An analysis on the thermal characteristics according to the viscosity of bearing lubricant and the cooling condition for the high speed motor spindle

Thermal displacement of the high speed machine tools has a large influence on machining accuracy. The high speed motor spindle with many heat sources is widely used for the high speed machine tools recently. The important problem in this spindle is to reduce and minimize the thermal effects by motor and bearings. This paper presents the analysis on thermal characteristics for high speed motor spindle system with oil-air lubricated angular contact ceramic ball bearings and built-in motor. An analysis on the thermal characteristics of spindle is performed according to the cooling conditions and the viscosity of bearing lubricants by using finite element method. This results can be applied to the design and manufacturing for the high speed motor spindle.