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| Technical Specs | |
|---|---|
| Shaft Diameter | 16mm || 0.63in |
| Through Hole Diameter | 4mm || 0.16in |
| Number of Blades | 6 |
| Major OD | 110mm || 4.33in |
| Rated RPM | 10,000 |
| Weight | 151 g || 5.3oz |
| Finish | Blue Anodize |
Always ramp up spindle speed: start at 2,000 RPM and ramp to operating speed. Use in fully enclosed CNC machines only.
Stop wasting production time manually blowing off parts and fixtures. The SpindleStorm3™ CNC Chip Fan by Gimbel Automation is a premium, spindle-mounted chip and coolant clearing fan (also called a CNC chip blower) designed to automate your machine cleaning process.
Machined from solid billet aluminum, the SpindleStorm3™ delivers massive airflow without the fragility of plastic folding blades or the poor performance of traditional solid fans.
SpindleStorm3™ is a complete redesign of the blade geometry, not an incremental update. Compared to the previous generation:
Same solid billet construction, same 16mm shank, same single ATC pocket. If you run the original SpindleStorm™, the 3 is a drop-in replacement with dramatically more clearing power.
Many CNC machinists have experienced the frustration of plastic folding chip fans. While they move air, the nylon blades eventually fatigue, snap, and require expensive rebuild kits. Furthermore, large folding fans often hog three valuable pockets in your automatic tool changer (ATC).
The SpindleStorm3™ solves these problems entirely. As a solid billet aluminum chip fan, it offers indestructible durability. We engineered the SpindleStorm3™ with inward-swept, high-lift airfoil blades that produce the high-volume thrust needed to clear heavy chips and deep coolant lakes, outperforming other solid fans on the market like the Big Kaiser unit. For a deeper look at why solid billet designs are replacing folding blades, read our chip fan buying guide.
| SpindleStorm3™ | Folding Chip Fans | Traditional Solid Fans | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blade material | Solid billet aluminum | Nylon/plastic blades | Aluminum or plastic |
| ATC pockets used | 1 | Often 3 | 1 |
| Rebuild kits | Never needed | Required as blades fatigue | Varies |
| Airflow | 3x previous generation, high-lift airfoil blades | High when new, degrades as blades wear | Typically low |
| Failure mode | None. One piece, no moving parts | Snapped blades in the work zone | Varies |
The SpindleStorm3™ mounts in any standard collet chuck or end mill holder with 16mm capacity, so it is compatible with Haas, Brother, Fanuc Robodrill, DMG Mori, Doosan, Hurco, Mazak, and any other vertical machining center that accepts a 16mm shank tool. Requirements are simple: a fully enclosed machine and a spindle capable of 2,000 to 10,000 RPM. It loads from the tool changer like any other tool and runs as a programmed step in your cycle, which makes it a natural fit for lights-out and robot-tended machining.
To maximize the life of your SpindleStorm3™ CNC chip fan and ensure safe operation within your enclosed machining center:
At Gimbel Automation, we build fast-ROI CNC tending solutions. The SpindleStorm3™ CNC Chip Fan integrates perfectly into our ecosystem of GimGrippers™, AutoVises™, and automated pallet changers. By adding the SpindleStorm3™ to your process, you ensure that your automated systems are gripping clean parts and loading onto chip-free fixtures, drastically reducing scrap rates and operator intervention.
A CNC chip fan is a spindle-mounted fan that clears metal chips and coolant from parts, fixtures, and vises inside the machine. It loads from the tool changer like any other tool and runs as a programmed step at the end of the machining cycle, so parts come out clean and dry without an operator picking up an air gun.
If your machine is fully enclosed and accepts a 16mm shank in a collet chuck or end mill holder, yes. That covers virtually every modern VMC, including Haas, Brother, Fanuc Robodrill, DMG Mori, Doosan, Hurco, and Mazak.
Start at 2,000 RPM and ramp up to your operating speed, up to the rated 10,000 RPM. Ramping protects the spindle from shock loading.
Yes. The SpindleStorm3™ has a 4mm through hole and is designed to work with TSC systems: wash the part down with coolant first, then blast it dry with the air stream.
Triple the airflow. The blades are swept inward, twice the height, and use an improved airfoil profile. Footprint, shank size, and RPM rating are unchanged, so it is a drop-in upgrade.
