Workholding

Workholding

Desktop 3D Printer as Job Shop Resource

The low-cost 3D printer in this shop supports machining by simplifying prototyping and producing usable hardware—including vise jaws.

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Workholding

Video: Compensating for a Bad Center Hole

Center hole drilled off-center? A compensating live center can save parts from becoming scrap.

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Workholding

Quick-Change Fixturing for HMCs

Carr Lane Manufacturing offers a system of tooling blocks and fixture plates for quick-change fixturing on horizontal machining centers.

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Video: Robot Changes Vise Jaws for Continuous Machining

If a robot can load and unload parts, why can’t it do the same for workholding? Here is video of a robot changing the vise jaws so the same machining center can run different operations in unattended machining.

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Workholding

Five-Axis Trunnion Table Installs into Existing Equipment

KME CNC offers a five-axis trunnion table that it says can be installed on existing equipment, typically without upgrades.

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Five-Axis

Video Highlights Value of Pedestal Workholding

For multi-axis machining, a good workholding fixture gets the part away from the worktable surface, yet holds the part securely for aggressive machining. This video shows a dovetail pedestal doing this job in a 3+2 application.

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Workholding

Machine Tool Peripherals Optimize CNC Performance & Productivity

The company will display its “One-Stop-Shop” approach to peripherals that enable machine tools to operate at peak performance by integrating a Quick Load Servo 80 S2 all-electric, short magazine bar feeder, a Turbo MH Series filtering chip conveyor, an oil mist collector, a steady rest work support system, and a Phasep waste oil removal system with a replica turning center.

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Workholding

Rotary Tables Offer Small Footprints

The TDE-V series of LCM rotary tables from Indexing Technologies features a lightweight yet stiff, sealed and pressurized alloy housing with the drive motor safely mounted inside.

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Workholding

Extra High Chuck Jaws Improve Workpiece Stability

DMI Series H extra high chuck jaws from Dillon Manufacturing with heights available to 10” tall are featured in the company’s booth.

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Automation

Chucks Automate Part Loading

Unilock, a Big Kaiser brand, offers its 120/70 automation chuck series said to expand automation capabilities by enabling an intelligent interface and communication back to the controller using standard Unilock knobs.

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