초록
Chucking for workpieces is very important for productivity and efficiency in lathe operations. In point of productivity top jaws of the chuck should be changed as quickly as possible in order to reduce idle times wherever workpieces are regripped. A quick change power chuck which can change top jaws quickly by using a jaw change handle without any assembly/disassembly processes of screws is analyzed for this study. strength and stiffness of top jaws by centrifugal force are considered for the design. Structural analysis for the chuck is executed and the finite element method is introduced using MSC/NASTRAN software. Also, the performance of the chuck is evaluated by experiments.