A New Approach to CNC Milling Machine Spindle Design

Abstract:

During the technological development, some equipments remain mostly the first days design besides most of others change repeatedly. CNC Milling machines spindle design is one of these which remains mostly the same. With the existing design, in order to obtain the desired torque for metal milling process, the body of the spindle is made huge and heavy which causes the whole machine body to be constructed huge and heavy. In this study a new approach to CNC Milling Machine Spindle Design is made. The design changes the hob to be held indirectly instead of to be held directly at the lower end of the spindle. The huge spindle motor is fixed to the ceiling over the machine and a flexible steel rope is used to transfer the rotational motion. At the end of the steel rope, a planetary gearbox is fixed which is also fixed to the mobile part of the CNC construction. By this way, the required torque is obtained just at the milling process takes place and the motion transmission parts can be made light in weight like the whole construction would be made.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 445)
• Pages: 201-206
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.445.201
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Utku Buyuksahin
• Keywords: CNC milling machine, Spindle

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