514E

Permissible Axial Load

[Buckling Load on the Screw Shaft]
With the Ball Screw, it is necessary to select a screw shaft so that it will not buckle when the maxi-
mum compressive load is applied in the axial direction.
Fig.12 on A15-31 shows the relationship between the screw shaft diameter and a buckling load.
If determining a buckling load by calculation, it can be obtained from the equation (5) below. Note
that in this equation, a safety factor of 0.5 is multiplied to the result.

η1• π • E • I
2 4
d1 4
P1 = 2 0.5 = η 2 2 10 ………（5）
ℓa ℓa
P1 : Buckling load (N)
ℓa : Distance between two mounting
surfaces (mm)
E : Young’s modulus (2.06×105 N/mm2)
I : Minimum geometrical moment of
inertia of the shaft (mm4)
π
I= d14 d1: screw-shaft thread minor diameter (mm)
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1, 2=Factor according to the mounting method
Fixed - free 1=0.25 2=1.3
Fixed - supported 1=2 2=10
Fixed - fixed 1=4 2=20

[Permissible Tensile Compressive Load on the Screw Shaft]

If an axial load is applied to the Ball Screw, it is necessary to take into account not only the buckling
load but also the permissible tensile compressive load in relation to the yielding stress on the screw
shaft.
The permissible tensile compressive load is obtained from the equation (6).
π 2 2
P2 = σ d1 = 116d1 ………（6）
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P2 : Permissible tensile compressive load (N)
 : Permissible tensile compressive stress
(147 MPa)
d1 : Screw-shaft thread minor diameter (mm)

A15-30
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Point of Selection
Permissible Axial Load

10000

8000

6000
Distance between two mounting surfaces (mm)

φ 100
4000
φ 80
φ 45 φ 70
φ 40 φ 63
2000
φ 36 φ 55
φ 32
φ 50
φ 30
1000

800
φ 28
φ 25
600
φ 20

φ 18
400
φ 16

Ball Screw
φ 10 φ 15
φ 14
φ8
200 φ 12

φ6

Fixed - free
0.4 0.6 0.8 1 2 4 6 8 10 2 4 6 8 102 2
Fixed - supported
2 4 6 8 10 2 4 6 8 102 2 4 6 8 103 2
Fixed - fixed
4 6 8 10 2 4 6 8 102 2 4 6 8 103 2 4
Mounting method Axial load (kN)

Fig.12 Permissible Tensile Compressive Load Diagram

A15-31