Research on Thermal Characteristic and Thermal Compensation Technology of Spindle System of CNC Machine Tool

Abstract:

The paper mainly studies the thermal characteristic and methods of thermal compensation of the spindle system of a precision turning center. The three-dimensional model of spindle system is constructed and meshed by ANSYS Workbench. The boundary condition and heat source of the spindle system are computed by relevant theory and the results are applied to the finite element model. By comparing results of FEM and experiment, the boundary condition is adjusted if necessary to make the analysis results be similar to experimental results. Then the temperature field is used as a load to calculate the thermal deformation. Two ways of changing boundary condition of spindle system have been analyzed to find their influence on spindle thermal deformation, which are changing air flowing speed around headstock and setting up a cooling jacket at the front surface of the headstock respectively.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 490-495)
• Pages: 1595-1599
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.490-495.1595
• Online since: March 2012
• Authors: Zhong Qi Sheng, Chang Chun Liu, Jian Yong Wang, Liang Dong
• Keywords: Gray Correlation, Spindle System, Temperature Field, Thermal Compensation, Thermal Deformation

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