Papers by Keyword: Spindle Assembly

Abstract: The dynamic and thermal characteristics of spindle assembly will affect the final machining performance of a machine tool seriously. It is of great significance to study the dynamic and thermal characteristics of the spindle assembly for improving the level of machine tool's design and manufacturing. The paper takes a high precision computer numerical control lathe as the research object. First the thermal characteristics were obtained by using finite element method. Then the laser triangle measuring instrument and the infrared thermal imager were used to measure the temperature field and thermal deformation of the spindle assembly. Finally in order to get the thermal equilibrium time and the thermal deformation data of spindle system, the wavelet toolbox was used to deal with thermal testing data. The paper's work laid a foundation for the further research on the thermal characteristics analysis and thermal error's compensation of machine tools.

Abstract: The performances of the precision machine tool will be influenced by its thermal characteristics seriously, and accurately predict the thermal characteristic of the key component of the machine tool is helpful to improve the design level. The headstock of a high precision CNC lathes has been regarded as the research objects, and the thermal properties and its influence on the performance of the machine tool are studied. Finite element analysis model of the headstock has been constructed, and the simulation calculations of the steady temperature field distribution and thermal equilibrium time of the headstock are calculated, and then the analysis to identify the thermal deformation trends of the spindle assembly and the heat distortion of the headstock are also been done. Some of the key factors that have significant influence on the thermal characteristic of the high precision machine tools are also studied. The analysis reveals that the performances of the machine tool will be influenced by the hot asymmetric, the study lays a foundation for the optimization design and thermal error compensation of the spindle assembly.

Abstract: One of the important factors resulting in the performances of the machinery is its dynamic characteristics. The spindle assembly is one of the usual parts of NC machine tool, so its dynamic-static characteristics will affect the performances of machine tool. The study is based on a NC machine tool produced by a certain plant of machine tools. The finite element dynamic analysis model of spindle assembly was developed by introducing two or three groups of circumferential spring damper elements which are arrange at different angle around the spindle, and the effect of different supporting conditions and different arrange angle on the modal analysis of the spindle assembly were discussed. The finite element analysis on spindle and spindle assembly has been made to confirm its dynamic characteristics. Then the finite element analysis models are validated by some experiments.

Abstract: To design a machine tool successfully, its essential parts should be analyzed and evaluated after design but before prototype being made. The spindle assembly is one of the most essential parts of high speed machine tool, so how the dynamic characteristics of the spindle assembly affect the performance of high speed NC machine tool are of great significance and should be studied. This paper’s research is based on a high speed machine tool manufactured by some plant. The finite element analysis model of the spindle assembly of the high speed machine tool was developed by taking the advantage of the spring-damper element to simulate the bearing supports. The modal analysis was made to confirm the dynamic characteristics of the spindle assembly, and the results were compared with the testing ones.