5 axis Fidia guy
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- Aug 17, 2006
- Location
- Wisconsin
Does anyone in the house run any air spindles similar to Air Turbine Spindles?
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Air spindles
- Thread starter 5 axis Fidia guy
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TKassoc
Hot Rolled
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- Aug 19, 2009
- Location
- Oakland, CA
FredC
Diamond
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2010
- Location
- Dewees Texas
I bought a pair of NSK and used them fairly regularly for several years. Never had an issue with them. They are still here in a drawer and If I used them today I would expect no issues. Never used the Air Turbines so I can not compare them.
BROTHERFRANK
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- Dec 20, 2013
- Location
- SoCal
We used to recommend and install the NSK 50k air spindles before Brother came out with the 27k spindle. Some issues with air spindles are very low torque, you don't know how fast it is actually spinning in the cut, maintenance and reliability issues. After switching to the 27k spindles cycle times went down, tool life, part quality and reliability went way up. No matter how small the cutter or light the cut there is still torque involved to machine efficiently. If you must, the NSK will do ok. If you need a more solid long term solution I suggest looking into a machine with higher rpm capability.
GENERALDISARRAY
Hot Rolled
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- Jan 3, 2019
I have used the air turbine tools, Dont remember the model exactly. One of the cheaper ones. Only used it to drill tiny holes. But I drilled what seems like millions of them
They Worked ok for that
They Worked ok for that
5 axis Fidia guy
Stainless
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2006
- Location
- Wisconsin
I should add that I already have a 25k spindle, but the need for smaller tooling comes at me more and more. I need something that I can toolchange with, so that might limit my options.
TKassoc
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2009
- Location
- Oakland, CA
We were able to make our own arm for the NSK spindles so that it could tool change in a drill/tap machine but it wasn't fun. I'd take a look at the Alberti electric spindles ALBERTI LEONARDO - Koma Precision Incorporated
thunderskunk
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Nov 13, 2018
- Location
- Middle-of-nowhere
Another vote for NSK. I think we’ve got 11 just in our cell.
