{"id":623,"date":"2014-10-08T11:18:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2021-11-02T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T22:04:11","slug":"q-a-single-double-type-stroke-bushings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/q-a-single-double-type-stroke-bushings\/","title":{"rendered":"Q &#038; A: Single &#038; Double Type Stroke Bushings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear MISUMI Engineering Team,<\/p>\n<p>What is the difference in the single and double type? Why is the &#8220;Maximum Stroke&#8221; so much different between the two types?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Eric<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Hello Eric,<\/p>\n<p>I assume you are referring to Stroke bushings.\u00a0Typically our <a title=\"Linear Bushings\" href=\"http:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/vona2\/mech\/M0100000000\/M0104000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">linear bushings<\/a> are designed with a return mechanism, where balls recirculate back into the system which allows limitless stroke.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-624\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-624 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Single-and-double.jpg\" alt=\"Single and double\" width=\"465\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Single-and-double.jpg 465w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Single-and-double-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MISUMI Linear Ball Bushings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The advantage of using double bushings is having more ball bearings (double amount) in contact with shaft. This allows for great improvement of static and dynamic load, drastically increases your moment load ratings and system\u2019s stability.<\/p>\n<p>The construction of a Stroke Bushing is very different.<\/p>\n<p>There is no ball return mechanism. The balls are embedded into a sleeve and they roll on the shaft\u2019s outside diameter and the housing\u2019s inside diameter while the sleeve is suspended between the two, providing solid lubrication to the ball bearing .<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-625\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sleeve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-625\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sleeve.jpg\" alt=\"Sleeve\" width=\"170\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strocke Bushing sleeve structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So if the shaft is stationary, while moving the housing, the sleeve with bearing balls will also move, but at different (slower) rate in relation to the shaft, but the sleeve\u2019s travel\u00a0 will be limited by surface length of the housing\u2019s Inside Diameter.<\/p>\n<p>Please, see the single and double <a title=\"Short Stroke Ball Bushings - Single \/ Double \" href=\"http:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/vona2\/detail\/110300029250\/?KWSearch=stroke+bushings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stroke Bushings<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-626\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/single-and-double-large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-626 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/single-and-double-large.jpg\" alt=\"single and double large\" width=\"433\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/single-and-double-large.jpg 433w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/single-and-double-large-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single\/Double visual Stroke explanation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again, by having double amount of ball bearings \u00a0you will still benefit from better load ratings, but it will limit your stroke. I\u00a0hope I answered\u00a0your questions,\u00a0but feel free to comment below or contact us at <a title=\"Email Engineering Support\" href=\"mailto:%20engineering@misumiusa.com\">engineering@misumiusa.com<\/a> with any additional questions!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Chris Blaszcyk<\/p>\n<p>Product Development Manager<br \/>\nStandard Mechanical Components Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Dear MISUMI Engineering Team, What is the difference in the single and double type? Why is the &#8220;Maximum Stroke&#8221; so much different between the two types? Thank you, Eric Answer: Hello Eric, I assume you are referring to Stroke bushings.\u00a0Typically our linear bushings are designed with a return mechanism, where balls recirculate back into the system which allows limitless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[1136],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":1,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10745,"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/10745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}