The Emuge EvoGrip from Emuge-Franken USA is a modular workholding solution that includes its first standard high-performance centering vise system. The company says the EcoGrip is designed to deliver maximum clamping force and full 5-Axis access in a compact solution setup making it ideal for aggressive milling operations. Three basic vise widths include 70 mm, 100 mm, and 120mm, and EvoGrip offers 25kN, 50kN and an exceptionally high 75kN clamping force. Starting at the mid-size 100 mm wide vise which is capable of 50kN clamping forces, EvoGrip vises are unmatched in the industry.

EvoGrip Centering Vises are manually operated and engineered for precise centric clamping, creating an extreme holding force of up to 75 kN. With its slim, modular design, pre-embossing is not necessary. The also enables multi-sided machining and facilitates easy integration into machining setups. Interchangeable top jaws can be mounted to the base jaw for use with different workpieces and machining requirements.

Robust and stable guideways for the base jaws are precisely machined with Emuge's own end mills. An integrated interface for automation provides two holding bores on either side of the basic vise body for machine gripper interfacing. This affords quick robot-controlled changeovers to the next workpiece, or even a totally different workpiece altogether.

When EvoGrip Centering Vises are combined with the Emuge EvoPoint Zero-Point Clamping System, setup times can be reduced by up to 80% versus when having to bolt down a clamping system. The modular EvoGrip System is scalable so that vises and zero-point interfaces can be configured to fit any machine tool or job. An integrated, robust EvoPoint zero-point clamping system provides automatic alignment using geometry similar to a pull stud, enabling fast, precise and repeatable clamping in the micron range, and the referencing of devices and workpieces on machine tools, machining centers and CMMs. Repeatable accuracy of 0.005 mm and concentricity of ±0.02 mm is achievable with the EvoPoint System. The combination of EvoGrip with EvoPoint enables fast changeovers, high positioning accuracy, and exceptional holding force.

The repeatable EMUGE EvoGrip Workholding System includes EvoBlock solutions for machine table connections and riser options ranging from base plates to one-piece spacers. For customizing a solution to accommodate workpiece height requirements, machinable VarioBlock multi-piece spacers are available.