Spindle Housing
Initial situation
The bores of the spindle housing for machining centers are produced in 3 shifts with a fine boring tool. Continuous process monitoring by the operator is due to tight required tolerances and the current machining process needed.
Material: Grey cast iron (GJL-300)
Metric | Imperial | |
Bore-Ø: | 121.539 +0.025 | 4.785 +0.001 in |
Length: | 180 mm | 7.0866 in |
Requirements
Metric | Imperial | |
Surface: | Ra 1.2 µm | Ra 48 µin |
Concentricity: | 0.015 mm | 0.0006 in |
The URMA solution
Special reaming tool with guide pads
Multi-edged RX reaming tool with 12 teeth
The ceramic guide pads assist the reaming insert to keep the required coaxiality.
The RX reaming tool achieved high process reliability and successfully replaced the current fine boring tool. Manual intervention by the operator is reduced to a minimum which allows an automated production.
Cutting data URMA machining
Metric | Imperial | ||||
Cutting speed Vc: | 120 | m/min | SFM: | 394 | ft/min |
Feed per tooth fz: | 0.18 | mm | ipt: | 0.007 | in |
Number of teeth: | 12 | ||||
Feed fv: | 680 | mm/min | ipm: | 26.7 | in/min |
Radial stock removal ap: | 0.15 | mm | D.O.C.: | 0.006 | in |