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Re: [ATM] Comment on Crayford construction

flexural bearings are in every load speaker
and every telephone.

And, I would hesitate to mention, every shark.

Vladimir Galogaza wrote:
>> For example, flexural bearings allow the tip of a scanning
>> tunneling microscope to scan the surface of a sample with subatomic
>> resolution
>>     
>
>
> Another example of massive use for flexural pivots for precise positioning
> are laser heads in CD drives. They are molded from plastic, are not bigger 
> than
> few millimeters, have xy configuration and are driven by voice coil linear 
> motors.
> Amazing.
>
> Regards
> Vladimir.
>
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