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About Shafts

Low-Carbon Steel Rods and Discs

Also known as mild steel, low-carbon steel is easy to machine, form, and weld. It's widely fabricated into parts that don’t require high strength.

Easy-to-Weld 4130 Alloy Steel Rods

4130 alloy steel has a low carbon content that provides good weldability. It's often used for gears, fasteners, and structural applications.

Easy-to-Weld Wear-Resistant 8620 Alloy Steel

While the low carbon content makes 8620 alloy steel easy-to-weld, it's the nickel, chromium, and molybdenum content that provides wear resistance.

Polished Multipurpose 304 Stainless Steel

Polished to either a brushed or mirror-like finish, this material is often used to fabricate decorative enclosures and industrial workstations.

High-Strength 17-4 PH Stainless Steel

With a higher chromium content than 15-5 PH stainless steel, this high-strength 17-4 PH offers better corrosion resistance. It is also known as 630 stainless steel.

Polished Multipurpose 6061 Aluminum Rods

Choose between rods that are polished to a brushed finish or a mirror-like finish.

Polished Multipurpose 6061 Aluminum Round Tubes

Polished on the outside to a #8 reflective, mirror-like finish, these tubes have no visible grain lines.

Linear Motion Shafts

Combine these general purpose shafts with a linear bearing and shaft support to create a basic linear motion system.

Tapped Linear Motion Shafts

Internal threads allow you to mount these shafts onto threaded studs and fasteners, no shaft supports needed.

Threaded Linear Motion Shafts

Mount these externally threaded shafts into tapped holes rather than using a shaft support, or attach a hex nut, shaft collar, or other threaded accessory.

Hollow Linear Motion Shafts

Lighter than solid shafts, hollow shafts reduce your total system weight and allow you to run various media such as electrical wiring, compressed air tubing, coolants, or lubricants through the center.

Hollow Linear Motion Shafts
with Material Certification

Keep a material certificate on hand for compliance and quality assurance needs. Certificates include a traceable lot number and material test report. These hollow shafts reduce system weight and allow you to run various media such as electrical wiring, compressed air tubing, coolants, or lubricants through the center.

Linear Motion Shafts with Material Certification

For your compliance and quality assurance needs, these shafts come with a material certificate with a traceable lot number.

Tight-Tolerance Linear Motion Shafts

For a snug fit with a linear bearing in high-precision applications, these shafts are turned, ground, and polished to tight diameter and straightness tolerances.

Linear Motion Shafts with Machinable Ends

With 2" of each end softened, it's easier to machine a custom end for mounting. The rest of the shaft is case-hardened, which increases hardness and wear resistance on the surface of the shaft while allowing the center to remain soft for absorbing stresses caused by shifting loads.

Support-Rail Shafts

These shafts include a support rail for a stable setup that eliminates bending and prevents linear bearings from rotating.

Shafts for Support Rails

Replace worn shafts in two-piece support-rail shaft systems, or mate with a support rail to create your own. The tapped mounting holes match those on our Support Rails.

Rotary Shafts

Combine these general purpose drive shafts with gears, sprockets, and bearings to transmit rotary motion.

Ultra-Straight Tight-Tolerance Rotary Shafts

Eight times straighter than standard rotary shafts, these tight-tolerance shafts minimize vibrations and reduce wear to bearings and other components. They also have diameter tolerances that are twice as tight as standard rotary shafts.

Keyed Rotary Shafts

Combine with a machine key to transmit torque to gears, sprockets, and other power transmission components.

Partially Keyed Rotary Shafts

These shafts have keyways only on the ends, leaving a plain shaft in the center. Use the keyways with machine keys to transmit torque to gears, sprockets, and other keyed components. Use the middle of the shaft with bearings and other round-bore components.

Keyed Rotary Shafts with Material Certification

In addition to diameter tolerances that are twice as tight as standard keyed shafts, these shafts include a traceable lot number and test report. Use them with machine keys to transmit torque to gears, sprockets, and other power transmission components.

D-Profile Rotary Shafts

A flat surface area allows set screws to dig into the shaft for securely mounting gears, sprockets, and bearings.

Tapped D-Profile Rotary Shafts

Connect these internally threaded shafts directly to threaded components, or use a fastener to secure. They have a flat surface area that allows set screws to dig into the shaft for securely mounting gears, sprockets, and bearings.

Thread-Mount Idler Rotary Shafts

Thread these shafts into a tapped hole to support idler sprockets and pulleys in tensioning applications.

Flange-Mount Idler Rotary Shafts

Mount the flange to a machine or wall to support idler sprockets and pulleys in tensioning applications. They include washers and a nut to position your component and hold it in place.

Tapped Rotary Shafts

Connect these internally threaded shafts directly to threaded components, or use a fastener to secure.

Threaded Rotary Shafts

Attach threaded accessories, such as mixer propellers and fan blades, to the end of these shafts.

Rotary Shafts with Retaining Ring Grooves

Clip retaining rings into the grooves to separate and position gears, sprockets, and bearings.

Step-Down Rotary Shafts

A shoulder near the end of the shaft provides a stop for gears, sprockets, and bearings.

Undersized Rotary Shafts

The diameter of these shafts is slightly smaller than listed, so precision ball bearings (ABEC-3 and above) slide on without any tools.

Splined Rotary Shafts

Good for hydraulic systems, machine tools, and other high-torque applications, these shafts have teeth that transmit high rotational loads.