| Ball Screw |   | 
 
The user can select a Support type in the Ball Screw Mechanism form including:
The Support type selection is only used for the lifetime calculation for a Ball Screw product selected in the database.
| Symbol | Description | Units | 
|---|---|---|
| JDM | Inertia of drive mechanism | kg-m2 | 
| TDM | Torque of drive mechanism | Nm | 
| aDM | Rotational acceleration | rad/s2 | 
| h | Efficiency of drive mechanism | 1 | 
| q | Incline angle above horizontal | o | 
| g | Acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 | m/s2 | 
| P | Screw pitch | rev/m | 
| m | Slide friction coefficient | |
| FThrust | Thrust force at load | N | 
| mLoad | Mass of load + payload | kg | 
| mCB | Mass of counterbalance | kg | 
| MSlide | Mass of slide | kg | 
| MNut | Mass of nut | kg | 
| JNut | Inertia of nut | kg-m2 | 
| JScrew | Inertia of screw | kg-m2 | 
| JCoupling | Inertia of coupling | kg-m2 |