The Rail That Developed a Groove After Six Months We used a 15 mm profile rail on an X-Y gantry. The carriage carried a 10 kg load moving at 1 m/s. The rail was the smallest in the series (15 mm). On the catalog, the dynamic load rating seemed adequate. After six months, the carriage …

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