Toolholding & Workholding

Articles • May 1, 2012 • Alan Richter

Speedy alignment

When loading a toolholder into a machine tool spindle with an automatic toolchanger, misalignment of the ATC gripper to the spindle can damage the spindle taper. In addition, a misaligned, clamped toolholder increases cutting tool runout.

Articles • May 1, 2012

High-density workholding gears up

END USER: Straitline Components, (250) 655-6603, www.straitlinecomponents.com. CHALLENGE: Avoid wasting workpiece material to keep costs down while increasing productivity. SOLUTION: Low gripping-profile clamps that provide high-density workholding on a tombstone. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Mitee-Bite Products LLC, (800) 543-3580, www.miteebite.com

Articles • May 1, 2012

Product Showcase for May 2012

Learn details about the many new products that manufacturers are offering to the metalworking industry in Cutting Tool Engineering's May 2012 Product Showcase.

Articles • May 1, 2012 • Kip Hanson

Vertical challenge

Can vertical machining centers go toe-to-toe with horizontals on performance?

Products • April 12, 2012

One-Touch Mini Swing Clamps

Fixtureworks offers an expanded lineup of Imao "One-Touch" style clamps with the addition of higher clamping force, compact and mini-sized selection.

Products • April 12, 2012

Quadrok Vise

Whether actuated manually or hydraulically the QUADROK clamping system from Hainbuch America Corp. provides all possible clamping features.

Articles • April 1, 2012 • Joe Mason

Defining workholding setups

Workholding involves much more than slapping a part in a vise or chuck and pushing the cycle-start button, according to the Workholding column in the April 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Products • March 12, 2012

Tsudakoma RTT-111,CA Workholding System

Tsudakoma's RTT-111,CA, distributed through KOMA Precision Inc., is a high speed, drop trunnion, tilting rotary table that is engineered with workholding flexibility in mind.

Products • March 12, 2012

Metric Washers

J.W. Winco Inc. now offers series GN 6341 and GN 6341-NI Washers in metric sizes.

Products • March 12, 2012

EBI 1135 Absolute Inductive Rotary Encoder

In robotics and automation technology, rotary encoders and resolvers serve on servo drives as feedback systems for position and speed control. An increasing number of applications require multiturn versions of absolute encoders that are low in cost and as sturdy as resolvers, but with features beyond what resolvers can provide. HEIDENHAIN's new EBI 1135 absolute inductive rotary encoder fits this bill.

Products • March 12, 2012

combiFlex Rotary Table

This unique system called "combiFlex" introduced by Peter Lehmann AG and available from Rotec Tools Ltd. offers a huge flexibility on the new Lehmann 500 rotary-table product line.

Products • February 12, 2012

Talongrip Vise Jaw System

Mitee-Bite Products Talongrip Vise Jaw System offers versatility for your standard 4 and 6 inch vises, with no pre-ops required!