The degree to which a ball screw performs well in the field is the direct result of the process used to make it. Grinding, rolling, and whirling are the most common ways to thread ball screws. Some ...

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the November/December 2025 print edition of Aerospace Manufacturing and Design under the headline “Inside the process: CNC grinding of threading taps ...

Optionally interpolating the X and C axes makes it possible to use the cylindrical grinding machine for non-round shapes, for example polygons, free contours, and eccentric forms. The rotary encoder ...