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click here to return to the main news page Spiracon Roller Screws for High Performance Linear ActuationA planetary roller screw is a mechanism for converting rotary torque into linear motion, in a similar manner as acme screws or ball screws. It consists of a roller screw (spindle) and a roller nut. The roller nut contains rollers parallel to the axis of the spindle. As the spindle rotates, the rollers undergo planetary motion about the spindle. Unlike acme or ball screws, roller screws are capable of carrying heavy loads for thousands of hours in the most arduous conditions. The increase in performance is due to maintaining the high efficiency of rolling elements, similar to a ball screw, but increasing the number of contact points on the thread. This makes roller screws the ideal choice for demanding, continuous-duty environments. In comparison to ball screws roller screws have the following advantages:
Spiracon Design Summary Spiracon™ is a unique planetary roller concept invented and patented Illinois Tool Works, USA, and developed and licensed solely to Screw Jack Ltd. The Spiracon™ system consists of a multi-start screw with an involute thread form and a number of planetary rollers with annular grooves, which engage with the screw providing full line contact. These rollers also engage with a grooved load bearing element, which transmits the load through roller thrust bearings, to the nut housing. The rolling action results in a high efficiency mechanism, while the line contact and hardened and ground construction achieves a high dynamic load carrying capacity, together with almost no axial backlash or wear.
The axial load and torque take two different load paths. The axial load is from the screw to roller to load bearing element to thrust bearings to nut housing. While the load torque is transferred from the screw to roller through the needle roller bearings to the nut housing. An added advantage of using rollers with annular grooves means that both left and right hand threaded roller screws can be mated with the same nut. The nut itself can be manufactured in many forms to suit the customers mounting requirements such as, trunnion mounts, threaded end, flange, etc. Main Features of Spiracon™ Roller Screws
The last point of product tailoring is worth noting, as each unit is manufactured to order Screw Jack can engineer it to meet the customer's exact requirements whether for performance or installation. However to provide a capability guide there is a standard range catalogued. There are 10 standard Spiracon™ roller screw models, with diameters from 15 mm to 120 mm, each with a choice of 3 leads. Dynamic load capacities of over 1000 kN (100 tonnes) and linear speeds of over 30 m/min are possible. The Spiracon roller screws have proved to be successful in a wide variety of applications whether used as a screw and nut assembly or combined into a screw jack or linear actuator product before being installed on a machine. Industries that already use them include nuclear, steel, machine tool, automotive and aerospace. Author: Screw Jack Group Tel: +44 (0) 1346 513131 * Click here to download Press Pack (zip fle format) 2Mb * Press Packs generally contain a PDF and/or Word document of this article plus high resolution graphics used in this article
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