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Smarter by design

06/01/2016
Author:
Kip Hanson
I’m not a huge fan of machinist’s vises. Even with a speed handle and a couple cups of coffee in your belly, it seems like it takes forever to crank them open wide enough to change a pair of jaws. And once they’re bolted in place, having to tap them in with a hammer and check them with a dial indicator only adds insult to injury. Surely there’s a smarter way to hold parts in a machining center.
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Modified Face Driver

Riten introduces a modified face driver specifically designed to hold workpieces with diameters of 2" or less. In lieu of individual drive pins, the unit features a multi-toothed drive disk that securely penetrates the face of the part. It is ideal for gear hobbing and other aggressive machining operations.

Magnetic Chucks

Techniks magnetic chucks are a fast workholding solution that reduces mold setup and/or changeover time by 50 percent, and allows machining on five sides. Use magnetic workholding for all types of milling, drilling, through-hole drilling and boring operations on all sizes of molds or other workpieces.

Spanntop Workholding System

The HAINBUCH SPANNTOP high-precision workholding system offers users the option of converting the basic chuck for OD, ID and 3-jaw clamping operations with a change-over time of 2 minutes or less. Equally important, in each mode, the chuck delivers proven performance and high repeatability, according to the company.

Tenzalo Tooling Columns

Abbott Workholding has introduced premachined versions of its popular configurations complete with a universal mounting pattern for use on virtually any machine make and model. These 400mm, 500mm and 630mm fixtures include top plates where applicable and can ship same day.

intRlox Mini Nut

The REGO-FIX intRlox Mini Nut for Swiss automatic machine tool applications has an anti-slip locking design that is engineered to prevent the locking wrench from slipping off the nut during assembly and disassembly.

Vacuum Table

The NEMI vacuum table is designed to hold parts secure using vacuum. All you do is remove a washer with a magnet or use our auto vacuum valve and place any one of the following on top of the vacuum grid table: a pod, 5/16" round gasketing, 1/4" stand off stock and vacuum pins.

XL Vises

Up to 28.5 inch jaw opening and 12,000 lbs. of clamping force makes Kurt’s XL 8-inch vises ideal for the largest tool and die, molds and machining extra large parts in automotive, aerospace and oil drilling industries. Kurt XL vises also function well as a receiver for other workholding setups.