Made to Order Ball Screws

PST has manufactured thousands of custom ball screws over the past fifty years to meet customer requirements. Finding a catalog ball screw or standard ball screw to use in a special power transmission or linear motion application can be impossible. PST's custom ball screw expertise gives you the support in meeting special dynamic capabilities or unique design envelopes.

PST has helped to fulfill original power transmission and linear motion ball screw requirements using:

Metric Lead Ball Screws
Inch Lead Ball Screws
Miniature Ball Screws
Hybrid Lead Ball Screws

Custom Ball Screw Markets

The markets served by PST's custom ball screws have included:

Aerospace Actuators
Bio-Medical Devices
Robotics
System Automation
...and Your Market Too!

Ball Screw Materials

Typical custom ball screw assemblies are made of heat treated steels but PST has satisfied numerous power transmission and motion requirements using a myriad of other materials. Some of the materials PST has experience with are:

440C Stainless IAW AMS-5618 and AMS-5630
6061 T6511 Aluminum IAW AMS-4173
17-4PH Stainless IAW AMS-5643 and AMS-5644
Nitronic 60 IAW AMS-5848
15-5PH Stainless IAW AMS-5659
9310 Alloy Steel IAW AMS-6062, AMS-6265 and AMS-6267
6150 Alloy Steel IAW AMS-6448
Nitralloy 135M Steel IAW AMS-6470, AMS-6471 and AMS-6472
Inconel
Monel
8620 Alloy Steel
6Al-4V Titanium

Whether your requirements are exotic or slight variations on a standard ball screw design, PST engineering is ready to support your efforts. PST can guide you to designs that will meet your dynamic and static performance requirements and fit what maybe considered impossible capability into a very tight envelope. Contact us today.

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