Slide and way assembly and method of making same

Details Slide and way assembly and method of making same Slide and way assembly and method of making same

1986-10-30

1987-08-04

Footland, Lenard A.

Bearings

Linear bearing

Plain bearings

384 25, 384 41, F16C 2902

Patent

active

046842667

ABSTRACT:
A slide (20) having conveniently removable and replaceable bearing components (28-38) with the bearing components engaging seats (50) made of resilient, low friction material. The slide is supported on ways (24, 26) by way bearing pads (28-32) and opposed adjustable bearing assemblies (34-38). The seats (50) are formed by rough machining pockets (40, 42) into slide (20), positioning the slide (20) onto the ways (24, 26), positioning tooling blocks (60) at the locations normally occupied by the bearing components (28-36), and filling the spaces between the tooling blocks and pockets with a low friction, epoxy material, thereby forming the seats (50). Any one of the bearing components (28-38) may be removed and replaced without removing the slide (20) from the ways (24, 26). Further, each bearing assembly (34, 38) is mounted on one side of a respective way with a way bearing pad (28-32) being mounted on the opposite side of the way. Moreover, each bearing assembly (34-38) includes an adjustable tapered gib (54) that is sandwiched between a seat (50) and a bearing pack (56) that engages a way (24 or 26).

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