Motion and Controls on GlobalSpec

Bearings and Bushings (1208 companies) - Mechanical components used to reduce friction and carry loads for rotary or linear motion; include ball and roller bearings, plain bearings, sleeve bushings, and other configurations.

Clutches and Brakes (539 companies) - Driveline components used to transmit and control power and relative motion between two rotating shafts.

Drive Components (2107 companies) - Driveline components, including gears, sprockets, belts and pulleys, for transmitting and controlling power and motion.

Encoders and Resolvers (419 companies) - Motion feedback devices providing position and velocity information to closed-loop control systems.

Limit Switches (205 companies) - An electromechanical device that requires physical contact of an actuator to make the contacts change state.

Linear Actuators (1223 companies) - Linear actuators provide linear motion via a motor driven ball screw, lead screw, acme screw, or belt drive assembly.

Linear and Rotary Motion Components (1825 companies) - Components used in the assembly of linear or rotary motion systems, such as ball screws, lead screws, slides, stages, and actuators.

Linear Position Sensing (758 companies) - Devices used to measure the linear displacement of an object.

Machine and Motion Controllers (2301 companies) - Devices combining multiple elements of motion control, such as a motor, controller, and drive, into unified single-axis or multi-axis packages.

Magnets (329 companies) - A magnet is simply any material capable of attracting iron and producing a magnetic field outside itself, either naturally or induced.

Motor Controls and Drives (1429 companies) - Includes devices for the analog and digital control of motor motion for many types of motors.

Motors (2432 companies) - All types of rotary and linear motors, including AC, DC, servo, stepper, induction, hydraulic, pneumatic motors.

Operator Interfaces (886 companies) - Display screens, pushbuttons, keyboards, lights, and other control devices used to interact with computers, sensors and other equipments.

Orientation Position Sensing (556 companies) - Sensors and instruments used to detect rotary position, angular position, tilt, or inclination relative to the horizon or a linear position.

Piezoelectric Devices (87 companies) - Piezoelectric devices encompass a group of actuators, motors and amplifiers/drivers that use piezoelectric materials to move or microposition components.

Pneumatics and Pneumatic Components (3754 companies) - Pneumatic power sources, actuators and accessories, such as compressors, cylinders, motors, control valves, manifolds, filters, dryers, and regulators.

Positioning Stages, Slides & Guides (1179 companies) - Linear and rotary positioning tables, carriages, and slides, both powered and unpowered, including integral bearings and guides.

Power Transmission (2194 companies) - Belts and pulleys, sprockets and chains, gears, and other drive components used to transmit power.

Seals (2748 companies) - Mechanical devices used in static or dynamic applications to separate two liquids or gasses or prevent the ingress of contamination.

Shock and Vibration Control Products (278 companies) - Mechanical products used to isolate or control the shock or vibration exerted on a component or assembly.

Slip Rings (59 companies) - Slip rings are metal rings that provide a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts. They are generally mounted on the rotating part of a machine.  Learn more about Slip Rings

Solenoids (115 companies) - Solenoids convert electrical energy into linear or rotary mechanical work via a plunger with an axial stroke in either a push or pull action.

Springs (514 companies) - Mechanical elements that extend or retract and return to an unloaded position; includes extension, compression, torsion, air and gas springs.