Workholding

Workholding

Workholding Cuts Setup Time for Cylindrical Gears

A new generation of modular, quick-change workholding systems requiring fewer tools, less time and minimal operator experience has arrived.

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Workholding

Jaw Force Gages Enable Individual Jaw Force Measurement

A series of jaw force gages from Dillon Manufacturing enable users to accurately measure the force applied to each chuck jaw independently, so that problems can be diagnosed and corrected before a failure occurs.

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Workholding

Face Drivers Reduce Cycle Times for Turning

SpinTech Tools offers Neidlein face drivers for workholding on turning machines, which are said to reduce cycle times by half and increase production and part quality.

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Workholding

Collet Chucks Accommodate Varied Workpiece Diameters

Quick-Grip CNC collet chucks from Royal Products are said to boost productivity by reducing collet change-over time to 10 sec.

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Holemaking

Workholding System Speeds Change from Internal to External Clamping

The Captis workpiece clamping system from Röhm Products of America offers a range of workholding options for turning, milling and drilling applications through different combinations of modular components.

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Workholding

Tool Holds Parallels in Place

Rimeco Products’ ParaKeep—short for Parallel Keeper—is designed to be used with any standard set of parallels on any machine vise.

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Workholding

Chuck Eases Changing of Vacuum Fixture Plates

Northern Engineering and Manufacturing (NEMI) has released a vacuum chuck compatible with both horizontal and vertical machining centers for shops that use a variety of workholding.

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Workholding

Jaw Platform Enables Fast, Accurate Vise Jaw Change

Kurt Manufacturing’s DoveLock jaw setup enables one-minute vise jaw changes with repeatable accuracy of ±0.001".

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Workholding

Moldmaker Speeds Production with 3D-Printed Fixtures

A 3D printer helps this mold manufacturer save time and money in making custom fixturing.

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Workholding

Power Chuck Holds Large Rectangular Forgings for VTLs

Samchully Workholding’s HCWF-55 2+2 power chuck is intended as an alternative to four-jaw self-centering chucks for holding rectangular workpieces such as large forgings and castings, where a standard four-jaw chuck would only touch the workpiece with two jaws.

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