Realization of Real-Time Balancing of a Machine Tool Spindle Using Magnetic Fluid

Keiichi Nakamoto; Hidenori Nakatsuji; Shinya Mitsuhashi; Keiichi Shirase

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IJAT Vol.4 No.6 pp. 518-523

doi: 10.20965/ijat.2010.p0518

(2010)

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Realization of Real-Time Balancing of a Machine Tool Spindle Using Magnetic Fluid

Keiichi Nakamoto^, Hidenori Nakatsuji^, Shinya Mitsuhashi^,
and Keiichi Shirase^**

^*Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

^**Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokko-dai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan

^***Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Received:

May 30, 2010

Accepted:

June 23, 2010

Published:

November 5, 2010

Keywords:

machine tool spindle, real-time balancing, magnetic fluid, tool vibration, mass imbalance

Abstract

Tool vibration shortens tool life and lowers the quality of the machined surface. Even a small mass imbalance in the spindle and tooling generates tool vibration. Additionally, in machining operations, different tooling setups including the cutting tools rotate at different speeds for each machining operation, making it difficult to reduce tool vibration. In order to solve the problem, real-time balancing using magnetic fluid was proposed in our previous study. Magnetic fluid is a type of smart fluid comprised of a stable colloidal suspension of magnetic nanoparticles in a liquid carrier, and its viscosity and behavior are precisely controlled by changes in magnetic field intensity. To compensate for the mass imbalance of a spindle and tooling in real-time, the magnetic fluid enclosed inside the spindle is controlled to alter the distribution of circumferential mass by adjustments in the intensity of the magnetic field made from outside the spindle. Thus, tool vibration, which changes frequently depending on tooling during various machining operations, can be reduced successfully. In this paper, a machine tool spindle with the proposed real-time balancing is developed, and several experiments are conducted. It is confirmed that the mass imbalance in the entire rotating system is significantly reduced in real-time, and tool vibration is effectively suppressed as well.

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K. Nakamoto, H. Nakatsuji, S. Mitsuhashi, and K. Shirase, “Realization of Real-Time Balancing of a Machine Tool Spindle Using Magnetic Fluid,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.4 No.6, pp. 518-523, 2010.

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[1] [1] F. Okumura and M. Tsutsumi, “Reduction of Run-out and Vibration of High Speed Spindle for Machining Centers (1st report),” J. of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering, Vol.69, No.9, pp. 1327-1331, 2003 (in Japanese).

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[5] [5] K. Nakamoto, S. Horii, K. Adachi, and K. Shirase, “Real-Time Balancing Mechanism Using Magnetic Fluid for a Machine Tool Spindle,” J. of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering, Vol.75, No.4, pp. 509-513, 2009 (in Japanese).

[6] [6] K. Nakamoto, K. Adachi, and K. Shirase, “Proposal of Real-Time Balancing Mechanism Using Magnetic Fluid for Machine Tool Spindle,” in M. Mitsuishi, K. Ueda, F. Kimura Eds., Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier, Springer, pp. 387-390, 2008.

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Realization of Real-Time Balancing of a Machine Tool Spindle Using Magnetic Fluid

Keiichi Nakamoto*, Hidenori Nakatsuji**, Shinya Mitsuhashi***, and Keiichi Shirase**

Keiichi Nakamoto^, Hidenori Nakatsuji^, Shinya Mitsuhashi^,
and Keiichi Shirase^**