ok, perhaps not enough details!
the machine is being converted for research purposes, the tool will be used to cut profiles in nickel based super alloys using a hybrid of the Electrochemical machining process. the machine is very simple and is being converted for the sole use of this project...
hi,
i'm currently trying to convert a 40,000 rpm Faemat spindle to allow it to be used in an ECM process. The spindle has ceramic bearings and so the current will have to applied direct to the shaft, (although passing a current through metallic bearings would wear out the tool in no time at all...