Hi,
I am building a cnc milling machine with ballscrew drives and am trying to find a good solution to prevent dust / chips etc getting into the bearings.
The standard chinese ballscews come with plastic inserts on each end they they will probably only block object larger than 1mm from getting in.
I have added a linear brush like those found on some aluminium doors and windows, with a length which covers fives threads, so there are five passes before the thread enters the ballnut. This does seem fairly effective a wiping dust but I'm not sure if it is the best solution. I also have a metal shield which is fixed over the length of the thread to stop chips and dust falling directly onto it.
It's a general purpose machine on which I will be working both wood and metal and maybe MDF.
This is not something that I see a lot of discussion about , what are the classic solutions for this?
thanks.