Chucks and Collets

Kitagawa-NorthTech Expands Workholding Productivity Offerings

Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc. added to their product line the BBT200 series, a two jaw version of the BB200, to help customers achieve increased productivity and reduced costs. Schaumburg, IL - Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc. has added the BBT200 series, a two jaw version of the BB200, to their family of products. The BBT200 series solution has been needed for a long time to properly integrate from a BB200...

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EXSYS Tool, Inc. Develops Tooling Tailored for Mazak Machines

EXSYS Tool, Inc. Develops Tooling Tailored for Mazak Machines

San Antonio, Florida - For saving time and money, EXSYS Tool, Inc. has developed rotary and static tool holding concepts specifically for Mazak Corp. turning centers. The concepts streamline machine operations through the use of rigid, accurate and efficient PRECI-FLEX tooling products. The tooling concepts are heavy duty (CAT 40-taper and Standard ER Collet) configured specifically for Mazak...

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3-inch Air Mechanical Chucks

3-inch Air Mechanical Chucks

Air-actuated, self-centering mechanical, bladderless core chucks allow for heavy-duty shaftless applications with maximum torque. (Nashua, NH) - NimCor's rugged 3-inch air-operated mechanical chucks with self-centering design and positive-grip lugs are easy to mount and easy to use with convenient air valve access. The chucks are ideal for heavy-duty shaftless applications with maximum torque....

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Quick Change Pallet System offers 40,000 N pull-down force.

Quick Change Pallet System offers 40,000 N pull-down force.

Featuring hardened stainless steel base body, clamping pin, and clamping slide, VERO-S Module clamps workpieces, pallets, clamping stations, existing fixtures, and tombstones with one or more clamping pins. System features radial-aligned clamping slides that pull in clamping pin and lock it. Exact positioning is accomplished via short taper and radial location is done via diamond pin, assuring...

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Workholding Chuck precisely grips helical gears.

Workholding Chuck precisely grips helical gears.

Designed to grip OD of 9 in. diameter helical gears, MG Mini-Gear Pitch Line Chuck features pins mounted in loose fitting housing so that they can float. Pins pick up pitch diameter, and jaws grip OD of pins. At 10 in. dia, Northfield model 1000 air chuck features 2 pin cages: one for left hand helix, and one for right hand helix. Pin cages are changed out by removing 3 mounting screws.

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High Speed Balancing Chuck

High Speed Balancing Chuck

Island Park, NY... Northfield Precision Instrument Corporation, a leader in the design and manufacture of precision workholding chucks, presents their High Speed Balancing Chuck. This fixture locates a universal joint using built-in V-Blocks and 2 diaphragm jaws. The jaws and blocks center the work piece while 2 arms slide down to face clamp. Northfield Precision designs and manufactures the...

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CNC Collet Chucks enable application diversity.

CNC Collet Chucks enable application diversity.

Offering method for utilizing collets on all CNC lathes and turning centers, Quick-Grip and Low-Profile chucks are available in Pullback or Accu-Length configurations. Quick-Grip models, whose length maximizes z-axis travel, offer 1/16 in. gripping range and 10 sec collet changes. Low-Profile models utilize spring-type collets (5C, 3J, S-26, etc.) and are optimized for maximum tool clearance and...

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Haimer USA Uses New Demonstration Vehicle to Bring Technology to Prospective Customers

Haimer USA Uses New Demonstration Vehicle to Bring Technology to Prospective Customers

VILLA PARK, IL - An old proverb says you can't bring the mountain to Mohammed, but Haimer USA is bringing its mountain of shrink-fit tool holders, tool balancing and other technology to its prospective customers via its new technology demonstration vehicle. Mounted on the chassis of a GMC Top Kick C4500 diesel is a 6-by-10-foot traveling showcase that features the latest shrink-fit tool holders,...

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REGO-FIX-® Features Revolutionary Toolholding Solutions at EASTEC

REGO-FIX-® Features Revolutionary Toolholding Solutions at EASTEC

Indianapolis, Indiana, March 9, 2009 - REGO-FIXÂ-® will display an extensive lineup of Swiss quality toolholding solutions at EASTEC 2009. The company's revolutionary powRgrip PG system will be among the many innovations featured in booth 5449 from May 19 - 21 at the Eastern States Exposition Grounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts. REGO-FIX's powRgrip PG system uses a toolholder and...

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