Linear Slide Market Trends

Drivers

Rising Use of Linear Motors

• Automotive industry is a key end user of linear slides as the industry uses them in multiple ways from assembly to vehicle components such as linear motors. A robust increase in automotive manufacturing activity will also favor linear slide sales.

High Adoption in Automation Industry

• Linear slides act as guides for linear motion systems, which can be crucially used in different types of automation applications. The surging popularity of automation in different industry verticals and growing adoption of Industry 4.0 trends will also promote sales of linear slides going forward.

Restraints

Volatile Raw Material Pricing

• Raw materials required to manufacture linear slides are subject to fluctuations in the global commodity markets and supply chain disruptions and this volatility in pricing is projected to restrict market growth in the long run.

Availability of Alternative Motion Technologies

• Linear motors, ball screws, and belt drives are some alternative linear motion technologies that could inhibit the adoption of linear slides around the world to a certain extent and slow down linear slide market growth across the forecast period.