Toolholders & Workholding

Heimatec Inc. now offers products from Tecnicrafts Industries, a manufacturer of collets and guide bushings for Swiss-type CNC Lathes. Tecnicrafts is an ISO 9001:2015-certified company, with its manufacturing plant in South India with state-of-the-art machine tools and 115 technicians.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers GN 784 metric size, aluminum mounting clamps with swivel ball joint. The GN 784 aluminum mounting clamps, which are RoHS compliant, allow precise and variable adjustment of the ball pivot within the rotation range.

BIG KAISER says its Mega ER Grip was designed to outperform all standard ER systems in the four most critical areas of toolholder performance: clamping force, concentricity, rigidity and balance at high spindle speeds. All Mega ER holders are now sold without a standard clamping nut so that customers can choose the best clamping nut option for their needs.

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.

A lightweight microgripper, the MGR5 was designed for small, fragile part assembly. The MGR brings operation force 10 gram or less capability into range. Light moving mass reduces impact force during small product placement.

TRIBOS polygonal clamping technology has been setting standards in high-precision micromachining for many years. Numerous companies in medical and dental technology, watchmaking and jewelry, as well as moldmaking and optical engineering have put their confidence in SCHUNK's patented toolholding system. Due to the high demand, SCHUNK has further expanded the line of precision toolholders.

Dillon Manufacturing offers a wide range of workholding products, including soft jaws, hard jaws and full grip jaws for Serrated, T & G, Acme, and Square Key-type chucks, as well as collet pads. Full grip "pie" jaws from 6 to 24 inches in diameter, as well extra high jaws to 10 inches in height for longer service life are available, as are collet pads and collet pad jaws, monoblock jaws, and vise jaws.

With the TENDO E compact, SCHUNK says it has started a new era in tool clamping with this universal toolholder that is suitable for applications such as milling, drilling, and reaming. SCHUNK now offers new extended lengths in CAT 40 (4") and CAT 50 (6"). Both are great for long-reach applications and in multiple-axis machines.

Foredom introduces four new Tune-Up Kits for current and discontinued motors. Foredom makes flexible-shaft machines that are built to industrial standards and last for many years, sometimes even decades.

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.