dual ballscrew
would there be any good reason to use a dual ballscrew setup on a metal mill except for the fact that they are available and will most likely rustaway for a long time if i don´t.
the advantages i figured would be : better load dividing resulting in hopefully "less wear and smoother operation cause the leverage effect is neutralized though i could mount the screw in the middle its not perferred.
maybe i could even squeeze out the last microns of backlash if i preload one to pull on the load and the other to push.(i hope that makes sense)
And most of all i got 20mm lead per turn and a 15mm dia. and as my Z might get quite heavy (50kg) i also want to be sure the screws can cope.Hence the lesser wear they will be put to the test in the setup i'm planning for and a screw slipping or binding while idle should be ruled out with 2screws.
but all i want to know for now is if the combo of 20mm lead on 15dia. ballscrew and a 50kg Z-axis is healthy.
By the way when powerfull motors are used i guess one stepper/servo should be enough if a belt and pulley's are used to drive both leadscrews solving the synchronizing problems you get with dualdriving single axis'.
I hope some of the illuminated could chime in on this and we'll burry the dualghost forever.
THX in ADVANCE.
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