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Cage Creep

From Specialty Motions, Inc.

Most manufacturers in the ball slide and cross-roller slide industry refer to cage creep as the phenomenon in which there are two parallel cages containing ball or cross-roller bearings and during system travel the cages lose alignment with each other.

This cage creep, or cage migration as it is sometimes referred to, could decrease the load rating of the slide, increase the friction during travel, shorten the expected travel for the slide or any number of additional unacceptable situations.

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