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Assembly and maintenance instruction recirculating ball screw
5. Dezember 2007 Page 5Recirculating ball screw assembly and maintenance instruction ; Version 2.0
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1.6 Converting to a recirculating ball screw
INFORMATION
When assembling the BF20 and BF20L from trapezoidal threads to recirculating ball screws, it is
possible that the travels of the X-, Y- and Z-axis are changing.
1.6.1 Disassembly X-axis
£ Start disassembling on the left side
of the drilling-milling machine.
£ Unscrew the hexagon nut from the
spindle.
Fig.1-1: Handwheel left
£ Remove the handwheel, if neces-
sary strike with a plastic tip hammer.
Fig.1-2: Handwheel left
£ For CNC conversion disassemble
the step motor as well as the belt
pulleys, the housing and the belts
(CNC conversion instructions) at the
left side of the X-axis.
Fig.1-3: Disassemble step motor or housing
Unscrew hexagon
nut X-axis
Disassemble
handwheel X-axis
Housing
Step motor
Belts