Toolholding & Workholding

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.

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

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.

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

The benefits of high-density workholding.

Implementing automated pallet systems in small and medium-size shops can reduce labor costs and increase profitability.

A review of metalworking products as compiled by the editors of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

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

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

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.

Single-piece flow keeps production moving, according to the Shop Technology column in the May 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Hexagon Metrology announced Swift-fix, a fixturing and work holding system for the metrology and manufacturing industries, is available in the U.S. market.