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LowBoy Linear Stage

ServoBelt Linear

ServoBelt Rotary
Bell-Everman is a US manufacturer of ServoBelt Linear actuators, ServoBelt Rotary actuators and LowBoy linear stages.
ServoBelt Linear
is a moving-motor carriage with a small "tank tread" belt mounted in it. The small belt meshes with a tooth profile that is molded along the axis of travel. If the actuator is eight or eighty feet in length there are only about four inches of belt in tension. That means the belt doesn't sag off the actuator body. Your servo motor does not have to overcome the friction and inertia of a long recirculating belt under tension. If you are operating in a dirty environment, position the belt on the bottom or side so particulate does not build up. Furthermore, multiple carriages can be mounted on a common axis and move independently without any unexpected dynamics
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ServoBelt Linear is ideal for long travels, actuators with multiple carriages and muti-axis configurations.
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Quick specifications:
Speed - 4 meters per second peak speed
Repeatability - +/-10-15 micron unidirectional repeatability
Length - unlimited
Belt orientation - any
ServoBelt Linear Operating Principle
ServoBelt Linear image gallery

In this image you can see the small "tank tread" belt connected to each carriage.

Bell-Everman makes robotic 7th axes for light- to mid-sized industrial robots and cobots.



This is a large format gantry with two independent bridges. Bell Everman provided the stanchions as well.

This is a floor-mounted 3-axis gantry. The X axis uses our 7th axis design with the belt mounted on its side.


ServoBelt Rotary
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is a belt driven rotary stage with a 3:1 or 5:1 belt reduction built in. SBR is offered with 16mm, 25mm, 50mm, 100mm and 200mm thru-holes. The output is balanced so it is not RPM limited. SBR is motor-agnostic. Bell-Everman can add a ring encoder on the output, secondary gear reductions. The motor can be mounted opposite or on the same side as the output.
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SBR is lightweight and can be used as a robotic wrist or theta axis on a cartesian gantry.
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Quick specifications:
Rotational speed - unlimited
Accuracy - +/-60-90 arc-seconds with a 16,000 count per rev encoder
ServoBelt Rotary image gallery

SBR-25 with Teknic motor mounted on a LowBoy

SBR-25 with Teknic motor mounted on a LowBoy
Low Boy Linear Stage
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is a compact linear stage with three drive offerings.
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Lead screw for low-cost positioning with moderate accuracy.
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Ball-Screw for high accuracy positioning at a reasonable cost.
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Linear motor for high positional accuracy​
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Quick specifications:
Length - up to 40 inches
Accuracy - +/-5 to 50 microns depending on drive type
Payload - up to 100kg
Low Boy image gallery

Internals of a ball-screw Low Boy

(3) Low Boys on an automated X/Y/Z toolpost

Internals of a linear motor Low Boy

Two axis ball-screw table