Toolholders & Workholding

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.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp., a leader in the design and manufacture of precision workholding chucks, introduces their 5C Collet Chuck.

Fixtureworks offers the integrated mPower workholding system from Modern Industries.

Heller Machine Tools announced the development of a technically and economically viable feed-out system that uses an additional axis to provide radial feed movement of the tool cutting edge.

Rockford Systems Inc. has introduced a new line of electrically interlocked heavy-duty lathe shields.

Micron Milling Chucks by Showa Tool guarantee tolerances as tight as 1µm at the chuck nose and 2µm at 3xD. ERI-America stocks Showa Toolµm Milling andµm Mold chucks in CV40/50, BT40, HSK63A, HSK100A and BIG Plus. ERI America is the exclusive distributor of Showa Tool, including theµm Milling andµm Mold Chucks in North America.

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.

Shrinking and unshrinking tool holders is exceptionally efficient and easy with Lyndex-Nikken Inc.'s latest Shrink Fit Machine, according to the company.

GenSwiss has introduced the GenBore ID Triple Tool Holder that adds three ID tool stations in place of a standard OD turning position on most Swiss-Type CNC machines.

Utilizing a single-point tool, Engis Corp.'s FastLap facing device brings plate flatness to within a micron and can machine a custom groove pattern in a second pass, according to the company.

Aug. 2010 — Designed to make tapping easier, Speedaire Hand Tappers from W.W. Grainger Inc. are ideal for general-purpose tapping.