballscrew

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Dispositif mécanique du type vis-écrou, permettant la transformation d'un mouvement rotatif en mouvement linéaire et dont les surfaces de contact entre la vis et l'écrou sont constituées par des billes.

CONT

Les vis à billes type ST sont constituées d'un arbre fileté, d'un écrou fileté et de billes en acier à roulement trempé.

Spanish

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