Automation in High-Mix, Low-Volume Turning Applications
Turning shops are familiar with automation for high-volume work, but the shifting landscape to smaller batch sizes has created new challenges.
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Jaw Nuts Reduce Change-Over Time
Fast-Trac jaw nuts, from Dillon Manufacturing Inc., convert standard chucks into quick-change chucks, reducing jaw change-over time by 50 percent or more, according to the company.
Modular Clamping Jaw Increases Efficiency, Productivity
Hoffmann Group’s Garant Xpent five-axis vise facilitates clamping strategies for increased productivity.
Precision Workholding Matters
This article explains some of the advancements in precision workholding demands and the solutions that are available to improve production and quality in shops making precision parts.
Magnetic Workholding for Production Parts
The use of magnets for workholding has grown well beyond its traditional role for flat plate materials. Control of magnetic flux is now precise enough to securely hold a much wider array of workpiece configurations.
Jacobs Taper Rigid ER Collet Chucks Provide Quick Change
T.M. Smith Tool’s Jacobs Taper rigid ER collet chucks are designed to be better than keyed and keyless drill chucks in concentricity and holding power.
Dillon Chuck Jaws Offered in 6061 Aluminum
Dillon full grip jaws provide widths that extend beyond the chuck face diameter.
Bex8 Machining Block Spindle Handles High-Speed Operations
Suhner Industrial Products Corp.’s Bex8 is a smaller version of the Suhner Bex15 that features the ability to mount directly onto robotic arms for fully automated machining operations in high-speed, high-production departments.
KZF-S Collet Chuck Enables Lights-Out Manufacturing
Röhm’s KZF-S collet chuck is a powered external clamping chuck for gear surface face grinding.
Duro-NCSE Power Chuck Reduces Lathe Setup Times
Röhm Products of America’s Duro-NCSE power chuck incorporates jaws that are designed to unlock individually for easy handling/change-over and fast setup.