Centerless grinder with servo motor

A method for improving a centerless grinding machine, the method comprising:

• disassembling a chain and idlers for driving a regulating wheel from a centerless grinding machine;
• separating a regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing from a top slide of the centerless grinding machine;
• replacing a regulating wheel spindle sprocket with a belt pulley drilling & tapping the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing for installation of a servo motor bracket;
• reattaching the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing to the top slide;
• bolting the servo motor bracket to the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing through an opening into the top slide;
• mounting a servo motor to the servo motor bracket residing inside the top slide, the cantilevered servo motor bracket carried by the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing and cantilevered into the top slide to allow the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing to be tilted with respect to the top slide;
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• installing a belt between the servo motor and the regulating wheel.

A method for improving a centerless grinding machine, the method comprising:

• disassembling a chain and idlers for driving a regulating wheel from a centerless grinding machine;
• separating a regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing from a top slide of the centerless grinding machine;
• replacing a regulating wheel spindle sprocket with a belt pulley drilling & tapping the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing for attachment of a servo motor bracket;
• reattaching the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing to the top slide;
• positioning the servo motor bracket with respect to the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing through an opening between the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing and the top slide;
• bolting the servo motor bracket to the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing in a cantilevered relationship to the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing thereby forcing the servo motor bracket to move with the regulating wheel spindle head assembly housing and independently of the top slide;
• mounting a servo motor to a sliding motor bracket element of the servo motor bracket residing inside the top slide;
• installing a belt between the servo motor and the regulating wheel;
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• adjusting a position of the sliding motor bracket with respect to the belt pulley to adjust the belt.