(posted 05/27/2009)

WOOD DALE, IL – Thomson, A Danaher Motion Company, introduces www.ThomsonPrecisionBall.com – a content rich website focused exclusively on its family of standard precision balls and application-specific precision balls.  The site delivers detailed product features, specifications and relevant applications for each available type of precision ball.  The site also provides educational reference information.  An online store allows visitors to make their purchase online from more than 170 standard precision ball products.  Visitors are also able to request a quote for non-standard precision balls.

Thomson specializes in chrome steel balls and stainless steel balls.  They also manufacture precision balls in a range of other materials and non-standard configurations, including distinctively shaped balls, drilled balls, coated balls and hollow balls, to satisfy the unique demands of specific applications.

Visitors have immediate access to helpful information on Thomson Precision Ball quality, performance and reliability.  They will also find helpful information on:

• Hollow balls used in the aerospace industry
• Steel balls used in airbags
• The manufacturing process of miniature balls
• Brass ball applications
• Advantages of the Monel ball
• Common use of tungsten carbide balls
• Commercial applications for ceramic balls
• Thomson Precision Ball promise of inventory guarantee
• Thomson Precision Ball promise of quality assurance

Visitors can also locate their local distributor and download in PDF format the Thomson Precision Balls brochure, as well as the Thomson Precision Balls product catalog.

About Thomson
With more than 60 years of motion control innovation and quality, Thomson is the industry’s premier producer of Linear Ball Bushing® Bearing and Profile Rail Bearings, 60 Case™ Shafting, ground and rolled Ball Screws, Linear Actuators, Gearheads, Clutches, Brakes, Linear Systems, and related accessories.  Thomson invented the Linear Ball Bushing Bearing in 1945, and has set the standard ever since with an unsurpassed set of mechanical motion control solutions serving global commercial and aerospace & defense markets.  Thomson, a Danaher Motion company, has facilities in North America, Europe and Asia with over 2000 distributor locations around the world.

About Danaher Motion
Danaher Motion is a leading global manufacturer of motion control products that improve the efficiency and productivity of complex manufacturing operations.  Danaher Motion’s product innovations have been revolutionizing the motion control industry for over 60 years through trusted brand names including Kollmorgen, Thomson and Dover. 

Thomson, A Danaher Motion Company, 1500 Mittel Boulevard, Wood Dale, IL 60191-1073; 1-540-633-3549; 1-540-633-0294 (fax); www.thomsonprecisionball.com.

Editorial Contact: Chris Nelson – 612.237.4443
Company Contact: Rob Gallagher – 630.694.3321

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