Water Cooled Spindle Setup
I am making my own cnc setup using all the electronics from your website and i have many questions.
Water cooled spindle setup. The main thing is to get a pump with enough head so that it can lift the water high enough to get up the pipes. Easy to use aspect. These spindle are pretty efficient as they re induction motors so they don t require much water to cool them effectively. The axial and radial runout of the water cooled spindle is basically below 0 003 mm while the air cooled spindle domestic is a little worse.
You wont get much torque below 7200rpm but down to about 3200rpm is useable for drilling small holes in aluminum if you don t have carbide drills. Some friends feel water cooling spindle troublesome because it needs to connect water pump or chiller it needs a bucket to fill water it needs to connect with a water pipe and it needs to change the water periodically and it s easy to freeze in cold places. Next wave automation water cooled spindle. This is way less noisy than the boshe 1617 router.
The air cooled spindle will not have these troubles. Water cooled spindle post by rscrawford sun sep 27 2015 4 02 pm water is the best liquid for carrying heat away from the spindle assuming the spindle does not get hotter than the boiling point of water at your particular elevation.