Structural Analysis of the Components of Vertical Machining Centre (VMC - 640v)

Abstract

At present the machine tool manufacturers are facing competition internationally due to worldwide globalization of business. It is required to produce quality product at the minimized rate and to be supplied to the customer at the right time. Moreover, the quality of the job produced on these machine tools depends directly on the quality and performance of the machine tools produced and some other conditions.

In machine tools, 70-90% of the total weight of the machine is due to the weight of the structure. Therefore, Structure is very important for the design considerations of any machine tool. In machine tool design, at final stage, to optimize the design, analysis becomes powerful tool for designer and thus it is required to analyze the various structural components like i.e. headstock, bed, column, slides, over arm etc. It is very difficult to analyze the structure analytically and moreover time consuming.

Present work deals with the application of software Pro/Mechanica to solve the problem lying with analytical analysis method with elusive benefits of reducing time and increasing accuracy of design-analysis results.