In manufacturing, the word dead gets used fast. A spindle goes down. A ball screw starts slipping. Accuracy drops. Suddenly, a critical component is labeled scrap before anyone has even asked the right question: Can this be saved?
Ball Screws
How to Catch It Before Failure
In many machine shops, ball screws quietly do their job day after day without much attention—until accuracy problems, scrap, or downtime force them into focus.
For maintenance managers, ball screws sit at the center of machine accuracy, repeatability, and uptime. When a ball screw begins to fail—whether through backlash, inconsistent positioning, surface wear, or catastrophic damage
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