Development of the heat model of the spindle support metal cutting machine

Based on the use of the electrothermal analogy in describing the heat transfer process, an engineering technique has been developed for determining the thermal state of the supports of spindle assemblies, which does not require «heavy» software packages based on the application of the finite element method. The design features of modern control rooms made it possible to reasonably present the thermal model in the form of a flat model. The principles of dividing the blocks of a flat model into enlarged elements are proposed, taking into account the geometry features of the calculated structure and heat sources. A technique has been developed for determining the thermal resistance of an element of a calculated thermal model taking into account boundary conditions. The use of enlarged elements of the thermal model makes it easy to assess the influence of technological features of processing and assembly of individual structural parts on its thermal state. The presented methodology for developing a thermal model can be used to estimate stationary thermal processes of any axisymmetric structures with insignificant temperature variations.