Linear actuators are mechanical devices used to move items through a system ... They are generally not used in vertical applications since breakage of the belt could put the load into free-fall. The ...

This unit consists of an aluminium extrusion body with integral, hardened steel guide rods. The carriage which has internal. linear ball bearings, that can be ...

freeing the lead screw and motor from the drive chassis and placing them in a 3D-printed enclosure for a complete linear actuator that can be used in other projects. (Video, embedded below.) ...

[Raul] built a cheap linear actuator out of a drawer slide ... A stepper motor is attached to one end of the actuator and a timing belt is strung along the length of the assemblage.