Tooling & Workholding
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WORKHOLDING SOLUTION FOR MANUFACTURERS THAT PUSH THEIR MACHINES TO THE LIMIT
Haimer USA?s SafeLock System combines the advantages of a shrink-fit chuck with those of a positive connection by utilizing positive drivers that grip into screw-shaped grooves that are ground into the cutter shank. SafeLock?s clamping procedure is simple – the chuck is heated as usual and the tool is inserted with a rotating movement.
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
Faced with discontinued coolant, PHB Machining selects a new metalworking fluid – with unexpected benefits.
RIPPLE EFFECT
Repair It Before It Exists: By repairing a problem they didn’t know they had, this busy forging die shop found two steps to faster milling.
FRIEND OF TRENDS
Flywheels Get Groovy: To meet the latest machining trend, production in this machine shop jumped 40 percent by using disc mill cutters.
IN THE LOOP: TRUE TO FORM
In the ultra-competitive rollforming market, exact geometry placement within each roll is an absolute must or the design will never work. This places greater pressure on being able to quickly achieve tighter surface grinding tolerances on the tooling. Kyndall Brown asks, “What’s the answer?”
SOARING WINGS WITH HIGH FEED MILLING
Emerging Destination: This Lithuanian machining specialist found a way to double its productivity in milling exotic materials.
WOLVERINE CLAMPS IDEAL FOR HIGH VOLUMES OF WORK
Bluco Corporation is introducing the newest member to its parts lineup: The Wolverine Clamp. Wolverine Clamps are specifically designed to fit Bluco?s Modular Fixturing tables and are ideal for production and high volumes of work.
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Step It Up: This generation of cutting tools promises to push productivity 30 percent higher or more through higher metal-removal rates and extended tool life for applications in the transportation, aerospace, oil and gas, medical, and general engineering industries.
EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS: KEVIN NICHOLSON
Kevin Nicholson of Mate Precision Tool shares his views on the State of the Industry and the competitive condition of various cutting tooling sectors.
THROUGH THICK AND THIN
Thin-walled, easily deformed parts used to be tough to clamp. Not anymore. Kyndall Brown explains how new systems are chucking those old workholding problems out the door.
VERSATILE MACHINE WITH PNEUMATIC CLAMPING FOR RIGIDITY
Serdi offers its 4.0 Power, a very versatile machine with pneumatic clamping of the workhead for the best rigidity during machining. Because of its triple air-floation self-centering system and its built-in motor’s spindle, it makes the centering easier than any other machine in the market with an unmatched accuracy.
SUPER-SLIM HYDRAULIC EXPANSION TOOLHOLDER
Schunk offers a super-slim version of the TENDO family of hydraulic expansion toolholders. The TENDO LSS has been optimized to keep interfering contours to a minimum, can be used to access difficult parts of a workpiece, and can be used in working areas where appliances create difficult conditions.
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