In the company producing electric and electronic equipment for motor vehicles, we deal with the problem of failure due to the excessive wear of sliding guides of a high productive processing centre CNC. The machine has 4 axes, 2 turrets with the option of mounting a total of 16 different tools, and to process the maximum diameter of the working piece ∅ 340 mm and the length of 350 mm. The movement of the lower-lateral and upper-transverse support table of the lower and upper turret is enabled by the sliding guides. On the lower-lateral support table of the lower turret there is an accumulation of chippings, which are blocking the guides. It is necessary to reconstruct the machine or the guides, which will prolong the lifeline of the machinery and improve the turning precision while maintaining the geometry of the machine, which must remain identical to the previous one. For the reconstruction of the guides it is necessary to calculate the maximum load on the guides, that occurs during the cutting processes – turning and drilling, and construct the protection, which will prevent the chips from entering between the guides surfaces.
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