Toolholding & Workholding

Kitagawa NorthTech Inc. introduces its digital grip force analyzer software and kit (PC version) for machine tool users and machine shops. The gripping force provided by the workholding and chucking solution is paramount to successfully machining high quality parts. It is often the single largest reason why a machine tool user encounters a variety of issues hindering productivity, performance, reliability and accuracy of the workholding.

RÖHM Products of America introduced the lightweight, compact AGILIS power-operated cartridge mandrel clamping system. This new mandrel provides consistent, rigid workpiece ID clamping of small diameters for grinding, turning, milling, drilling and measuring applications.

Kurt's DoveLock dovetail vises are ideal for clamping strength and specifically designed for allowing access to five sides of the workpiece in 5-axis, 4th-axis and palletized CNC machining systems. DoveLock vise is available in two sizes: a 1-inch jaw width DTR10 model and 2-inch jaw width DTR20 model.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers GN 820.4 steel horizontal acting toggle clamps with safety hook latch, including a vertical mounting base. These RoHS-compliant horizontal acting toggle clamps, which are also available in stainless steel, have a safety function whereby, during closing, a spring-loaded safety hook latch ensures a secure locking connection.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.