Ball Screw Vs Belt
C0 through c5 are ground ball screws where the screw is ground for precise channel depth for the ball nut ball bearings to ride in.
Ball screw vs belt. Belt corp also has pulley stock by the inch so you can make any width. There are many different grades of ball screws c0 though c10 which determine accuracy and repeatability see chart to the left. Let s look at ball screw and helical rack and pinion drives more closely. As the screw turns the gantry is moved in the corresponding direction.
Here äôs how to select drive trains for reliability efficiency and long service life. Raw 1 5 can both have a belt and rack so if you re unsure start with a belt and upgrade to racks if you notice it s necessary. We just replaced 18 feet of 4 wide. For example on a vertical application it may be more beneficial to use a lead screw than a ball screw as the lead screw cannot back drive itself.
By igor glikin tolomatic most electromechanical rodless actuators commonly use one of two main drive trains to convert rotary motion of the electrical motor to linear motion of the actuator äôs load carrying device. In ball screw driven actuators the rotation of the ball screw drives the ball nut mounted carriage due to the fact that the interface between the stud and ball screw is essentially a ball bearing system where hardened steel balls in the nut roll along the raceway of the stud. A new system to reduce whip on a 1500mm screw drive has been developed in this video ryan compares the advantages and disadvantages of belt. A screw driven system usually consists of a threaded rod screw that is either an acme type lead screw or a ball screw.
We have now discontinued the belt drive version. Can t remember our contact person at belt corp but i ve had good luck with them. There are even those who have added ball screws to a raw and it s easy but unfortunately i have no instructions for it so you have to figure out a solution yourself. Precise linear motion solutions are growing in demand and as an automation distributer myostat offers multiple motion control options to drive a system.
Choosing between a lead screw and a ball screw is relative and will likely depend on the application. Ball screw versus belt driven actuators. Similar to the belt driven actuator the driving components of the. The motor will rotate the screw and the gantry is attached to the screw with some type of threaded nut lead screw nut or ball nut.