Workholding
Norgren Introduces One-Size-Fits-All Soft Jaw
Norgren’s Adaptix Soft Jaw uses adjustable fingers and interchangeable tips to grip a wide variety of parts or workpieces during the CNC machining process.
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Five Observations from PMTS
PMTS marked not just the first machining trade show in over 18 months, but also the first show for our newest editors! Nate Fields and Evan Doran discuss what they learned at PMTS.
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One Touch Fasteners Reduce Setup Times
Imao-Fixtureworks’ One Touch Fasteners replace nut-and-bolt assemblies, enabling operators to lock and unlock plates, panels, covers and machine components without the use of tools.
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Mate Announces New Workholding System
Eastec 2021: Mate claims its workholding system not only reduces setup times and process variability, but also offers optimized accuracy and repeatability in a compact, quick change, modular design.
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Schunk Updates Chuck Technology
Schunk says the technologies included in the THW3 chuck result in high process reliability, quick jaw changes, constant clamping forces and long maintenance intervals.
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No Such Thing as Luck: A One-Person Shop Owner’s Success Story
You could say he’s a lucky Guy. He has the ideal setup for a moonlighting at-home-machinist: The perfect location, the perfect day job, and a double-threat skill set that allows him to hire himself for prototyping and low-volume production work. But Guy Driscoll’s biggest talent might be creating his own luck.
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Tungaloy Upgrades DrillMeister DMP Drill Heads
Tungaloy claims its 30 new drillheads will improve wear resistance for jobs that require hole diameters ranging from 6.0 to 25.9 mm.
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Accudyne Offers Expanded Capacity Bar Puller
The EZ-Puller Expanded Capacity is an auto-adjusting bar puller that enables automatic operation of CNC lathes, designed for larger round bar diameters.
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Forkardt's FNC+ Chuck Extends Compatible Weights and RPM
Forkardt’s revisions to the FNC+ Quick Jaw Change Power Chuck increase its versatility, expanding the compatible range of RPMs and workpiece weights.
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Standardized Workholding Saves Shop Hours of Setup Time
5th Axis’ workholding solutions have enabled Will-Mor Manufacturing to achieve vastly better repeatability and stability, cutting setup time and even whole setups.
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