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Re:HIWIN ballscrews

Posted by Les Watts
on 2000-04-14 08:19:57 UTC
Jon Anderson wrote:

> Joe,
>
> For $1300, you are most likely looking at precision ground ball screws.
> (or a heck of a markup...) When I was looking for ball screw kits for my
> BP, I seem to recall HiWin offered ground ball screws for around $900.
> Personally I'd rather spend an extra couple hundred for the added
> accuracy, but that's a business-biased judgement.
> A quick search on Alta Vista didn't turn up a web site, suspect they
> don't have one. I've got literature buried somewhere, can dig it out and
> post a phone number.
>
> Jon
>

Guys the HIWIN site is at http://www.hiwin.com.tw/

I used their stuff and found it to be of excellent quality. The preloaded class 7
rolled units I used are very smooth with consistent preload torque drag.

I paid $281 for 25mm x 5mm x 1.25 meter in class 7 preloaded with flanged nut.
Class 3 or 5 ground was about $500+ as I recall but still a good deal. They use
double nut preload.

Mine are oversize ball 5% preloaded and might wear a little more due to
4 point contact and ball scuffing. But the lifetime calculations I did for
my loads (their data) was off the chart.

They do not machine ends but I do that myself easily. Just grind off the
case- don't need to anneal. Core is about RC40 no problem.

Les
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Les Watts 2000-04-14 08:19:57 UTC Re:HIWIN ballscrews