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lead screw
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lead screw [liːd]
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a threaded rod that drives the tool carriage in a lathe when screw cutting, etc.


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Other assorted components for the system include a three-axis motion controller, precision linear slides, leadscrews, and stepper motors from various vendors.
Featuring a Teflon-coated leadscrew drive with a proprietary coupling system stage repeatability is better than 2 microns.
The complete machine is fully adjustable via leadscrew with digital reference counters and without changeparts, sot hat size changes can be achieved in under 15 minutes, and the option of automatic size change reduces this still further.
 
 
 
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