Components for DIY CNC milling machines
Moving energy made easy for DIY CNC milling machines
Are you building a CNC milling machine and are looking for suitable components? With igus, you can get the right parts for your milling machine at a reasonable price - from drag chains, cables for movement (chainflex cables) to plain and linear bearings, which require no lubrication or maintenance.
- Cost-effective
- Directly from the manufacturer's stock
- Calculate service life online
- Up to 36 months guarantee
- Made in Germany by the world's market leader for plastic energy chains
- Proven in thousands of applications for more than 50 years
Suitable components for your DIY milling machine
Energy chain E2i.26.057.075.0
Plenty of space for your cables and hoses
- Ideal for x- and y-Axis
- Sufficient space for additional cables and hoses (water cooling, minimum quantity lubrication etc.)
- Inner height = 26mm, inner width = 57mm
- Can be opened along the inner radius
- Cable-friendly: very smooth contours that are gentle on cables
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Energy chain B15i.038.048.0
Compact, for small milling machines without additional cables and hoses
- Ideal for x-, y- and z-axis
- Designed for confined installation spaces
- Inner height = 17mm, inner width = 38mm
- Cable friendly: very smooth contours ensure the best possible cable life
- Dirt-repellent outer contour
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For stepper motors
- No oil resistance
- Outer jacket: PVC
- Number of cores/cross-section: (4G0.75)C
- Outer diameter max.: 7.5mm
- Flame-retardant
- Overall shield
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For inductive sensors and limit switches
- Not oil-resistant
- Outer jacket: PVC
- Number of cores/cross-section: 3x0.25
- Outer diameter max.: 7.0 mm
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For milling spindle
- No oil resistance
- Outer jacket: PVC
- Number of cores/cross-section: 3G1.5
- Outer diameter max.: 7.0mm
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We recommend our control cables CF890 and CF891.
- Outer jacket: iguPUR
- Oil-resistant (in accordance with DIN EN 50363-10-2)
- Overall shield
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- Size for suction hose NW36
- For suction hose
- PIS: medium (nominal width from 07 to 48)
- Self-extinguishing
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- For suction hose
- Reinforces and stabilises the corrugated hose
- Small installation space required
- Easy to retrofit
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Support and attachments, specifically for the Volksfräse VF1 from Uncle Phil
- Support on x-/y-axis for the energy chains
- Extraction - suction shoe and support for suction hose and e-rib
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- Tubular trough for the series E2i.26
- Easy to install and cost-effective
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drylin linear technology
- 100% maintenance- and lubrication-free
- Corrosion-resistant and hygienic
- Up to 40% more cost-effective than recirculating ball bearing guides
dryspin lead screw technology
- 100% maintenance- and lubrication-free
- Up to 50.9% more cost-effective than recirculating ball bearing guides
- Quiet and vibration dampening
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Components for x- and y-axis
For the energy supply system on the x-axis, we recommend the standard E2i.26 energy chain or the B15i for small milling machines. Thanks to smooth contours that are easy on wires, both are cable-friendly. To make sure that the energy chains function reliably, we recommend using tubular troughs.
Y-axis:
Like with the energy supply system on the X-axis, we also recommend the standard energy chain E2i.26 or B15i for small milling machines for the Y-axis.
Application example for milling head in CNC machine series
The M-series for CNC machines at the Stepcraft company is very popular with hobby users, but also for producing small series and creating prototypes.
When designing the milling machine, function and flexibility played just as important a role as cost. Therefore, the machine manufacturer now relies on our dryspin lead screws and nuts for moving the milling head on three axes.
Read the complete success story here
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