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In general, belts and gears are used as the mechanical components as the link be-
tween a spindle motor and a spindle body. In the case when a servo motor and a
spindle body are separated, a belt is used for transmitting power. In the case when
high torque is needed at low speed, gears are used as speed reducers. A way to use
a gear or belt is called the “indirect driving method”.
Using a belt is not suited to high-speed machining and has problems about noise
and wear. To overcome these drawbacks, the direct driving method (direct drive)
is used.
-In the direct driving method, the shaft of a spindle motor is directly connected
with a spindle body or a spindle motor itself is built into a spindle body.
-The advantages of direct drive are that backlash does not exist and the runout
amount is very small. In addition, it is possible to suppress the variation of torque
and rotation and it is easy to control. However, the price is very high.