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Okamoto ACC 32-80EX Spindle Repair

Okamoto ACC 32-80EX Spindle Repair

The Okamoto ACC 32-80EX is a larger CNC surface grinder. This specific spindle is a coupling driven, grease-lubricated spindle that can run up to 1,100 RPM.



CHALLENGE

Customer sent in this spindle stating that it was noisy.  Upon arriving to Northland Tool and Electronics it was hard to spin by hand and had a little bit of noise.  After disassembling the spindle it was found that there was coolant/water on the shaft and in the housing.  The bearings had corrosion built up on the balls and the grease had degraded from the coolant/water contamination.  All four bearings felt scratchy when turned by hand and were the main reason for this repair.  There were no significant dimensional deviations on any critical surfaces (bearing journals, bearing shoulders, housing, etc.)

 

SOLUTION

The following actions were performed on this Okamoto ACC 32-80EX spindle:

  • Clean all parts of the spindle
  • Replace all bolts and o-rings
  • Replace bearings
  • Re-apply Gasket Maker to rear cover

 

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

  • Okamoto ACC 32-80EX Spindle Repair

    Bearing contamination

  • Okamoto-coolant-in-housing-spindle

    Coolant/water in housing

  • Okamoto ACC 32-80EX Spindle Repair

    Another bearing contaminated

  • Okamoto-rotating-parts-laid-out-spindle

    Rotating parts laid out

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Repair History - Here are examples of similar spindle repairs that may contain additional information that will help you. If you have additional questions, please contact us.

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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