"Scrap" Ballscrew Recovered
Ballscrew Services Ltd were recently called by a large UK aerospace component manufacturer about a Ballscrew of Japanese origin that was “scrap”. The customer had sent the product away for repair only to be told that it was scrap. No spare could be found and a manufactured replacement was quoted on a 12 week delivery. The Customer had a major problem with a critical machine being inoperable.
Ballscrew Services assessed the “scrap” product before making recommendations to the Customer and commencing the repair of the product. The shaft was cleaned, polished and re-dressed before the bearing journals were chromed and re-ground. The ballnut was cleaned and new transfer tubes were manufactured before re-assembly of the unit.
The repaired unit was supplied back to the Customer in 5 working days and the machine is now fully operational again.