Toolholding & Workholding

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.

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

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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.

Fixtureworks offers an expanded lineup of Kipp Spring Plungers to its offering of workholding and fixturing technologies.

Fixtureworks offers a complete lineup of Kipp hand retractable index plungers to its workholding and fixturing technologies.

Carr Lane Roemheld's new compact clamp, which has a metallic wiper edge, is especially suited for applications where space is limited.

Triag workholding systems from Advanced Machine & Engineering/Hennig Inc. combine the characteristics and performance of a dedicated fixture in a modular platform.

Now there's a fast and easy way to setup work pieces for machining at three common angles. Using Kurt's new Sine Parallels, rectangle parts can be clamped precisely and quickly at 30 degrees, 45 degrees and 60 degree angles.

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.

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

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