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  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-04",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/pbclinear.com/provenance.json",
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        "harsh-environment linear motion",
        "high-speed linear positioning",
        "heavy-load long-travel guidance",
        "CNC machine tending automation"
      ],
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        "robotics",
        "medical equipment",
        "packaging",
        "food processing",
        "transportation",
        "aerospace and defense"
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        "region": "Illinois",
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      "domain": "pbclinear.com",
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        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Bearing_Company"
      ],
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        "max": 200,
        "min": 51
      },
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      "description": "PBC Linear manufactures self-lubricating plain linear bearings, linear ball bearings, linear guides, shafting, screw assemblies, and linear actuators for automation, robotics, and medical equipment industries. Products are distributed to over one hundred countries."
    },
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Linear Bearings",
        "role": "manufacturer",
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          "unit": "unit",
          "as_of": "2026-09-04",
          "basis": "list",
          "model": "flat",
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            "min": 12.78
          },
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "summary": "Self-lubricating plain linear bearings (Simplicity, EconoGlide), linear ball bearings, and cam roller pillow blocks for linear, rotational, and oscillating motion support.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
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        "role": "manufacturer",
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          "unit": "unit",
          "as_of": "2026-09-04",
          "basis": "list",
          "model": "flat",
          "range": {
            "max": 200,
            "min": 4
          },
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "summary": "Carbon steel, stainless steel, and ceramic-coated aluminum linear shafts and support rails that prevent bearing binding from shaft sag in high-load applications.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
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          "robotics": {
            "category": "motion_control",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
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        "role": "manufacturer",
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          "unit": "unit",
          "as_of": "2026-09-04",
          "basis": "list",
          "model": "flat",
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          "range": {
            "max": 190,
            "min": 72
          },
          "currency": "USD"
        },
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        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
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          "robotics": {
            "category": "motion_control",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
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        "role": "manufacturer",
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          "unit": "unit",
          "as_of": "2026-09-04",
          "basis": "list",
          "model": "flat",
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            "max": 357,
            "min": 5
          },
          "currency": "USD"
        },
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        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
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            "category": "motion_control",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
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          "as_of": "2026-09-04",
          "basis": "list",
          "model": "flat",
          "range": {
            "max": 9342,
            "min": 192
          },
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "summary": "Belt-driven, ball screw, and lead screw linear actuators combining a guide, drive mechanism, carriage, and power source for controlled positioning, sized for NEMA 8 through 42 motors.",
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          "distributors"
        ],
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            "category": "motion_control",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
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        "name": "Applied Cobotics Cobot Feeder",
        "role": "manufacturer",
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          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Automated storage-and-retrieval system that loads and unloads up to 17 dunnage trays into a collaborative robot's work envelope for CNC machine tending, pick and place, and other tasks.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
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            "protocols": [
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              "modbus_tcp"
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              "assembly"
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}