A CNC machine has several sub-systems that make up for the entire machine tool. Among the several sub-systems, the spindle is the heart of the machine tool, which allows the machine to function. Maintenance of spindles in metal cutting or industrial machinery is a critical function of a maintenance engineer. Any potential spindle failures can be costly to repair, cause unwanted downtime and stall production. Technicians maintaining them typically require special diagnostic tools and intense technical training to keep the spindle in great working condition. Spindle maintenance requires a thorough knowledge of bearing application, lubrication, assembly tools and techniques. To the maintenance routine, adding small checks and scheduling of preventive spindle maintenance can ensure long spindle life and increase productivity.

Keeping this in mind, IMTMA is conducting a detailed classroom training program on 'Classroom / Hands-on training on Spindle assembly and maintenance'.

This program will benefit Maintenance Managers and Engineers, Production Engineers & Design Engineers from Automobile & auto ancillaries, Aerospace, Machine tool, Defense & Railway units, General Engg. and other manufacturing industries.

The session will be delivered in English for convenience and a better understanding of the attendees. The program will be highly interactive where participants can solicit feedback on specific technical issues from the expert faculty.

This program will be conducted by Mr. S.K. Gupta, Mr. Hanumanth Kulkarni, Mr. Rajesh Mandlik, and Mr. Rajendra M.

Mr. S K Gupta, Former Asst. General Manager, Machine Design & Business Development, Tata Motors Machine tools division, Pune. Mr. Gupta is an industry expert with over 37 years of rich experience in the Design & Development of General purpose & Special purpose Machine tools.

Mr. Hanumanth Kulkarni comes with over 34 years of rich experience in the bearing industry. Having associated with SKF, Timken, FAG, and NBC. Mr. Hanumanth Kulkarni brings expertise in the areas of Design & Development, Manufacturing, Application Engineering, and Technical training.

Presently he is running his own company in training and consultancy services

Mr. Rajesh Mandlik is Managing Director of Setco Spindles India, having 30 plus years of experience in spindle manufacturing, testing, and reconditioning. He is instrumental in setting up greenfield projects at Pune, Chennai, and Manesar (Gurgaon) for undertaking spindle testing and reconditioning services.

Mr. Rajendra M has served in ITC Ltd. as a maintenance engineer for 5 years and in HMT Machine Tools Division, Bangalore as a maintenance engineer for 33 years and retired in the year 2019 as a Deputy General Manager. After retirement doing servicing metal cutting M/Cs, Metal forming machines throughout India as a freelancer. He did service in abroad also.