Thursday, December 8, 2016

3040 for alloy

I have finally fired up a 2.4kw 24,000 rpm spindle on the test bench. This has water cooling and is VFD controlled. The spindle runs on 3 phase AC power.



One thing that is not mentioned much is that the spindle itself and bracket runs to around 6-7kg. Below is the spindle hitting 24,000 rpm for the first time.


With this and some other bits a 3040 should be able to machine alloy.

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