Toolholding & Workholding

Products • November 7, 2016

Customized Model 650 Wolkholding Chuck

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. designs and manufactures of precision workholding chucks. When a good customer required a chuck to hold parts to be mounted to a Studer grinder for contour grinding into special cutting tools, it turned to Northfield for help. Northfield's engineers customized the Model 650 chuck to use only one jaw for clamping.

Products • November 3, 2016

BMT-150M On-Machine Balancing Kit

The BMT-150M On-Machine Balancing Kit from Rush Machinery for balancing wheels and wheel packs on truers or grinding machines. The kit comes with everything you need to get started.

Products • October 3, 2016

Family of Neodymium Lifting Magnets

Master Magnetics' family of neodymium lifting magnets is flexing their muscle with the addition of a new, stronger capacity model. The newest addition has a lifting rating of 4,400 lbs. on flat material.

Products • October 3, 2016

PHT Series Welded Tombstone Columns

Powerhold Inc. announces the release of its new PHT series welded tombstone columns for horizontal machining centers. The PHT Series are steel plate weldments, available in 400, 500 and 630 mm base sizes.

Articles • October 1, 2016 • Kip Hanson

Mod Squad

If you use a pair of machinist's vises bolted to the bed of a vertical machining center and laboriously replace jaws for each new job or build fixtures from scratch and stick them on the shelf until the order repeats, listen up: Modular workholding saves time and money.

Videos • September 30, 2016

Heimatec features custom live, static tooling at IMTS 2016

Heimatec President Preben Hansen covers the company's assortment of standard and customized live and static tooling, including angle head and the company's patented UTEC quick-change tooling, during a video interview conducted during IMTS 2016 by Bernard & Company, an industrial advertising and public relations agency.n

Videos • September 29, 2016

Kennametal features KM4X spindle and tooling connection system

Cutting Tool Engineering visited with Kennametal Inc. during IMTS 2016 at Chicago's McCormick Place. Bill Redman, global product manager of tooling systems for Kennametal Inc., outlines the key features of the company's latest spindle and tooling connection system, the KM4X.

Products • September 22, 2016

5000 Series Manual Toggle Clamps

DESTACO announced its high-performance 5000 series manual toggle clamps have been enhanced with DESTACO Toggle-Lock Plus technology, providing increased safety for heavier-duty applications. Available globally, the new generation of 5000 series straight-line action clamps includes DESTACO Toggle-Lock Plus, a secondary locking mechanism, ideal for applications requiring high safety needs, such as grinding, welding, assembly, machining and metal fabrication.

Products • September 21, 2016

GN 810.1 ‘Universal Fit’ Steel Vertical Acting Toggle Clamps

J.W. Winco Inc. offers GN 810.1 "universal fit" steel vertical acting toggle clamps with vertical mounting base. The toggle clamp is case-hardened sheet metal, zinc plated, with a blue passivated finish.

Products • September 2, 2016

SpinSelect Selectable Toolholder

Modern Industries Inc.'s SpinSelect selectable toolholder allows for quick indexing between its five pockets with a quarter turn of a socket head cap screw. Each pocket can house a different tool, enabling quick changes between operations without requalifying tools.

Articles • September 1, 2016 • Christopher Tate

The evolving technology of tool presetting

A close look at the evolving technology of tool presetting.

Products • August 30, 2016

GN 810 Stainless Steel, Vertical-Acting Toggle Clamps

J.W. Winco Inc. announced it now has available GN 810 "universal fit," stainless steel, vertical-acting toggle clamps with horizontal mounting base. These vertical acting toggle clamps work according to the toggle principle, as the lever and clamping bar move in the same direction.