4/2/2009 | Thomson Online Product Selectors Enable Fast Optimal Product Selection from Thousands of Potential Choices

WOOD DALE, IL – Thomson, A Danaher Motion Company, has available updated online Product Selectors, with new configurations and additional product sizes, for mechanical motion components including Linear Ball Bushing® Bearings, 60 Case? Shafting, RoundRail Linear Guides, Profile Rail Bearings, Ball and Lead Screws, Linear Actuators, Gearheads, Precision Balls and Clutches and Brakes.? Thomson Product Selectors help users optimize their linear motion system by allowing them to quickly identify their optimum product from thousands of potential choices.

“Product Selectors are attribute-based product search tools for finding Thomson linear motion solutions. Our Product Selectors help users specify the right products for their application based on user input related to key attributes such as brand, torque requirements, maximum speed, line voltage, dimensions, weight, agency ratings, etc., within a smart search environment that never leaves the user with a ‘zero results’ product search,” says Rob Gallagher, Thomson Marketing and Communications Manager.

Additional Product Selectors are also available for Danaher Motion AKM gearmotor product sets, rotary indexer product sets, conventional rotary motors, AC servo drives, direct drive rotary and linear motors, stepper motors and drives, and synchronous motors.

About Thomson
With more than 60 years of motion control innovation and quality, Thomson is the industry’s premier producer of Linear Ball Bushing® Bearing and Profile Rail Bearings, 60 Case? Shafting, ground and rolled Ball Screws, Linear Actuators, Gearheads, Clutches, Brakes, Linear Systems, and related accessories.? Thomson invented the Linear Ball Bushing Bearing in 1945, and has set the standard ever since with an unsurpassed set of mechanical motion control solutions serving global commercial and aerospace & defense markets.? Thomson, a Danaher Motion company, has facilities in North America, Europe and Asia with over 2000 distributor locations around the world.

Thomson, 1500?Mittel Boulevard, Wood Dale, IL 60191-1073; 1-540-633-3549; 1-540-633-0294 (fax);?Thomson@thomsonlinear.com; www.thomsonlinear.com.