Metal Guards keeps t-slots chip and coolant-free.

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T-Slot Clean(TM) keeps chips and coolant from collecting in t-slots on table of vertical machining center. Each set includes aluminum extrusions precision machined to fit into t-slots on machining center tables. They are offered for 5 sizes of t-slot widths: 5/8 and 11/16 in. and 14, 18, and 22 mm. Product is pushed into t-slots when not in use to prevent unwanted material collection, and is removed using key included with set.



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BIG Kaiser's T-Slot Clean(TM) Work Safety Product Keeps T-Slots Free of Chips, Coolant



ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL-T-Slot Clean(TM), a cost-saving new work safety product from BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., keeps chips and coolant from collecting in t-slots on the table of a vertical machining center, improving the efficiency of table cleaning and reducing setup time.

Each T-Slot Clean set includes aluminum extrusions of different sizes precision machined to fit into t-slots on machining center tables. They are offered for five sizes of t-slot widths: .625" (5/8"), .688" (11/16"), 14, 18, and 22 mm.

When t-slots are not being used, operators simply push T-Slot Clean protectors into place, and t-slots will not collect chips or coolant When it's time to use the t-slot, a key included with the set makes removal of T-Slot Clean protectors quick and easy. Users save the time required to clean t-slots packed with chips.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling, based in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village, is the exclusive sales and marketing arm in North America for Heinz Kaiser, AG, Rümlang, Switzerland, a worldwide developer and manufacturer of precision boring tools of unmatched quality for thousands of applications in metalworking. BIG Kaiser is owned by BIG Daishowa Seiki Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan, one of the world's leading producers of precision tool holders and measuring accessories.

BIG Kaiser provides a comprehensive line of tools, including modular boring tool systems, BIG PLUS tooling systems and precision tool holders, tool measurement and presetting systems, Sphinx drills, Unilock workholding systems, chamfering tools, face mills, modular tool holder components, and Speroni and Diaset precision tool presetting systems.

For further information about T-Slot Clean or other BIG Kaiser products, contact BIG Kaiser at 641 Fargo Avenue, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, telephone 847/228-7660, fax 847/228-0881, e-mail BIG Kaiser@bigkaiser.com, or contact the BIG Kaiser tool distributor in your area.

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