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Thermal characteristic analysis of ball screw feed drive system based on finite difference method considering the moving heat source

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The thermal characteristic of the ball screw feed drive system has great influence on machining accuracy as its thermal deformation would induce the positioning deviation. In this paper, finite difference method was applied to simulate the temperature distribution and thermal growth of the ball screw feed drive system under various working conditions. When simulating, the nut was considered a moving heat source, and the boundary conditions were optimized based on response surface methodology. By comparing the simulation results with the testing data, it was verified that the accuracy of the simulation could be improved by using the proposed method.

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The work has been supported the State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing System Engineering (China), National Natural Science Foundation of China(51705402), National Science and Technology Major Project of China(Grant No. 2017ZX04013001).

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Yang Li, Wenming Wei, Dongxu Su, Jun Zhang & Wanhua Zhao

  2. Key Laboratory of NC Machine Tools and Integrated Manufacturing Equipment of the Education Ministry & Key Lab of Manufacturing Equipment of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

    Wenwu Wu

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Li, Y., Wei, W., Su, D. et al. Thermal characteristic analysis of ball screw feed drive system based on finite difference method considering the moving heat source. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 106, 4533–4545 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-04936-4

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