Air-Actuated Chuck features two moving jaws.

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Designed with two moving jaws for gripping square or rectangular parts, Model 870 Sliding-Jaw Air Chuck offers TIR of .0001. Drill tip stops on axial locator mounted to face of chuck, and Insert Pads mounted in subjaws clamp down on OD of each drill while they grind shank. Insert Pad and Subjaw arrangement allows for quick changeover from size to size.



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Model 870 - Two Moving Jaws!



Island Park, NY … Introducing our Model 870 Sliding-Jaw Air Chuck (.0001 TIR). This air-actuated chuck has two moving jaws for gripping square or rectangular parts. In this custom application, our customer requested Vee-Block type jaws to accommodate a range of drill sizes with each set of Insert Pads. The drill tip (not shown) stops on the axial locator (mounted to the face of the chuck), and the Insert Pads (mounted in their subjaws) clamp down on the OD of each drill while they grind its shank.



The Insert Pad and Subjaw arrangement allow for quick changeover from size to size.



Northfield Precision Instrument designs and manufactures the world’s most accurate air chucks for any lathe, boring machine, grinder or VMC. Models include through-hole, high-speed and quick-change. Chucks are available in SAE or metric, in sizes from 3” (76mm) to 18” (457mm). Accuracies of 0.001” to 0.00001” (0.254m) are guaranteed. Custom workholding chucks and jaws are available and FREE engineering assistance is offered.



For more information, please contact Northfield Precision Instrument Corp.

Call Toll Free 1-800-810-2482 

Fax (516) 431-1928

Email: info@northfield.com.

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