One of many types of services provided by machinery rebuilders, spindle repair refers to the action of replacing parts or components that have been broken or worn down within spindles. Originally solely used as devices to spin fibers into thread, spindles are defined as cylindrical objects that can perform various tasks and most commonly uses rotational movement.
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Although they can be used in various applications, spindles are still modernly most commonly associated with the textile industry, but are also used a great deal in the industrial manufacturing industry for applications such as lathes, milling machines and various other machine tools. In addition to these two popular industries, spindle repair services are also utilized for applications and industries such as: automotive, used to repair the type of spindle that is used in the suspension systems of vehicles; electronics, in which machinery rebuilders can repair the axis of a computer disk; furniture, for repair of the type of wooden spindle that is often utilized in the manufacturing of furniture parts; office, used to repair spindles that are commonly utilized in order to hold paper documents; and packaging, in which spindles can be used in order to make a plastic casing for bulk optical discs. Additional applications of spindles include clean room assembly, dynamic testing, inspection and quality control, failure analysis and vibration analysis.
There are many standards to which repaired spindles can be held including the International Standards Organization (ISO), automotive standards, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) certifications and Quality System Requirements (QS standards). In addition to standard that the repaired spindles are held to, the spindle repair service companies are held to stringent standards as well. Some of the standards for spindle repair service companies include ISO 9001, ISO 9002 and QS 9000. As a result of the many possible standards, spindles are manufactured and capable of being repaired in a correspondingly wide range of types. Some examples of various types of spindles include spindles with bearings such as hydrostatic or hydrodynamic bearings, angle-headed spindles, spindles with gearing, flanged spindles and cartridge-style housed spindles. In addition to spindle repair, these service companies also provide many additional services. Some of these additional services provided by spindle repair service companies may include computer aided design (CAD) or drafting as well as computer aided manufacturing (CAM) in order to provide assistance to companies desiring new spindle designs as many spindle repair companies also provide rebuilding (also known as remanufacturing) or refurbishing of spindles as well.
