Toolholders & Collets

Lockwood Products Inc. is pleased to introduce two new Lathe Adapters.

Expanding collets and between center arbors (mandrels) grip the internal diameter of a part for turning, milling, grinding, assembly, inspection and automation applications. Hardinge Workholding Div.'s Sure-Grip Expanding Collet Systems have design features that provide durability for long production runs with superior surface finishes and fast collet changeover from the front.

Toolmaker Kennametal Inc. focuses on supplying its customers with productivity of the highest level, even when faced with challenging conditions.

Zagar Inc. has introduced an updated version of their most popular feed unit, the Model MQ-150.

To meet the ever increasing demands of ultra precision parts manufacturing, IBAG North America has introduced a micro collet system that delivers accuracies of oneµm T.I.R at the collet nose and handles up to ¹⁄₈" tool diameter.

Heimatec announces immediate availability of its newest development, the HT Series quick-change tool adapter system.

Rush Machinery Inc. offers a series of airbearing end mill grinding fixtures that allow precision sharpening of end mills, reamers, shell mills and other cutters.

Eliminate regrind bills and save money, reduce your tool crib inventory and save more money with tool resharpener from Conquest Industries.

The recently introduced, Puma 3100 turning center brings new levels of speed, convenience, precision and performance to Doosan's family of high-power, horizontal turning centers.

If you've been using fixtures to grip parts on your rotary device, you already know how much operator intervention is required for setting up, clamping and locating the part, and changing from one job to another. And let's not forget about the design time and machining involved to produce the fixture itself. All of this accumulated time lengthens the production time and increases the cost of the part. Are there any other alternatives? Yes, collet-ready spindle rotary tables and indexers, manufactured by Hardinge accept a wide variety of standard tooling to grip parts of various shapes and sizes so that you can output more parts per hour at a lower cost per part.

A high quality collet is desirable when it comes to precision machining of small parts for the medical and aerospace industries. For a quality part that meets high-precision specifications, you need a burr-free collet with guaranteed concentricity. This collet would be finish ground to provide a smooth and concentric gripping area (order hole) for the bar stock or work piece. Hardinge Swiss-style collets meet all of these requirements.

GenSwiss has introduced the EZR Swiss Clamp System for increased torque and enables fast and positive ER collet clamping.