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News Release from: Jena Rotary Technology | Subject: Machine tool spindle repair and replacement
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 October 2006
Motorised spindles testing added to
repairs
A leading UK supplier of ballscrews and machine tool spindle repair and replacement services has commissioned of a 'state of the' art PC based Bosch test facility for motorised spindles.
Jena Rotary Technology (Jena Tec), part of the Avingtrans plc Technology Group, recently saw the final installation and commissioning of a state of the art PC based Bosch test facility for motorised spindles in its Nottingham, UK, facility Jena Tec is a leading UK supplier of ballscrews and machine tool spindle repair and replacement services to the aftermarket, OEM and factory automation industries and through the investment will be able to provide customers with a quality assured documented test programme
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Historically, machine tool spindles are tested using individual manually operated test equipment which requires operator intervention and is laborious to document, limited in scope and can be subjective in terms of interpretation and operator recording.
The new Jena Tec Bosch test rig allows for each spindle to have a unique record and test programme which is automatically programmed through a range of test cycles unmanned.
Specific data can be captured and functionality of the spindle tested including the following.
Motor Current logging.
Automated run in procedure.
Bearing Temperature and Lubrication.
Encoder Performance.
Tool Clamp/Unclamp either hydraulic or pneumatic.
Drawbar switch setting.
Hydraulic actuation.
Cooling efficiency.
Air purge operation.
The PC based architecture of the Bosch control is easy to use and presents the data in a clear format for the operator to observe and additionally can be exported into a time/date log with specific key parameters recorded and documented.
The system has been designed to provide a number of custom reports to allow quality assurance test certificates to be produced after each satisfactory spindle run.
What this means to machine tool customers, be they in the aerospace, automotive, woodworking, oil/gas or precision engineering industries is that they can be assured of an OEM standard quality test programme for their spindle which can be audited and tracked to their specific spindle providing a higher level of assurance in the repair conducted by the spindle repairer.
In addition the Jena Tec's extensive spindle repair and design capability we also offer customer machining and ballscrew and actuator repair and replacement services.
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