Toolholding & Workholding

Products • August 13, 2013

ABEC 3 Ball Bearings

Stock Drive Products, an ISO 9001 registered manufacturer, offers a wide selection of bearings in many different styles to fit your application. Of particular interest are the series of ABEC 3 ball bearings.

Products • August 13, 2013

SinterGrip Vise Jaws

OML's new SinterGrip vise jaws from Lexair Inc. put an unbreakable grip on just 3.5mm of material to allow aggressive, 5-axis machining of high-value workpieces with minimal waste material.

Articles • August 1, 2013 • Kip Hanson

Give CNC lathes an uptime makeover

I once thought nothing of boring a new set of top jaws. Just remove half a dozen cap screws, take the old jaws out, bolt on fresh jaws, attach a spider or boring ring and crank the hand wheel until the part fits. Setups were long in the 1980s and my boss considered 2 or 3 hours of downtime each day a normal cost of business.

Articles • August 1, 2013 • Kip Hanson

Worry free

Antipullout toolholders reduce scrap, increase tool life and eliminate anxiety while milling.

Products • July 13, 2013

Pitch Adjustment Option for Uhing RG Linear Drives

Amacoil/Uhing has introduced a new option for Uhing RG linear drives which enables extremely fine adjustment to the linear pitch of the drive unit.

Products • July 13, 2013

DBS36 and DBS50 Incremental Encoders

SICK announced the launch of the DBS36 and DBS50 incremental encoders.

Products • July 13, 2013

Raptor Live Centers

U.S. gear manufacturers have traditionally used an imported center for hobbing, cutting and grinding. Many of these companies have expressed their preference for a source of American-made centers with comparable quality, lower cost, quicker delivery, and faster turnaround on repairs. Riten Industries now offers its "Raptor" series, specially-engineered live centers that are available for immediate delivery through its extensive distribution network.

Products • July 13, 2013

LIF400 Series Linear Encoders

HEIDENHAIN announces its miniature incremental exposed linear encoders, the LIF400 Series, designed especially for linear motor applications.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Christopher Tate

Setting up for single-piece flow

The Shop Technology column in the July 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine continues to explore one shop's move from batch processing of machining jobs to a single-piece flow.

Products • June 13, 2013

ARS 21xx/23xx SE Servodrives

Metronix has added a low cost option to its range of intelligent servomotor drives.

Products • June 13, 2013

GN 430.1 Ledge Handles

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 430.1 ledge handles with lettering block, in metric sizes.

Products • June 13, 2013

MC Modular Workholding System

OML's MC Modular Workholding System, which is available from Lexair Inc., uses fixed and movable vise jaws and patented self-locking CLAK parallels to achieve multiple clamping solutions and increased part accuracy with less set up time.