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Section through the horizontal spindle. Running in two pairs of pre-loaded precision bearings, the spindle was driven by a motor that could - depending upon the size of the miller - vary in output from as little as 10 to as much as 40 h.p. From the flange-mounted motor, drive passed through oil-immersed gearing and a mechanical clutch on the smaller CS8 and CS10 models but a heavy-duty, electro-mechanical clutch on all other variants.


Section through the Universal Head showing the pre-loaded double-taper roller bearings. On the High-Column model these bearings were listed as being of the very much more expensive, high-precision Gamet - presumably in place of ones having an ordinary level of accuracy.

To help support the column's weight a set of recirculating roller bearings were fitted beneath it, these running on hardened steel tracks.


Longitudinal guidance was provided by rollers, these being of the pre-loaded type that engaged with  ways of hardened steel

Section showing the longitudinal guidance of the saddel


Table drive system for the 15 h.p. Elgamill Type T travelling table model

Top illustrations shows the standard 15 h.p. ram assembly intended for general work; the lower drawing shows the heavy-duty ram driven by a choice of 25 or 30 h.p. motors


Spindle-nose end of the standard ram

Slideways were locked by hydraulics, pressure coming from an accumulator mounted at the rear of the column

Lumatic electrically-driven pump. One, mounted on the saddle, lubricated the bed slideways with another, mounted in the headslide, providing a supply of oil to the headslide and ram slideways



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