Technical Information

Technical Information
Technical Information
Spindle Connection
The Correct Spindle Connection
and Application Guide
The Spindle Connection
Several different types of spindle connection have been developed or
optimized over the last few decades. The 7/24 ISO taper became one of
the most popular systems in the market. It has been successfully used in
many applications, but its accuracy and high-speed limitations prevent it
from growing further due to only having one surface of contact around
the gage diameter/uppermost cone. The recent combination of face
contact with 7/24 solid taper provides higher accuracy in the Z-axis
direction, but this also presents some disadvantages, namely the loss in
stiffness at higher speeds or high side loads. Most of these tools on the
market are solid and the spindles have relatively low clamping force.
7/24 ISO Taper
7/24 Taper
Face Contact
PSC
In 1985, WIDIA (Krupp WIDIA) and Kennametal initiated a joint
program to further develop the concept of taper and face contact
interface and a universal quick-change system — now known as
KM and recently standardized as ISO 26622. The KM system has
a very strong design, utilizing three surfaces of contact, the flange face,
and lower as well as upper ring of contact of the cone. The polygonal
taper-face connection, known as PSC, is now also standardized as
ISO 26623, and in the early 1990s, the HSK system started being
employed on machines in Europe and later became DIN 69893 and
later ISO 12164 with two rings of contact. KM4X is the next generation
of KM targeted at heavy-duty machining due to the combination of high
interference and high clamping forces.
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HSK
KM
KM4X