Toolholders & Workholding

Products • January 22, 2019

System 3 Quick Change Base Jaws

Get into quick change for a fraction of the cost of a quick-change chuck. The System 3 Quick Change Base Jaws from Huron Machine Products bolt to your chuck like a standard top jaw.

Products • January 14, 2019

Specialized Tools for Specific Applications

Carmex Precision Tools Ltd. sees a significant increase in demand for specialized tooling used in unique applications. According to Jim White, national sales manager for Carmex USA, "The ability of design engineers in leading edge industries to envision complex high-performance parts, coupled with new materials including made-to-order alloys, composites, glass, and ceramics, has resulted in the need for cutting tools that can deliver greater productivity and improved finish."

Products • January 10, 2019

Large-Diameter Chucks

Dillon Manufacturing specializes in premium chuck jaw products for large-diameter (15-60 inch) chucks. Matching specialized workholding to the large diameter chuck allows faster, easier and more profitable setups. Available in standard configurations to fit virtually any chuck manufacturer, many sizes of hard or soft top jaws, or full grip (pie) jaws are available from stock or with industry-leading lead times.

Products • January 8, 2019

Imperial and Metric Metrology Fixtures

Renishaw is introducing a ¼ 20 imperial thread size to its existing metrology fixtures product range. Fixturing components are currently available in M4, M6 and M8 thread sizes.

Products • January 8, 2019

CCS Ultralow-Torque Precision Fastening System

ASG, Division of Jergens Inc., offers an ultralow-torque precision fastening system. The ASG CCS system is the answer to controlled fastening for electronics assembly and other low-torque applications.

Products • January 2, 2019

»powerShrink« Inductive Heat Shrinking Device

ZOLLER »powerShrink« is the inductive heat shrinking device for HSS and hard metal tools, with which you can considerably reduce the fitting times in your manufacturing: In max. 10 seconds your tools are heat shrunk, cooled after just 40 further seconds and are ready for production.

Products • December 27, 2018

MEGA Micro Coolant Nut

BIG KAISER announces the MEGA Micro Coolant Nut, a developed solution to provide precise coolant supply to micro cutting tools applications at high speeds.

Products • December 13, 2018

reCool for Quill Feed Drilling Units

What is the main purpose for coolant application? Of course, among many reasons, primarily it's for the lubrication and cooling of the cutting edge and, in addition, to help facilitate chip evacuation. REGO-FIX has launched a cost-effective and efficient attachment for the application of coolant-lubrication liquids through the tool, based on an ER collet nut, which is suitable for use on SUHNER feed drilling units.

Products • December 11, 2018

Auto Fast Change (AFC) Tool Systems

ARNO Werkzeuge USA introduces its new Auto Fast Change (AFC) Tool Systems for Swiss-style machining. Manufacturing Swiss tooling since the 1940s, ARNO has comprehensive understanding of the needs and issues that machining operations face with their Swiss-style auto lathes and turning machinery.

Products • December 11, 2018

Quick Loc Pallet System

Jergens Inc. announces its Quick Loc (QL) pallet system for fixturing solutions on horizontal, vertical and rotary operations. These low-profile adapters and pallets ensure repeatability of 0.0003″ and provide clamping forces of nearly 14,000 lbs. A single drive screw is used for fast operation.

Products • December 11, 2018

DURO-A RC Power Chuck

In recent years, machine tool OEMs have completely transformed CNC turning centers through the application of several advanced technologies. Whether it's ultradense synthetic machine beds, faster rapid traverse and acceleration rates, integrated spindle motor spindles or powerful multi-tasking capabilities, nearly every feature of these machines has changed. There's just one major exception. More often than not, OEM machine builders equip these modern high-performance turning machines with outdated chuck technology – as old as 60 years – and it's quickly becoming the component that holds back a machine's true potential.

Products • December 4, 2018

DeHoff G560-B1 Custom Machine

The DeHoff G560-B1 is a custom machine designed to form the rifling grooves in gun barrels. The barrel is rotated by a 3-jaw chuck while a rifling button tool is pulled through the barrel by a hydraulic cylinder. The button tool deforms the rifling grooves into the internal bore of the barrel using a swaging process. All the rifling grooves are cold-formed in a single pass.