Workholding
High-Pressure, Quick-Release Clamps
The company’s quick-release clamping systems allow stepless adjustment both horizontally and vertically. The Multi-Quick 150 and 160 clamps feature a compact design with more clamping height and clamping reach. The solid clamping bar can form an extension of the machine table and provide secure, high clamping pressure by direct force.
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Workholding For Aggressive Machining Operations
Designed to increase the versatility of standard 4" and 6" vises, the TalonGrip bolt-on system is suited for performing aggressive machining operations while clamping on as little as 0. 060" of workpiece material. The system is said to be ideal for small lot sizes, difficult applications and prototype work.
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Magnetic Workholding Devices In Two Styles
The company features two styles of magnetic workholding devices: permanent magnetic blocks and electro-permanent magnets. According to the company, magnets are ideal for machining flat stock steel because they provide access to five sides of the workpiece. Part setups are quick and easy, the company says, and the magnetic devices maintain maximum hold-down force.
Read MoreDurable Steel Toggle Clamps
The company introduces a variety of toggle clamps with safety locks. Latch-action toggle clamps are available in five sizes ranging from 360- to 7,500-lbs capacity. All are equipped with a threaded U bolt for adjustability and a matching latch plate.
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Safety Collet Clamping System
The ER Zeta safety collet clamping system from Zollmann GmbH offers a unique profile that allows for various mounting adapters or spanner wrench to be screwed on by means of a bayonet-style locking feature. The system is suited for use in tight areas. The collet nuts offer a high clamping torque that reduces overall runout.
Read MoreKeep Tools In Place With High Loads
The SafeLock system combines the advantages of a shrink-fit chuck with those of a positive connection by integrating ball or pin drivers into the chuck. Those drivers grip into helical grooves that are ground into the cutter shank in the opposite direction of the cutting forces. The shape of the groove ensures that the tool is simultaneously safeguarded against spinning and against being pulled out when confronted with radial and axial cutting forces.
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Feed System Automates Production
According to the manufacturer, the advanced feed system allows companies to increase productivity, decrease setup time, reduce operator error and virtually eliminate waste. The feed system can turn a semi-automatic machine into a fully automatic production machine. Operators can either manually enter dimensions into the controller or pull a cut list directly from the controller.
Read MoreFront-Mount Collet Chuck
The self-contained, pneumatic B80 power collet chuck does not require a lathe, grinder or rotary table to have a hydraulic system, rear actuator, restrictive draw-tube or air-feed tubes. Instead, the collet chuck is operated by an air cylinder integrated into the collet chuck body. The device is especially useful for common toolroom lathes or flat-bed lathes, which typically don’t have hydraulic systems or other means to accommodate power chucks.
Read MoreRapid Response Hydraulic Power Unit Program
The company says it can build, paint, test and ship custom hydraulic units in 3 days or less to anywhere in the world using its rapid response hydraulic power unit program. Both vertical- and horizontal-style units are available and range in size from 2 to 50 gallons. The 15-hp (maximum) units can deliver as much as 15 gpm at pressures ranging to 3,000 psi.
Read MoreA Micro Machine Design
This machine has no toolholders and no tombstone—but there is a camera. Here are details of a machining center designed for micromachining.
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