These are made for this type of service and have thread designs that minimize things like backlash ... when lead screws aren’t good enough, mechanical designers turn to ball screws.

[2n2r5] posted up a mechanism that we’d never seen before — a threadless ballscrew that turns rotational into linear motion with no backlash ... works just like a screw thread would.

Design features for ball screws include backlash, the use of a lubrication port, right-hand or left-hand threads, and twin leads. Ball screw repair services may also specialize in working with a ...

Left Hand Thread The direction of the threads on the screw shaft causing the ball nut to travel away from the end viewed ... This design features both the Left and Right Hand threads. Zero Backlash ...