Demonstrator 1: 5F Heavy Duty Spindle Head Installed in SORALUCE FL6000 Milling Machine Machining Steel C45 Parts

Five functionalities new roughing spindle head was designed, manufactured, assembled and validated in a demonstrator based on a SORALUCE FL6000 milling machine. A new MICA inertial actuator was introduced in this new spindle head. Once the new spindle head and all control equipment were mounted on the SORALUCEs milling machine, the first four functions were tested, demonstrating their good performance and the fulfillment of the objectives. Using this spindle head, a good knowledge of the dynamic behavior of the machine could be obtained, and different maintenance and dynamic problems could be detected and solved. An improvement beween 200-420% has been achieved in the material removal rate. Remarkable exploitation results have been obtained related to this demonstrator. First of all, SORALUCEs active inertial spindle head has been patented to protect its exploitation. MICA inertial drive has also been introduced in CEDRAT actuator’s catalogue. Finally, industrial pilot experiences of two of 5 functionalities have been started last year over two beta users.