Tooling Fixtures

Hybrid Trunnions eliminate need to remove trunnion table.
Tooling Fixtures

Hybrid Trunnions eliminate need to remove trunnion table.

Engineered to bolt on to any machine’s rotary indexer, Stallion Hybrid Trunnions allow- 3- and 4-jaw chucks, collet chucks, and faceplates to be installed without removal of trunnion table. Stallion Hybrid 9/20 (9 x 20 in.) is designed to hold 6 in. vise, while 9/23 (9 x 23 in.) is intended for double or single station 6 in. vises.- Pneumatic brake, built into outboard support, provides up to...

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Tooling Fixtures

Need Innovative Solutions to Cut Manufacturing Costs? Look No Further than the mPower Workholding Booth at Houstex Show from Feb 26-28

Erie, Pa- – At Modern Industries, we've experienced the frustration that comes with inefficient workholding technologies; we were certain that better methods could be developed to compress set-up times, expedite fixturing changes and improve throughput. After many years of trial and error, we launched the mPower product line in order to offer dynamic workholding solutions that can help...

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Fixturing for Welding - Electronic Enclosures
Tooling Fixtures

Fixturing for Welding - Electronic Enclosures

Sometimes a fixture does not need a table for its base. U-Form Spacer Blocks are assembled into a rectangular structure. Changeover for different sized parts is elegant, yet simple. Open access to the middle makes loading the loose pieces easier. The U-Form Spacer Block on the near side can be accurately shifted in or out depending on the part's width. Fixture Highlights Nearside U-Form Spacer...

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Diaphragm Chuck features specialty application adapters.
Tooling Fixtures

Diaphragm Chuck features specialty application adapters.

Model DPH-400W 4 in. dia diaphragm chucks feature stops with 3 small air detect holes for part seating conformation - air is pumped through holes, and when part rests on the stop air pressure rises, tripping pressure switch that starts machining process. Four clover adapters have grooves for CAM follower to snap into to orient chuck when stopped, and 8 passage rotary union actuates all four...

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Workholding & Machine Tool Components @ IMTS 2010
Tooling Fixtures

Workholding & Machine Tool Components @ IMTS 2010

FixtureworksTM (Fraser, MI), one of North America's leading suppliers of workholding technologies and machine tool components will showcase its extensive clamping, gripping, locating, positioning, and support products at Booth W-2346 during IMTS 2010, September 13-18, 2010, McCormick Place, Chicago. The display of products to be shown demonstrates the ability for OEMs, machine, forming and...

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Grinding Attachment optimizes efficiency of VTCs.
Tooling Fixtures

Grinding Attachment optimizes efficiency of VTCs.

Adding surface finishing to processing capabilities of vertical turning centers, automatically changed Grinding Attachment allows finishing of ID, OD, and plane surfaces on parts up to 185 in. diameter. VTCs equipped with 22/33 kW grinding attachment can produce better than 10 -µin. finishes and roundness of less than 60 -µin. with diameter size control of 0.001 in. Utilizing wheel sizes up to...

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Tooling Fixtures

Selection of Stainless Steel Fixturing Components for Diverse Application Needs

As part of its ongoing drive to provide customers-OEMs, shop owners, manufacturing engineers, tooling specialists, setup technicians, fixture, workholding and jig designers-with the innovative tools and technologies needed to enhance quality and productivity throughput, Fixtureworks-® (Fraser, MI) continues to expand its product offering to encompass an ever growing list of stainless steel...

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Workholding Chuck precisely grips helical gears.
Tooling Fixtures

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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Hydraulic Workholding Fixture features dual-purpose design.
Tooling Fixtures

Hydraulic Workholding Fixture features dual-purpose design.

Suitable for primary, secondary, and tertiary clamping, Model H-PRP first snaps work piece into position and then, once hydraulics are actuated, clamps part for machining. Hydraulically actuated position and retention pin provides clamping force of 500 or 1,000 lb at 5,000 psi. Low-profile design enables machining from multiple sides, while eccentric body and adjustable head accommodate casting...

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Fixture System is suited for 3D coordinate metrology.
Tooling Fixtures

Fixture System is suited for 3D coordinate metrology.

Featuring fabricated T-slot fixture plate and integrated component kit, CMM T-Slot Fixture System offers infinite positioning of locating components, simplifying fixture construction. Combined with a laser engraved reference system for documenting fixture setup to maximize repeatability, T-slots are alpha-identified with engraved reference scales in English or Metric versions. System can be...

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