Matsuura H.Plus-300 Spindle Repair

Matsuura H.Plus-300 Spindle Repair

The Matsuura H.Plus-300 is a CNC horizontal machining center with a built in pallet changer.  It comes equipped with a grease lubricated and coupling driven spindle capable of running up to 15,000 rpm.

Matsuura H.Plus-300 Spindle Repair



CHALLENGE

This spindle came to us four years after we initially rebuilt it for our customer. Upon disassembly, we first noticed that the entire interior of the spindle was contaminated with coolant, even in the rear roller bearing. The #1 front angular contact bearing was thoroughly contaminated. We observed heavy fretting on the outer races of both front bearings and in the front housing bore. The housing was egged and oversized by up to 30µ where the bearings are located (ISO is ±7.5µ). We also spotted wear on several other spindle components that ranged from slight to significant. The tooling taper had excessive runout, and the gripper (collet) fingers, gripper sleeve, and drawbar t-bar pusher were worn on critical contact surfaces. The drawbar shaft also had significant wear from the action of the gripper fingers and the drawbar spring, which had left deep chatter marks. Our overall conclusion was that the spindle bearings and the other components were simply fatigued and worn from use.

 

SOLUTION

We performed a grind, chrome plate, and finish grind of the front housing bore to bring that ID back to spec, which will help to extend the life of the new angular contact bearings. Because our customer does not use dual-contact Big-Plus tooling in this machine, we were able to correct the excessive taper runout with a simple one-step kiss grind.  We reassembled the spindle with all new bearings, o-rings & assembly screws, and installed a brand new drawbar, spring & gripper assembly which corrected all of the wear issues we had observed.

 

RESULT

After reassembly of all components, adjusting bearing preload, and undergoing break-in and testing procedures, this spindle passed our final quality inspection before being returned to our customer with a 1-year warranty.

DETAILED CAUSE OF FAILURE

  • Matsuura H.Plus-300 Spindle Repair

    Worn gripper fingers

  • Matsuura H.Plus-300 Spindle Repair

    Worn drawbar from spring

  • Matsuura H.Plus-300 Spindle Repair

    Fretted Housing

  • Matsuura H.Plus-300 Spindle Repair

    Contaminated Front Bearings

  • Matsuura H.Plus-300 Spindle Repair

    Worn drawbar where the grippers ride

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Your staff is amazing. I dropped off my spindle at the repair facility and I was met by four guys in the shipping and receiving department and they absolutely understood what I needed for my little woodworking spindle it was fixed properly. Everyone was professional machine is back up and running, it works properly no play, not overheating. The machine now cuts better with less noise. I saw other spindles there from Hubble telescope and an aircraft facility. I knew I was in good hands.
— Scott Masi, Chairman Of Maine
I really didn’t expect this; You guys really pulled it off! My many thanks to your outstanding crew for helping us get back into production.
— Dan Eaton, Taylor Metalworks
Its great not to be sending spindles out on a regular basis since you addressed my problems, but I know they will still be coming sooner or later. Never a problem when we get them back , run better than new. Hope everything is ok there. Please tell everyone there that we here appreciate everything that you do to keep us up and running and the quick turnarounds. Have delt with the rest now deal with the best. Have a great week end and up and coming holiday.
— Northland Customer
Thank you NTE just received spindle today and WOW ! what a nice job. Can’t wait to use it. Thank the Northland team for us for a job well done 
— Northland Customer
Both of the spindles that you repaired are on the machines and running great. We don’t have any spares for those grinders. We probably will not be purchasing a spare, as you have been able to turn around the repairs quickly and the price of a spare is cost prohibitive.
— Northland Customer
I am writing to thank Northland Tool for going the extra mile and saving my company from expensive machine downtime and expensive repairs. We have always sent our Chiron spindles for repair as a shaft with bearings. None of our previous rebuilders pointed out the bearing fretting or the fact that the housing in the machine was out of tolerance and causing premature failure to the spindles. After Northland fixed the housings the spindles have never sounded as good or run as well! Great job guys!
— Northland Customer
The detailed cause of failure reports and the expert technical advice that Northland Tool provides is bar none the best I have ever seen. We struggled to keep two of our large our milling spindles running for longer than 6 to 12 months. Northland Tools evaluation showed that the hydraulic nuts were not holding the assembly together causing premature spindle failure. We discussed this in detail and mutually decided to modify the spindle shaft to prevent this from occurring again. The first spindle we performed this on is still in the machine running like new after 3 years. That’s over three times the life of previous repairs and it’s still going strong. Easily over $40,000.00 of savings so far on that one machine and counting.
— Northland Customer
Your people go above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to spindle repair. When we had difficulty with the spindle installation and we were able to talk directly to a spindle technician that helped us troubleshoot the issue it helped us out of a bind. We have sent several spindles to you and have nothing but great things to say.
— Northland Customer
Thank you for your attention with my quick turn spindle repair. Your status updates allowed me to plan around machine downtime and I now know that you deliver on your promises. In the past other spindle repair vendors talked a big game and consistently failed to deliver. You not only delivered my spindle before the due date but you kept me informed throughout the entire repair process.
— Northland Customer
You performed a miracle with my BIG PLUS spindle. After crashing the spindle severely damaging the taper we found that a replacement spindle was not only cost prohibitive but had a long delivery. Your repair was a fraction of the cost of new and you never would know that the spindle was damaged to the extent it was.
— Northland Customer
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