New Way Air Bearings ® and our Externally Pressurized Porous (EPP) Gas Bearings have been heavily integrated in the turbomachinery sector for many years, both on the research side as well as commercial integration and manufacturing. At the 7th European Conference for Energy Systems, Logan Rapp of Sandia National Labs presented a paper on Supercritical…
Porous Media Air Bearings are Validated Under Dynamic Conditions
New Way Air Bearings ® and our Externally Pressurized Porous (EPP) Gas Bearings have been heavily integrated in the turbomachinery sector for many years, both on the research side as well as commercial integration and manufacturing. At the American Society of Precision Engineering’s 2019 technical expo, our founder and CEO Drew Devitt presented his current…
Linear Slides Enable Moving Atomic Force Microscopy
Porous media air bearings continue to offer their remarkable benefits to academic research and scientific progress, as we cover the work of Barbara Groh and her collaborators at the Walker Department of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In collaboration with the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division at the National Institute of Standards and…
Air Bearings Underpin Capacitance Measuring Technology
Porous media based motion systems from New Way Air Bearings ® are renowned for their longevity, accuracy and repeatable precision, and today we want to highlight a newer application of our products: capacitive measuring systems. Capacitive measuring systems are an invaluable tool for the metrology industry, and any manufacturers and OEMs who work on parts…
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Porous Media Air Bearings Solve Thermal Expansion in Diamond Turning
New Way Air Bearings ® is no stranger to the world of ultra precise metrology, manufacturing and inspection systems. Our products formed the basis for the modern coordinate measurement system, control observatories with sub arcsecond precision, and operate for years on end while only requiring simple and infrequent maintenance procedures. Today we want to discuss the critical capabilities that our air bearings, built on proprietary Porous Media Technology ™, offer to the diamond turning industry.
New Way Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary!
In 2024, New Way Air Bearings ® was proud to celebrate its 30th anniversary, and we wanted to take the opportunity to look back at where we’ve come from, the accomplishments we’ve achieved, partnerships we’ve built, and where New Way intends to go from here.
Precision Epoxy Offers Ready Made Air Bearing Surfaces
New Way Air Bearings ® does more than simply produce cutting edge porous media air bearings. We also act as a prototyper and systems integrator, working with industry partners to produce bespoke solutions for our customers. Today we want to talk about the benefits of precision epoxy surfaces produced by our sister company, Devitt Machinery….
Magnetic vs Oppositional Preloading
New Way Air Bearings ® is proud to offer a variety of frictionless motion solutions to meet all of our customers’ needs, Drew Devitt is here to explain the difference between two kinds of preloading available on our linear slides: oppositional and magnetic
New Way Proudly Sponsors the 2023 ASPE Student Challenge
Every year, the American Society of Precision Engineers (ASPE) holds it’s Student Design Challenge. As a longstanding member, exhibitor and presenter as the ASPE Annual Meeting, New Way is proud to remain a sponsor for the Student Design Challenge; inviting teams of student engineers from universities across the world to design and manufacture a precision…
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