Decreasing of thermal errors in a lathe by forced cooling of ball screws and a headstock

The goal of this paper is to present the effective methods of decreasing thermal deformations of a turning centre's structure in order to reduce the thermal error. The design of a machine tool as well as the scope of analyses are described, and calculation methods are specified. The paper also presents the results of computer simulations, concerning studies on the influence of type and parameters of a headstock-cooling liquid on the reduction of spindle displacements. Moreover, the results of feed mechanism's thermal studies are shown, describing the influence of heat generated during the operation of ball screws and their inner liquid cooling, on tool's thermal displacements