The right product is just a click away

Selection software for linear guides completes MISUMI main catalogue


MISUMI Europa GmbH offers an extensive range of linear guides for a broad spectrum of applications. To help you to find the right product among all these options, or to identify a suitable alternative to the product you are currently us-ing, MISUMI has developed the linear guide wizard. This selection software makes easier to use the main catalogue Mechanical Standard Components for Factory Automation.


Whether standard or miniature versions, extra long or extra wide blocks, suitable for high or with plastic retainers, also for extreme loads, surface coated or preloaded - the linear guides chapter in the latest version of the main catalogue covers 135 pages. To make the catalogue product search more efficient, a link is available for all users on the MISUMI homepage since 1st.

April in order to get access to the linear guide wizard. The user can then enter application-specific parameters such as rail length, block height, required load or hole pattern into the input field. Material and surface treatment can also be included. With each entry, the system reduces the se-lection of suitable guide types and displays them in a table below the form.


In addition to the relevant parameters, the overview also contains the product code and a cross-reference to the corresponding catalogue page. Users can click on a link to download the catalogue page containing all technical and commercial details as a PDF file, e.g. for reference purposes.


"A wide range of products is one of the features that customers appreciate about MISUMI," says Stefan Pulver, Director of Sales & Marketing at MISUMI in Schwal-bach. "Many users find that flicking through the catalogue provides them with inspira-tion for their design work, but if you want to find a specific product fast, the linear guide wizard let you do so quickly and accurately."