expensive to manufacture than corwentional bali screw assemblies. The nut in the new design can be machined in a single setup on an internal grinder.
Drakę Manufacturing's engineers defined the simple geometry of the internal threads v * v on the bali screw nut on a solid modeling system. The thread form is executed by a \ 'v' milling cutter or grinding wheel that has a special form designed to produce the nut thread.
According to Vosmik, Drakę Manufacturing is refining the manufacture of the bali nut.
The machinery is in limited use and the company is "still trying to defme manufacturing tolerances," he said. Ouestions remain over how close tolerances need to be, and how much quieter the bali nut should be when it is used in a vehicle.
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