Carbide-Tipped, Serrated Grippers

Fairlane Products, a premier North American manufacturer and supplier of material handling components, workholding technologies, fixturing accessories and machine tool components, has expanded its lineup of workholding and fixturing components with a wide range of carbide-tipped, serrated grippers. The gripper styles include carbide-tipped hex head, carbide-tipped round head along with tool steel and carbide-tipped threaded body type.

Each of the variety of threaded adjustable grippers allows the user to adjust the height of the gripper and are ideal for workholding applications where limited access space, or limited fixture travel makes loading, unloading and secure holding difficult. Fairlane Products grippers provide quick changeover and replacement when application requires flexibility. The round head, in particular allows for additional clearance and has wrench flats for easy adjustments. The internal hex on the round head and threaded body style allows for adjustment from the backside.  The serrated carbide tip in each provides positive holding and wear resistance. These carbide pads are brazed into a pocket on the gripper head.

Tooth patterns include fine and extra fine for the hex head and round head style. The threaded body styles include fine, extra fine, super fine and 4-point.

The body of the hex head style (CTH) is made from a Grade 8 fastener (metric 10.9) steel with a black oxide finish. The round head type (AG) is made from heat-treated alloy steel with black oxide finish. The tool steel threaded style (HS) is made from M-2 high speed steel and hardened to Rc 55/58 with black oxide finish. The carbide-tipped threaded style (PG) is made from heat-treated alloy steel with black oxide finish.

The hex head style adjustable gripper sizes, both in inch and metric range from ¼-20 threads at 7/16" hex. to ¾-16 threads at 1-1/8"hex. Metric sizes run M6x1.00 threads at 10 mm hex to M20x2.50 threads at 30 mm. Shank lengths run from ½" to 2-1/2". Round head style is only available in inch sizes run from 3/8-16 threads to ¾-16 threads. Overall length runs from 15/16" to 3-1/6". Threaded body style, both in inch and metric range from 3/8-16 threads to ¾-16 threads and M8x1.25 threads to M20x2.50 threads.