WOOD DALE, IL – Thomson, A Danaher Motion Company,
has significantly reduced lead times for some of its most popular
Thomson slides.? Lead times for Thomson 2DA, 2CA, 2BA, IB Series, IC
Series, ID Series and IV Series linear guides have been reduced to just 2
days.? Lead times for Thomson 2DB, 2EB, MS, 2HB, 2HE, 2RB AND 2RE
driven systems have been reduced to just 4 days.? The new lead times are
effective for orders of 5 pieces or fewer.? Lead times for higher
quantities will remain 10-20 days, depending on the particular series of
Thomson slide ordered.
“The lead time reduction is intended to get high quality Thomson
slides quickly into the hands of machine builders who are prototyping a
new machine or redesigning an existing one,” says Jim Marek, Business
Unit Manager, Thomson Linear Systems.? “We receive a large number of
requests from OEMs who are looking to improve machine performance, and
reduced lead times in limited quantities enables them to put Thomson
quality to the test within the real time constraints these engineers are
facing.”
About Thomson
With more than 60 years of motion control innovation and
quality, Thomson is the industry’s premier producer of Linear Ball
Bushing® Bearings and Profile Rail Bearings, 60 Case? Shafting, ground
and rolled Ball Screws, Linear Actuators, Gearheads, Clutches, Brakes,
Linear Systems, and related accessories.? Thomson invented the Linear
Ball Bushing Bearing in 1945, and has set the standard ever since with
an unsurpassed set of mechanical motion control solutions serving global
commercial and aerospace & defense markets.? Thomson, a Danaher
Motion company, has facilities in North America, Europe and Asia with
over 2000 distributor locations around the world.
Thomson, 1500?Mittel Boulevard, Wood Dale, IL 60191-1073; 1-540-633-3549; 1-540-633-0294 (fax);[email protected]; www.thomsonlinear.com.