Workholding
Fairlane Workholding Components Enable Modular Positioning
Fairlane Products Inc.’s Swivots workholding components swivel, pivot and tilt to compensate for angles and irregularities of the workpiece.
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Medical Shop Performs Lights-Out Production in Five-Axes
Moving to five-axis machining enabled this shop to dramatically reduce setup time and increase lights-out capacity, but success relied on the right combination of workholding and automation.
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Dillon Soft Top Jaws Improve Concentricity, Chuck Balance
The soft jaws are designed to provide better concentric performance chuck balance, as well as enable a longer jaw life because of the increased jaw accuracy.
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Jergens Workholding System Clamps Challenging Workpieces
The Adaptix vise jaw system is designed to accommodate part configurations, adapting to asymmetrical and other features quickly.
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Lean Approach to Automated Machine Tending Delivers Quicker Paths to Success
Almost any shop can automate at least some of its production, even in low-volume, high-mix applications. The key to getting started is finding the simplest solutions that fit your requirements. It helps to work with an automation partner that understands your needs.
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Shop Doubles Sales with High-Mix, Low-Volume Automation
Robots with adaptive grippers have opened entire shifts of capacity to high-mix, low-volume shop Précinov, doubling its sales.
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Vektek Automatic Coupling Device Provides Flexible Fixturing
Westec 2023: Vektek’s Auto-Coupler features two independent air pass-thru circuits and provides the option of part present sensing and part confirmation.
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Parts and Programs: Setup for Success
Tips for program and work setups that can simplify adjustments and troubleshooting.
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Pascal Engineering Clamp Provides Fast Actuation Speed
The new swing clamp model PLA features a radial, gothic-arch swing mechanism and durable coating ensures that fewer clamp replacements are necessary.
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Dillon Workpiece Stops Reduce Setup Time
The workpiece stops enable short parts to be set above the jaws, providing clearance.
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