How Air Bearings Are Set to Revolutionize Your Industry Here at New Way Air Bearings®, we’re always looking to expand the opportunities for our products to benefit new industries. Today we’d like to discuss the new horizons for our Frictionless Motion™ technology. From the stringent tolerances of aerospace production to rapid prototyping through additive manufacturing,…
The State of Air Bearings and Metrology
New Way Air Bearings® has always been at the forefront of precision motion technology, and metrology is our oldest application. Our Porous Media Technology™ was developed and refined in order to provide precise, hysteresis-free motion. Over time, this has led to strong and continuous partnerships with metrology OEMs, with many components designed for their particular…
What Does LCD Stand For: Understanding the Science and the Industry
New Way Air Bearings has long been a friend to high precision industries, namely semiconductor manufacturing, flat panel display production and the associated quality processes which they necessitate. Today we want to focus on an adjacent industry which stands to reap immense gains from the benefits of Frictionless Motion®️: LCD production. But what does LCD…
3 Way Air Bearings Will Change Solar Glass Manufacturing
New Way Air Bearings is no stranger to the flat panel display (FPD) sector, as well as the energy production sector as a whole. This is why we see immense potential for the application of our Porous Media™ air bearings in the production of solar glass panels and solar cells. As the world goes green…
Air Bearings for Semiconductors
Download the E-BookHow Air Bearings Can Benefit Cryptocurrency Through the Semiconductor Industry
From Mine to Mint: Solving the Semiconductor Shortage The semiconductor shortage is old news by now. For well over a year, overstressed production lines have meant that vital industries have been unable to access these complex components in the qualities necessary to maintain production. However, video game consoles and other consumer electronics are not the…
How Air Turns and Porous Media™ are the Future of Immersive Virtual Reality
What a Porous Media™ Web Turn Bar Can Mean for New VR Tech It’s no secret that virtual reality is the next big thing in media. From video games to job training to the new Facebook metaverse, ubiquity seems to be the inevitable future of VR. This is borne out by the numbers as well….
Why Semiconductor Production Needs to Change (and How to Get There)
The year has seen serious shortages in markets across the board. Of all of these, perhaps the most impactful to the global economy has been semiconductors chips. These chips are enormously important, with the products they control touching almost every aspect of our daily lives. Keep reading to go deeper into the reasons behind the…
The Top 3 Industries Air Bars are Set to Disrupt
Precision Conveyors Offer New Possibilities to Tech Industries Modern manufacturing has created a whole new ecosystem of machines and processes specially designed for factory automation. Conveyors alone were a $7.73 billion dollar industry in 2020, covering everything from automotive to pharmaceutical applications. However, when it comes to precision tech manufacturing, there is still significant room…
Retrofitting With Air Bearings Brings Systems Into the Future
Maintaining components and systems past their anticipated life cycle can be a challenge for even the most forward-thinking original equipment manufacturer (OEM.) It can be difficult to anticipate how long a system will last, and if the manufacturer goes out of business, you might be up a creek. At New Way® Air Bearings, we have…