Workholding
Open-Frame Steel Belt Conveyor Improves Safety
PRAB’s heavy-duty open-frame steel belt conveyor is designed to minimize downtime and increase worker safety.
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Changing up From a Manual to an Automatic Pallet Changing System
A Michigan manufacturer describes its progress with pallet-changing systems, advancing from manual to automatic pallet-switching on its VMCs.
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New Jaws Speed Change-Over for Short-Run Jobs
This shop found that a quick-change jaw system reduced 80-minute change-over times to just 8 minutes.
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Live Center Adjusts for Off-Line Center Holes
The Adjusta-Point radial compensating live center from Riten Industries is designed for applications in which a workpiece’s center hole is not quite on center.
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Workholding System Converts Basic Chucks
Hainbuch’s Spanntop high-precision workholding system enables converting the basic chuck for OD, ID and three-jaw clamping operations with a change-over time of 10 sec.
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Adaptable Automation
A system for automatically swapping both workpieces and workholding enables a robot-loaded VMC to be quickly reconfigured for a new or modified job. The same system lets the robot change jobs in the midst of an unattended run. Thanks to the extra capacity from unattended production, the motorcycle part maker that developed this system has finally stopped shipping products late during the busiest part of its year.
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Collets Designed for Swiss-Type Machines
Haimer is showcasing its Power Collets and collet extensions designed for Swiss-type turning machines.
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Desktop 3D Printer as Job Shop Resource
The low-cost 3D printer in this shop supports machining by simplifying prototyping and producing usable hardware—including vise jaws.
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Video: Compensating for a Bad Center Hole
Center hole drilled off-center? A compensating live center can save parts from becoming scrap.
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Quick-Change Fixturing for HMCs
Carr Lane Manufacturing offers a system of tooling blocks and fixture plates for quick-change fixturing on horizontal machining centers.
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