Toolholders & Workholding

HEIDENHAIN Corp. has released a new absolute, inductive rotary encoder.

Briney Tooling Systems' Thermax II is a compact induction heating unit for shrink-fit toolholders. It is suitable for inserting and removing HSS and carbide cutting tools from any design of shrink-fit toolholders, such as ANSI and DIN.

CJWinter Machine Technologies Inc. manufactures thread rolls, thread rolling attachments, specialty dies, cylindrical dies and tooling for multiple-spindle, cylindrical rolling and CNC machines.

Lexair Inc. introduces a new low-profile stationary collet closer that uses quick-change vulcanized collet heads.

The DD100 high-speed, direct-drive Super-Precision Rotary Table manufactured by Hardinge Inc. is a high-speed parts positioner with +/1 3 arc-sec accuracy and 4 arc-sec repeatability.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp., a designer and manufacturer of precision workholding chucks, introduces their special 6" diameter 6-jaw chuck with ½" of jaw stroke on diameter and a ½" counterbore in the center.

Buck Chuck Co. has recently announced the reintroduction of 4-Jaw Independent Chucks to the Buck Chuck line of quality workholding.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has introduced a new, high-precision hydraulic chuck for clamping straight shank tools with diameters ¼" to 1 ¼" and 6mm to 32mm.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has introduced Mega ER Grip, a new premium ER collet chuck system featuring a runout accuracy of .00012" (3µm) at 5xD.

Dunham Tool manufactures a high-quality 2j CNC collet chuck, 5c collet chuck, 16c collet chuck and 3j CNC collet chuck, as well as a 1c collet chuck and 3c collet chuck.

Heimatec Inc.'s Unitec is a patented flexible tool adapter system that allows a standard ER output live tool to accept various adapters for different applications.

For exact machining of thin-walled rings on rotary tables, cylindrical grinding machines, and lathes, Schunk Inc. now offers a vast program of standardized magnetic chucks with radial pole pitch.