Flowchart For Selecting A Ball Screw: Selection Starts

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Point of Selection

Ball Screw

Flowchart for Selecting a Ball Screw


[Ball Screw Selection Procedure]
When selecting a Ball Screw, it is necessary to make a selection while considering various parameters. The following is a flowchart for selecting a Ball Screw.

Selection Starts
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Selecting conditions
Selecting Ball Screw accuracy

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Lead angle accuracy

Selecting axial clearance


Axial clearance of
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Precision Ball Screw

Axial clearance of
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Rolled Ball Screw

Estimating the shaft length

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Selecting lead

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Selecting a shaft diameter

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Selecting a method for mounting the screw shaft

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Studying the permissible axial load A15-30

Selecting the permissible rotational speed A15-32


Selecting a model number (type of nut)

Calculating the permissible axial load A15-38

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Point of Selection
Flowchart for Selecting a Ball Screw

Studying the service life

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Studying the rigidity


Calculating the axial rigidity of the screw shaft

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Calculating the rigidity of the nut

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Calculating the rigidity of the support bearing

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Ball Screw

Studying the rigidity

Studying the positioning accuracy A15-47

Studying the rotational torque


Calculating the friction torque from an external load

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Calculating the torque from the preload on the Ball Screw A15-54
Calculating the torque required for acceleration

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Studying the rotational torque

Studying the driving motor

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Safety design
Studying the lubrication and contamination protection

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Selection Completed
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[Conditions of the Ball Screw]


The following conditions are required when selecting a Ball Screw.

Transfer orientation
(horizontal, vertical, etc.)
Transferred mass
m (kg)
Table guide method
(sliding, rolling)
Frictional coefficient of the guide surface ()
Guide surface resistance
f (N)
External load in the axial direction
F (N)
Desired service life time
Lh (h) m/s
Stroke length
Operating speed
Acceleration time
Even speed time
Deceleration time
Acceleration

Vmax
t1

S (mm)
Vmax (m/s)
t1 (s)
t2 (s)
t3 (s)

Vmax

(m/s 2 )

Vmax

Acceleration distance 1=Vmaxt11000/2 (mm)


2=Vmaxt21000 (mm)
Even speed distance
Deceleration distance 3=Vmaxt31000/2 (mm)
Number of reciprocations per minute n (min1)
Positioning accuracy
(mm)
Positioning accuracy repeatability
(mm)
Backlash
(mm)
Minimum feed amount
s (mm/pulse)
Driving motor (AC servomotor, stepping motor, etc.)
The rated rotation speed of the motor NMO (min-1)
Inertial moment of the motor
JM (kgm2)
Motor resolution
(pulse/rev)
Reduction ratio
A ()

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t1

t2
S

t3

t1

t2
S

Velocity diagram

mm
t3 s
mm

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