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Sensors 2010, 10, 10069-10080; doi:10.3390/s101110069 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article A Method for Evaluating Dynamical Friction in Linear Ball Bearings Yusaku Fujii 1,*, Koichi Maru 1, Tao Jin 1, Preecha P. Yupapin 2 and Somsak Mitatha 3 1 Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin- cho, Kiryu 376-8515, Japan; E-Mail: k.billow@ (T.J.) 2 Advanced Research Center for Photonics, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Chalongkrung Road, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand; E-Mail: kypreech@knitl.ac.th (P.P.Y.) 3 Department of Computer Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Chalongkrung Road, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: fujii@el.gunma-u.ac.jp; Tel.: +81-277-301-756; Fax: +81-277-301-757. Received: 16 September 2010; in revised form: 10 October 2010 / Accepted: 15 October 2010 / Published: 9 November 2010 Abstract: A method is proposed for evaluating the dynamical friction of linear bearings, whose motion is not perfectly linear due to some play in its internal mechanism . In this method, the moving part of a linear bearing is made to move freely, and the force acting on the moving part is measured as the inertial force given by the product of its mass and the acceleration of its centre of gravity. To evaluate the acceleration of its centre of gravity, the acceleration of two different points on it is measured using a