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09-10-2011 #11
No, as the gantry sides will not twist at the point where the ballnut is mounted. Looking at the machine facing the Y/Z plane from the top it's cross brace, gantry side, X bearings, X ballnut. The gantry sides will twist between cross brace and X-bearings, but not much at all if any between the X bearings and ballnut as the bearings fix it. The twist will be tiny as the sides are very thick/strong aluminium plate. The same is true for machines configured like ours - the gantry 'ends' have the ballnuts mounted roughly at the same level as the gantry, and the X bearings provide support between so there's nothing to twist the screw. If the X-axis linear rails were not there then yes the screw will definitely be twisted, but that's just silly anyway. Imagine resolving each of the forces, any force not parallel to X that could cause twisting must appear as a contact force on the X-bearings and thus prevent twisting as there should be no clearance in the bearings.
In either case if there is any twist on the screw it's going to be a tiny negligible amount and the extra force that would apply is surely small compared to say the force from screw whipping.Last edited by Jonathan; 09-10-2011 at 10:59 PM.
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