Assembly of Linear Motion

Crossed Roller Guides

1. The guide rail mounting surfaces
of the table must be lightly finished with an oil stone then lightly
oiled.

2. Place the guide rail on the

mounting surface and insert the mounting screws in the oversized
holes of the guide rail. Then, gently move the guide rail right and Dia.1
left until the screws are concentric with the oversized holes. If the
hole wall is in contact with the screw, the guide rail will be
subjected to undesirable force with the result that the desired
accuracy may not be attained.

3. Camp the guide rail with care

being exercised not to produce a spacing between it and the
mounting surfaces. Tighten the screws securely
Caution
1. First tighten the screw at
the center and work towards the ends alternately. If the
screws at both ends are tightened initially the center
portion of the guide rail may be deflected.
2. All rails must be firmly attached except the preload rail
which is only loosely fastened at this Dia.2
point (Dia.1).

4. Assemble the upper and

lower members of the table and insert the roller cages. If possible,
the two roller cages should be positioned so that they are
symmetric about the center line of the
table (Dia.2).

5. Mount the end Pieces.

6. Apply preload to the degree that no play is produced between the

upper and lower members of the table. Preload must be applied
only to the portions of the guide rail where the roller cage is
sandwiched. If preload is imposed on portions where the roller cage
is not supplying a counterforce, the guide rail may be damaged. In
(Dia.31), reload must not be applied at points 4 & 5.Move the table Dia.3-1
as shown in (Dia.32) before applying preload at these point

7. After completion of preload adjustment, the

preload guide rail must be fixed tightly with
screws.

The purpose of preload is to crush the roller to some extent.

Unless applying preload when the roller is at the back side, the preload
does not increase to the desired level, and it may cause trouble.
Please be careful. Follow the same procedure to fix the preload rail
mounting bolt after applying preload.
Dia.3-2

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