Hot oil carrying characteristic about hydrostatic bearing oil film of heavy vertical lathe in high speed

Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the effects of hot oil carrying (HOC), the purpose of this paper is to present a new calculation method of oil film temperature which takes the effects into account and defines the factor of HOC.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on finite volume method, the paper studied the temperature characteristics in high speed and the condition of variable viscosity from the temperature field and flow field of the film, and the thermal rule of HOC is revealed. The theoretical values are in good agreement with the experimental results.

Findings

The results show that, for this structure of hydrostatic bearing, the phenomenon of HOC does not occur until the work speed is more than 10 r/min under any load condition. And it always happens in the total range of load, from 0 to 320 kN, when the speed is over 60 r/min. Moreover, the film temperature increases sharply, when the phenomenon happens in high speed, and the influence of the speed is greater than the effect of load on the temperature rise.

Originality/value

The results would help to increase the speed of CNC machine tools and the design on structure of the bearing in engineering practice.

Citation

Zhang, Y., Kong, P., Feng, Y. and Guo, L. (2019), "Hot oil carrying characteristic about hydrostatic bearing oil film of heavy vertical lathe in high speed", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 71 No. 1, pp. 126-132. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-03-2018-0091