Nook Industries

Nook Industries manufacturers and supplies premium linear motion solutions. Their product offerings include:

  • Screws
  • Rod Style Linear Actuators
  • Screw Jacks
  • Modular Linear Actuators
  • Linear Guidance Solutions
  • Control Panels 

In 2021, Nook was acquired by Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and integrated into Thomson Industries, Inc. within the Automation & Specialty segment. 


Nook Industries Product Lines we Provide:

Precision Screw Assemblies

Nook Industries manufactures precision acme screws by thread rolling, thread milling, or thread grinding processes. Each process produces high-precision screws. Nook acme screw products feature centralizing thread forms for smooth, no-wedging performance


Precision Metric & Miniature Ball Screw Assemblies

The PMBS product line offers linear lead accuracy classes of T10, T7, T5, and T3, which comply with the ISO 3408 ball screw standard. All ball nuts are precision ground and engineered to operate with precision rolled ball screws or precision ground (T3) ball screws.


Jack Products

ActionJac™ Worm Gear Screw Jack systems are ruggedly designed and produced in standard models with load handling capacities from 1⁄4 ton to 100 tons. They may be used individually or in multiple arrangements. There are no “standard” travel lengths and each Worm Gear Screw Jack is built to specification.


Precision Linear Actuators

Nook Industries Linear Actuators use the finest acme and ball screws manufactured in the world.


Food Grade Actuators

Nook/Thomson’s Premium Food Grade Actuators conform to several hygienic design guidelines including 3-A Dairy for food and beverage applications and are IP69K rated for sanitary wash-down during operation. Designed as an alternative to pneumatic cylinders, they are optimal for a wide variety of Food & Beverage applications where reliability, durability, hygiene, and corrosion resistance are critical.


Worm Gear Screw Jacks

ActionJac Worm Gear Screw Jack systems are ruggedly designed and produced in standard models with load handling capacities from 1⁄4 ton to 100 tons. They may be used individually or in multiple arrangements. There are no “standard” travel lengths, and each Worm Gear Screw Jack is built to specification.


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