Tecnicrafts Collets, Guide Bushings for Swiss Turning Applications
Platinum Tooling Technologies offers Tecnicrafts Industries’ collets and guide bushings for Swiss-type CNC Lathes.
Platinum Tooling Technologies offers the complete line of Tecnicrafts collets and guide bushings for Swiss turning machines and bar feeders.
Platinum Tooling Technologies is the North American distributor for Tecnicrafts Industries’ collets and guide bushings for Swiss-type CNC Lathes. Tecnicrafts’ collets and guide bushings are exclusively used for Swiss turning applications on Citizen-Cincom, Tsugami, Star, Tornos, Hanwha, Traub, Hardinge, Manurhin-Kmx, Miyano, Nomura and other machine brands.
The collets are offered in steel and carbide-lined versions with grooved, smooth and serrated bores in standard and long nose types. The company also produces special collets, including V-Line, U-Line and Over-grip collets for positive gripping of delicate parts without marks. The Ultra Precision (XP) W-Type collets are available for tool grinding applications on machines such as Rollomatic, Anca, Ewag and others. Other collets include 5C and 16C types.
Tecnicrafts’ guide bushings are generally offered in a carbide lining version, having a super finish bore with a roughness value of less than 0.4 micron. These special guide bushings include U-Line, extended nose and long carbide bores (max land) for special turning applications.
The Bar feeder collets are available for various bar feeders such as Fedek, LNS, Ikura-seiki, Iemca, Citizen, FMB and popular brands. All collets and guide bushings are offered in standard and ultra-precision grades. The bore profile includes round, square, hexagon, rectangular and profile as per customer drawings.
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