Chucks & Jaws

Products • August 29, 2017

Hyperturn 200 Powermill Mill-Turn Center

The Hyperturn 200 Powermill high-performance milling-turning center from Emco is for machining large workpieces up to 1,000 mm in turning diameter and for lengths up to 6,000 mm, workpiece weight of 1,500 kg in the chuck and up to 6,000 kg between chuck and tailstock. The powerful main spindle is designed for heavy cutting with a maximum torque of 6,410 Nm and 84 kW.

Products • July 18, 2017

Full-Bore, Self-Contained Collet Chuck

Lexair's full-bore, fixed-length, self-contained collet chuck allows full-capacity spindle operation, due to elimination of the drawtube. When using the full bore chuck, spindle capacity is boosted as much as 30 percent, and clamping pressure is unaffected by centrifugal force, regardless of rpm, according to the company.

Products • July 6, 2017

Electrically Interlocked Safety Shields

Rockford Systems offers a line of electrically interlocked safety shields for cutting and turning machines that protect operators against flying chips, sparks, debris, and coolant. The electrical interlock prevents machines from starting until the shield is positioned safely in front of the hazardous area, also called the point-of-operation.

Products • July 6, 2017

Diaphragm Chuck for a Wire EDM

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. reported that when a customer requiring a highly specialized diaphragm chuck was not finding success with other chuck manufacturers, they turned to Northfield Precision Instrument. The chuck needed to be submersible for use in a wire EDM. To achieve this, the engineers at Northfield designed a specialized chuck with all non-stainless steel wetted parts.

Products • June 16, 2017

MAGNOS Parallel Pole, Square Pole and Radial Pole Plates

SCHUNK says its MAGNOS parallel pole, square pole, and radial pole plates ensure reliable workpiece clamping, quick workpiece changes, and particularly efficient processes in grinding applications. Among other things, SCHUNK MAGNOS square pole grinding plates boost productivity by up to 200 percent, compared to conventional solutions using parallel-pole technology.

Products • June 15, 2017

Collet Pad Jaws

Collet pad top jaw systems from Dillon Manufacturing Inc. can convert through-hole chucks to hold small bar and tube stock. Collet pads can be changed quickly maximizing production time, and the jaws can be adapted to many styles of chucks, making them ideal for special purpose function machining.

Products • June 13, 2017

Mega New Baby Chuck 25N

BIG KAISER's Mega New Baby Chuck is now available up to 1"-dia. clamping for drills, reamers and finishing endmills with 0.00004" runout accuracy. The Mega New Baby Chuck is a high precision and multiple-purpose collet chuck system.

Products • May 31, 2017

GARANT ZeroClamp System

Hoffmann Group knows that with the growing complexity of production and the increased diversity of components, new challenges in the production process arise for customers. Available from Hoffmann Group USA is the GARANT ZeroClamp system, a highly accurate clamping system for the metalworking industry.

Products • May 17, 2017

Ball-Grip Chucks

Ball-Grip chucks are used for first operation roughing and/or second operation finishing. The basic chuck is modified to suit machine mounting, the need for coolant and/or air through, and mounting for top tooling, which is designed to a customer's part and machining requirements.

Products • April 21, 2017

Klüberpaste ME 31-52 White/Beige Lubricating Paste

Klüber Lubrication has introduced Klüberpaste ME 31-52, a white/beige lubricating paste based on mineral oil, calcium complex soap and inorganic solid lubricants. Besides its application as a universal assembly paste, the paste offers benefits in friction points with small to minimum motion under high static and dynamic loads.

Products • April 12, 2017

The Dream Chuck Stop

The Dream Chuck Stop from Dream Tools Inc. allows end users to machine through a part by providing the clearance for cutting tools to go through the part. According to the company, it is reusable unlike soft jaws and conventional chuck stops.

Products • April 12, 2017

JUMAT 6S 18-20-18 Grinding Machine

With the new JUMAT 6S 18-20-18, the engineers at JUNKER have once again expanded their proven portfolio. The simultaneous use of three grinding wheels guarantees maximum quality by utilizing a single clamping set up with an extremely short grinding time, according to the company.