Workholding Products Increase Efficiency
Forkardt offers rotary tables, indexers and trunnion products to improve efficiency and add capabilities.
Forkardt offers rotary tables, indexers and trunnion products to improve efficiency and add capabilities. The company’s products are designed to increase productivity. They can accommodate standard tooling without an adapter, improving accuracy and repeatability. The spindle design can handle multiple part setups and heavy loads to improve output rates. The precision gearsets include an aluminum bronze gear and a hardened and ground steel worm gear for longer life and load-carrying ability. The fast clamp-and-release system on most models increases efficiency while maintaining rigidity.
The designs are said ease machine operation and increase productivity. Increased spindle clearance improves tool accessibility. The systems include options for travel limits to reduce the risk of damaging parts and tooling. Expanded diagnostic capabilities speed troubleshooting and part program debugging.
Related Content
-
Medical Shop Performs Lights-Out Production in Five-Axes
Moving to five-axis machining enabled this shop to dramatically reduce setup time and increase lights-out capacity, but success relied on the right combination of workholding and automation.
-
A Case for Combining Workholding with Optical Scanning
Automotive dies and die inserts are often complex, one-off parts with little room for error. Integrity Tool's investments in modular workholding tools and 3D optical scanning have allowed the company to create niche capabilities for its CNC machined parts.
-
Lean Approach to Automated Machine Tending Delivers Quicker Paths to Success
Almost any shop can automate at least some of its production, even in low-volume, high-mix applications. The key to getting started is finding the simplest solutions that fit your requirements. It helps to work with an automation partner that understands your needs.
