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Condition-based preventive maintenance of main spindles

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Machine tools need to be highly reliable with minimal down time. Unintended failure incurs high costs due to repairs and production losses. Maintenance is a major cost factor and is still handled reactively to a great extent. Maintenance plans by manufacturers that recommend preventive maintenance based on operating hours are often not consistently implemented. Ideally condition-dependent preventive maintenance of the most critical and cost-intensive assemblies of a machine tool would be performed. This would enable a shift of planned maintenance times to non-productive periods and would also enable procuring any spare parts at the right time. Eventually, this would lead to cost savings. This article describes the design of a condition monitoring system for machine tools and shows examples of main spindle monitoring.

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This research was conducted within the framework of a project funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

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  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, Reichenhainer Straße 88, 09126, Chemnitz, Germany

    R. Neugebauer, J. Fischer & M. Praedicow

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Neugebauer, R., Fischer, J. & Praedicow, M. Condition-based preventive maintenance of main spindles. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 5, 95–102 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-010-0272-z

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