Another type of linear drive

[ReWind]

I don't think I've seen rolling ring bearings discussed before. Perhaps cost prohibitive for smaller setups but super cool!





https://www.amacoil.com/rolling-ring-how.html

http://www.machinedesign.com/mechani...-linear-motion

https://www.uhing.com/en/rolling-ring-drive/

[ken]

I'm trying to wrap my mind around how these work. If you can get bearings small enough you should be able to make a traverse out of them

Ken