Search "leadscrew". Turn a threaded rod with a stepper motor, or DC motor + encoder, and it will control the position of a "nut" on the rod. You can literally use a length of studding (threaded metal rod) and a nut (as in nut and bolt) for a light-duty system. For something more serious you might u...

Its our last year Project. I am thinking of using a ac servomotor with proper drive and a worm gear mechanism to control the slide...What i need to know is that Should I be able to connect the controls of drives with the PI controller...both MAIN WINDING MOTOR and SERVO motor(servo motor start or st...

Actually we are making a Semi automatic winding machine for this we need to slide a copper wire so as no to overlap . This sliding will be done on the basis of speed of main motor and also the slider should slide on both the side.

I need to make a Slider mechanism for my last year project.I need a ways to create the slider using Raspberry PI interfacing.