Workholding
Hard-to-Find Pitches Added to Soft Top Jaw Lineup
A major facilities upgrade now enables Dillon Chuck Jaws to add the manufacture of serrations of 2 mm × 60 degrees and 2.5 mm × 60 degrees for hard-to-find top jaws, hard jaws and full grip jaws that fit the corresponding chuck master jaws of the same hard-to-locate pitch.
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News of Note: October 2018
The NTMA appoints a new president, Röhm acquires Master WorkHolding, Renishaw opens new demo center and more industry news.
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Welding, Assembly Clamps Useful in Automotive, Aircraft Industries
Destaco has launched its TCC-2E series of tolerance compensation clamps (TCCs) designed to provide greater flexibility in welding and assembly applications that require the clamping of components of differing thicknesses or tighter tolerances.
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Air Rest Buttons Detect Proper Workpiece Loading
Carr Lane’s air rest buttons enable the use of pneumatic position control to detect proper workpiece loading in a machining fixture.
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Five Live Centers for Five Applications
It is vital for a shop to select the right machine tool components for the right job, and live centers for lathes are no exception.
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Jaw Nuts Minimize Jaw Change Time
Dillon Fast-Trac jaw nuts are designed to convert standard chucks into quick-change chucks, reducing jaw change time by as much as half.
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Modular Vise Clamps Two Workpieces
The Hoffmann Group has released a module for its Garant Xpent five-axis vise.
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Workholding System Increases Vacuum Surface Area for Mill Fixtures
Technical Tooling’s Vacu-Grip composite workholding system vacuums mill fixtures by using a granular media technology that configures to any complex three-dimensional shape.
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Röhm Acquires Master WorkHolding
Master WorkHolding will serve as Röhm’s North American manufacturing entity and provide the company with prismatic clamping fixtures.
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Workholding Enables Stress-Relief Reclamping
IMTS 2018: The Schunk Vero-S Aviation product line is designed to rigidly clamp large parts accurately and enable the user to release the part enough to allow the part to move (compensate) due to the stresses of machining without fully releasing the part.
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