Air-Driven Auxiliary Spindles For The Tool Carousel
Air Turbine Tools’ auxiliary, air-driven, high speed spindles are designed to be mounted in the tool carousel of most machining centers and automatically exchanged by the tool changer.
Air Turbine Tools’ auxiliary, air-driven, high speed spindles are designed to be mounted in the tool carousel of most machining centers and automatically exchanged by the tool changer. The wrap-around air induction system uses a manifold, which plugs up to a mounting block on the machining center’s spindle cap, thus eliminating the need to hook up an air hose manually. This assembly allows a range of air turbine spindles to be kept in the carousel until needed. They can also run “lights out.”
Virtually any CNC machine can be retrofitted to become a high speed profit center, the company says, allowing increased surface footage for increased productivity. The spindles can produce as much as 1.4 hp at constant governed speeds from 25,000 to 90,000 rpm. The spindles feature a CAT40 spindle interface. The ER8 and ER11 collet systems for clamping tools deliver 0.0002" (5µ) TIR.
Related Content
-
Twin Spindle Design Doubles Production of Small Parts
After experiencing process stalls in the finishing stage of production, Bryan Machine Service designed an air-powered twin spindle and indexable rotating base to effectively double its production of small parts.
-
10 Tips for Titanium
Simple process considerations can increase your productivity in milling titanium alloys.
-
New Machining Technology Works With Old to Restore WWII Submarine
A set of donated boring bars that can be used in a 1954 boring head will enable volunteer machinists to recreate a pair of binoculars for the USS Pampanito.
