Workholding
Dovetail Fixture Enables Five-Sided Machining
Raptor Workholding’s RWP-030SS dovetail fixture is intended for milling applications on four- and five-axis CNC machines.
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Heat-Treated Jaw Nuts, Keys Provide Durable Workholding
Dillon’s jaw nuts and keys are made of 4140 heat-treated steel and provide high wear resistance, impact resistance, higher tensile strength and extended jaw nut life compared to jaws made from case-hardened 1018 steel.
Read MoreModular Vise Offers Three Setup Modes for Flexibility
Glacern Machine Tools offers its Glacern Modular Vise (GMV) designed for flexibility and fast setups in three modes.
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One-Offs Without Tradeoffs
Does it have to be expensive to produce a one-off part? Does the one-off have to fall short of the manufactured part’s properties? A Boston-area 3D printer maker has an idea for how to produce components that are both low quantity and industrial quality.
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Indexing Tables Support Moving Work between Machines
The MBT series of manual indexing tables from Indexing Technologies incorporates a precision Hirth coupling (face gear) for optimum positioning accuracy, repeatability and rigidity.
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Vise System for Quickly Clamping 16 Parts
A New York job shop minimizes setup and change-over time with a homegrown system consisting of closely spaced double-acting vises embedded into a plate. After using it for decades, the shop is now supplying this system to other shops.
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Permanent Lifting Magnets Carry Semi-Finished Products
Eriez’s SafeHold line of permanent lifting magnets are ideal for carrying semi-finished products such as machined parts, castings, press molds, steel plates, bars and tubes without slings, hooks or cables.
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Small Vacuum Conveyors Attach to Ordinary Piping
Exair’s aluminum 3/8 and ½ NPT Threaded Line Vac air-operated conveyors convert ordinary pipe into a powerful conveying system for parts, scrap, trim and other bulk materials.
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The Parakeep. An Adjustable Parallel Keeper
According to its manufacturer, it’s a device that effectively keeps workholding parallels in place while a vise is opened and closed.
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Compact Vise Suits Smaller Four-, Five-Axis Mills
Designed to be the smallest self-centering vise in its line, the 5th Axis V75100 five-axis vise offers maximum rigidity and clamping force.
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