Live spindle

(Mach.)

the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The ISO 50 universal workhead with Studer's infeed ring sensing is capable of both live spindle grinding and grinding between centers, and has a maximum speed of 1,500 rpm.

Dabbling in grinding's 'black arts': there's more to grinding than specs and feeds. For a shop entering a new business area, there's some "magic" involved in knowing how to grind mirror finishes

Three headstock choices all include a live spindle for manufacturing versatility.

Five-axis boring mill

Next to the column is a 20-station tool carousel that supplies tooling for the live spindle. Explosives are held in place with a vacuum, but mechanical clamping can also be used.

Machine tools get smarter

The machine is equipped with five turning tools, six live spindle tools, and four frontal drills in the main tool post.

Swiss production center

The three-headstock choices all include a live spindle for drilling and tapping as well as added reach for boring.

Machining centers/cells

And a powerful 7.5 hp, 12,000 rpm spindle is built in the single-pocket turret (live spindle), which rotates a total of 225[degrees] in the B-axis to machine angled features in increments of 0.001[degrees].

Technology prescription cures profit problems: if MAN had published its February 2006 editor's column ('The Railroad Business' *) early in 1989, it might have saved an Oklahoma machining operation from almost going bankrupt. Fortunately, the owner of Aerospace Components, Inc., understood then that machining parts for markets other than the dwindling aerospace market was the path back to profitability

When live spindle machining is performed, the automatic tool change can be used with ISO 50 (40), CAT 50, HSK 100, or Sandvik CAPTO C5.

Vertical turning

The holder is mounted stationary, while its internal live spindle (with the cutting broach tool) rotates with and is driven by the work piece.

Contract shop profits on short-run turning: a precision turning shop in the Chicago suburbs faced a challenge familiar to many contract shop owners, normal high-volume customers were insisting on rapid-response, short-run and prototype work also, or the high volume work would be given to another shop

And finally, the 10HP B-axis machining spindle (live spindle) rotates a total of 225 degrees to machine angled features in increments of 0.001 degree.

Cranking it out

The live spindle (rotating spindle in the ram head) enables Atlas Copco to turn and machine housings and shrouds in the same setup on the one machine.

VTC handles all parts large and smaller

The built-in turning/boring/milling heads feature automatic dynamic counterbalancing, automatic tool change for spindle and turning tools, coolant through the spindle for turning and boring tools, and built-in spindle support bearing for live spindle.