Industry solutions · 05
In an OR or imaging suite, motion has to be silent, smooth and absolutely predictable. VT rails move patient-table extensions, instrument drawers and device modules with constant low force — finished and lubricated for the clinical environment.
Bright hospital imaging room with a stainless steel equipment cart beside a CT scanner
Typical mounting points across the industry — each one a sized, catalogued VT configuration.
Full-extension slides lengthen imaging and treatment tables under patient load.
Carts and wall units with smooth, low-force drawer travel — gloved-hand friendly.
Diagnostic instruments slide out for reagent access and service.
Compact partial-extension rails in adjustable bed and transfer systems.
Ventilator, dialysis and monitoring modules extracted on slim rails for service.
Precise linear guides position detectors and accessory trays.
The engineering constraints that drive series selection — and how the VT range answers them.
Rattling drawers have no place near patients. Ball-cage travel with zero clearance — or K1 preload — makes motion silent and constant-force.
Surfaces face alcohol and peroxide wipes daily. Nickel and zinc-nickel finishes plus FDA-grade greases keep the mechanism compliant and cleanable.
A table extension carries a person cantilevered. VT-S's high moment of inertia holds deflection to a minimum at full extension.
Start with these families; the configurator weighs your exact load, stroke and length against the whole range.
Slim, quiet, minimal deflection at 100 % extension — the default for table extensions and device drawers, sizes 28–63.
Compact linear guide with the carriage protected inside the profile — precise positioning for detector and accessory axes.
Rigid partial extension for bed mechanisms and service panels where 50–60 % travel suffices.
Range-wide execution options relevant to this industry.
Yes — FDA-grade and cleanroom greases are standard options, combined with nickel or zinc-nickel surfaces for wipe-down resistance. The execution is encoded in the part-number suffix.
Ball-cage running on ground, induction-hardened raceways with zero clearance produces no rattle; for absolutely play-free motion (e.g. imaging axes) choose the K1 preloaded execution.
Telescopic capacities are per pair of rails; appropriately sized VT-S or VT-X pairs carry several hundred kilograms fully extended with minimal deflection. We verify sizing against your load case, including moments.
VT-L, VT-P, VT-X and VT-O operate to +170 °C; VT-S (rubber-damped stops) to +80 °C. For autoclave-adjacent installations we select the family and grease accordingly.
Send the payload, stroke and envelope, or let the configurator narrow the range first. Our team returns a sized series, deflection estimate and 3D model — prototypes in under 14 days.