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Recently, resin concrete is used in machine tool structures in order to improve the dynamic properties and to reduce the lead time of producing. It has been, however, pointed out by MTIRA that the composite structure made of steel combined with resin concrete is inferior to the structure made of conventional material in the thermal deformation. In this paper, the thermal deformation of the structure consisting of steel and resin concrete has been experimentally investigated using a simple model. It is concluded from the results that extremely low thermal conductivity of resin concrete comparing with that of steel or cast iron induce the large thermal deformation of a machine tool if the application of resin concrete is not suitable. In addition, some useful applications of resin concrete to machine tool structures are proposed; effective isolating a structural unit from strong internal heat sources, prevention of thermal deformation due to the room temperature change, improvement of cooling efficiency.
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© 1986 Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
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Tanabe, I., Takada, K., Tsutsumi, M. (1986). Thermal Deformation of Machine Tool Structures Using Epoxy Resin Concrete. In: Davies, B.J. (eds) Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08114-1_33
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