DuraBond slides are designed, sourced and manufactured in the United States, in the same West Michigan facility that produces AIM and Platt coiling machines.

Our experienced engineering staff machines each slide from billet, grinding every surface to extremely close tolerances. We then apply the Rulon® coating through a proprietary epoxying process that yields a strong bond, and we further grind the coating down to an ideal thickness that provides rigidity, durability and nearly frictionless linear motion.

To learn more about our design specifications and tolerances, visit our Design Specifications page

Rulon is a wear and friction-control coating owned by Saint-Gobain Seals. The PTFE coating is ideal for reducing friction between the saddle and base of our linear slides. We affix Rulon to the saddle through a proprietary bonding process, perfected over years and resulting in a strong bond that you can trust throughout the life of the slide.

Compared to other commercially available linear slides, DuraBond slides provide better performance, last longer and are able to operate in more extreme environments. While DuraBond slides offer superior performance in most industrial cases, applications calling for lightweight slides or motion greater than six feet would be better served by other slide types. 

DuraBond Slides vs Dovetail Slides

DuraBond’s box gib slides offer higher load capacities by increasing surface area interfacing between the saddle and the base. Dovetail slides also absorb loads at acute angles, whereas box gib slides absorb loads at 90-degree angles. This further improves DuraBond slides’ ability to resist deforming under heavy loads.

DuraBond Slides vs Ball Bearing Slides

Under force, ball and roller bearings deform easily, rendering the slide apparatus useless. Even hardened steel bearings are susceptible to deformation, and most bearing slides also require external lubrication. While roller bearing and ball bearing slides are ideal for light-duty applications and long-travel slides, our industrial-strength square gib slides are able to out-perform and out-last ball bearing slides in highly demanding environments.

For more information on how DuraBond’s square gib design compares to other linear slide types, visitor our Introduction to Linear Slides page