Workholding

Workholding: Building chucks to hold wheels

06/06/2017

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One requirement of precision wheel manufacturing is secure, accurate workholding. But Jay Duerr, president of LMC Workholding Inc., Logansport, Ind., said it goes much further than that. “The biggest requirement in this industry is good customer support.”

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Productive Times: Bonded by light

05/03/2017

Author:

Alan Richter

END USER: Urschel Laboratories Inc., (219) 464-4811, www.urschel.com. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Blue Photon Technology & Workholding Systems LLC, (855) 777-2040, www.bluephotongrip.com. CHALLENGE: Hold a near-net-shape casting for machining on five sides. SOLUTION: A system that uses grippers, adhesive and UV light to hold workpieces.

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Shop Ingenuity: A Dream Come True

Ray Tejeda, who owns Dream Tools Inc., talks about the motivation behind his patent-pending Dream Chuck Stop in the third episode of Cutting Tool Engineering's Shop Ingenuity video series. Tejeda demonstrates how his chuck stop provides clearance for cutting tools to machine through a part.

Learn more about the Dream Chuck Stop in CTE's product news section.

Shop Operations: Workholder setup reduction

03/30/2017

Author:

Tom Lipton

To reduce setup—as well as overhead costs—in a job-shop environment, first examine the workholding methods, according to the Shop Operations column in the April 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

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