Tool Holding System suits Bridgeport and other knee mills.

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Series R8 ER-style collet holders employ multi-slot design to provides maximum gripping force for efficient pushback control. Each holder accommodates various ER-style collets for fast tool-to-tool change. Maximum round-tool capacities are 3/8 in., 25/32 in., and 1 in. Locating surfaces are precision ground and each collet has total indicator reading of 0.0005 in. or less.



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New ER-style Tool Holding System for Bridgeport and Other Knee Mills



Hardinge now offers R8, ER-style collet holders for use on Bridgeport and other knee-mills. Holders are stocked in three sizes to hold ER-style toolholder collets to grip drills, taps, reamers, end mills, boring bars and special round shank end-working tools. One holder will accommodate a range of ER-style collets for a fast tool-to-tool change. The maximum round tool capacities are 3/8" (ER16), 25/32" (ER32), and 1" (ER40).

Hardinge ER-style toolholder collets are of a multi-slot design to provide maximum gripping force for efficient "push-back" control. This control helps prolong tool life, which in turn reduces machine downtime to produce more parts per hour. All locating surfaces are precision ground to assure extremely close tolerances. The manufacturing process ensures that each collet will have a TIR (total indicator reading) of .0005" or less.

Hardinge Inc. has been manufacturing Bridgeport knee mills for the U.S. market since their alliance with Bridgeport International in November 2002. "Hardinge will continue to develop workholding enhancements to fulfill the changing needs of the material-cutting industry", states Cal Macomber, Director of Sales and Marketing at Hardinge Workholding Division. "The Bridgeport knee mill sits side by side with the Hardinge manual lathe in job shops across the continent. We offer full support for these and other brand machines that make up our machine tool heritage. Hardinge provides collets, feed fingers, pads and toolholders for ALL brands of lathes, mills and grinding machines, regardless of age."

Hardinge also manufactures standard R8 collets incorporating a unique design concept to reduce downtime. The patented "one-piece" construction eliminates breakage commonly associated with other brand R8 collets that have a two-piece design with a separate bushing. In the two-piece design the bushing often breaks off in the spindle and results in the costly replacement of the spindle drawbar as well as the collet. The Hardinge one-piece design has proven to be a productive and economic replacement for shops currently using other brand R8 collets.

Hardinge Workholding Division, 800-843-8801, www.hardingetooling.com

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Hardinge Inc. Workholding Division
Linda Folkers
Sr. Technical Writer
607-378-4328 ph
607-378-4025 fax
lfolkers@hardinge.com

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