Workholding
Swiss-Type Collets, Guide Bushings Available
Heimatec now offers Tecnicrafts Industries’ collets and guide bushings for Swiss-type turning applications.
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Modular Fixturing System Features Highly Accurate Baseplates
Westec 2017: Bluco’s 5016 modular fixturing system combines a special baseplate design and more than 250 of the company’s tooling components.
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Workholding System Suits Five-Axis Machining by Clamping Underneath
The clearance is an added benefit of the quick-change system, potentially facilitating five-axis as an automation tool.
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3D Printing for “Hybrid” Tooling
An aerospace contractor added a 3D printer to help make custom tooling. In many cases, this means combining printed and machined components.
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Quick-Change Pallet System Works with Various Table Sizes
Schunk’s Vero-S NSL quick-change workholding and positioning system is designed to speed setups with the ability to mount any workholding on top, from a standard vise to a custom fixture, for reliable and consistent change-over.
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Hydraulic Workholding Towers Offer as Many as 12 Clamping Stations
Kurt Workholding offers a complete line of high-density CarvLock workholding towers for precision machining with eight or 12 clamping stations in both manual and hydraulic models.
Read MoreLang Technovation Launches Manufacturing Blog
The blog is scheduled to post quarterly with commentary, insights, smart manufacturing concepts and industry updates.
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Clip-Holding, Release Device for Check Fixtures
Fractal Engineering has developed the Clip Buddy, a clip-holding and release device for check fixtures.
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Hot Temperatures (and Technologies) at Eastec 2017
Eastec’s peculiar Massachusetts venue offered the chance to sample a broad variety of advanced manufacturing technologies. Here is a slideshow and some impressions from the trade show.
Read MoreModular Workholding System Speeds Setup for Five-Sided Access
Amerimold 2017: Available in manual, automatic and full-motion configurations, FCS North America’s Breyl modular workholding systems offer flexibility, repeatability and precision to a tolerance within 5 microns.
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